AC/DC Makes List Of Most Expensive Concerts

[Va Beach VH Fan]

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AC/DC Makes List Of Most Expensive Concerts - Jan. 30, 2009

According to The Pulse of Radio, AC/DC has landed on a list of the 10 most expensive acts to see in concert in 2008, according to NoiseAddict.com. The list was compiled from a range of average prices on Ticketmaster, and did not include prices for resold or scalped tickets. AC/DC came in at No. 4 on the list with an average price of $263, while COLDPLAY landed at No. 8 with an average price of $217. MADONNA topped the list with a whopping $378 average price.

Ironically, it was just a few years ago that AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young told The Pulse of Radio the band tries to keep tickets affordable. "It's value for the dollar," he said. "We like to keep the ticket price down. You know, we're pretty conscious of when we were fans — 'Oh, I couldn't afford to get that one.' So we wanted to keep it a fair price out there."

The Top 10 most expensive concert tickets of 2008 are:

MADONNA - $378
ELTON JOHN - $306
THE EAGLES - $279
AC/DC - $263
TINA TURNER - $263
CELINE DION - $240
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - $235
COLDPLAY - $217
NEIL DIAMOND - $217
THE POLICE - $216

As previously reported, AC/DC was the only rock band to make the Top 5 in the Los Angeles Times' list of 2008's "Ultimate Top 20," an annual survey that combines sales of concert tickets, albums, and downloads to measure the popularity of acts with consumers. Other rock acts to make the Top 10 included COLDPLAY, BON JOVI, and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, while METALLICA, DAVE MATTHEWS, and KID ROCK made the overall list.

Regarding AC/DC, who earned a total of $82 million, the Times wrote, "The new 'Black Ice' album took the veteran Australian hard rock band back to the top of the charts and also made its concert tour one of the year's hot tickets."

The Times also noted both AC/DC and KID ROCK largely do not sell their music digitally.

[binnie]

First the album is only available at Wallmart, and now this.

'For those who suck the corporate cock, we salute you.'

I mean I'm all for making a buck, but c'mon that's extortion.

[binnie]

On a side note, anyone who is prepared to pay that much money to see Madonna should be sterilized.

[78/84 guy]

They were worth it, I just seen them. I thought why go i'm just going to walk away disapointed because their getting old, but they were great.

[Coyote]

On a side note, anyone who is prepared to pay that much money to see Madonna should be sterilized.

Or Coldplay...

[Atomic_Rob]

Got tickets for the o2 in London and Wembley Stadium, as well as taking a trip to see the boys in Paris.

Hells fuckin Bells!

[Seshmeister]

First the album is only available at Wallmart, and now this.

'For those who suck the corporate cock, we salute you.'

I mean I'm all for making a buck, but c'mon that's extortion.

Yeah it's just greed. What's wrong with making say a million each from a tour rather than trying to make tens of millions?

[Seshmeister]

I'd like to know how much Wolfgang made off the VH tour and if it was more/less or the same as Roth.

[Big Train]

Yeah it's just greed. What's wrong with making say a million each from a tour rather than trying to make tens of millions?

What if say you agreed to make 1/3 of what your fair price is for the work you do? EXACTLY.

As far as WalMart goes, who cares how they choose to sell their music. It is more profitable and a creative choice to market only CD's. 800k sold week one in the US is a fine thing to see in this sorry business of mine. Nothing greedy about it.

Not only that, it is 1000% less douchey than Springsteen cutting a deal with Walmart (1 million units, no returns), having his preachy fans call him on it, then shitting all over Walmart by saying "it slipped past him" when the deal was made. Bruce, FUCK YOU...

AC/DC owes nobody an apology. They make the best album they can make, they work hard to sell it, they work even harder on tour and they are worth every dollar they make. The fact they sell 800k week one in this day and age (Springsteen gets 212k this week, after the biggest gig of the year..superbowl) is a miracle and testament to the value the fans find in them. They deserve that money.

[Nickdfresh]

I have a huge problem with anyone telling me I can only get an album from one source, so fuck them, piracy it is!

It's nothing but collusion and anti-competitive practices designed to destroy competition. Free Market my a$$!

[Seshmeister]

What if say you agreed to make 1/3 of what your fair price is for the work you do? EXACTLY.

$263 isn't a fair price.

[Mr Badguy]

I couldn`t get one of the 35,000 tickets for Hampden Park, Glasgow ON THE MORNING THEY WENT ON SALE.

Fucking tout Ebayer fucks!

[Big Train]

$263 isn't a fair price.

So don't pay it. It's basic economics. You find that to be an unfair amount, but someone else will take that seat at that price.

When nobody does anymore, that price will fall.

[Big Train]

I have a huge problem with anyone telling me I can only get an album from one source, so fuck them, piracy it is!

It's nothing but collusion and anti-competitive practices designed to destroy competition. Free Market my a$$!

How the fuck is someone's free choice about how to display and sell their art collusion? You are a lot closer to collusion when you say that one service will sell all labels wares at one unified price. They tried that in brick n mortar and were successfully sued (for collusion), but online it's ITUNES freedom of choice.

The logic of theft is so threadbare. I guess that's how you live with yourself.

I have only a few choices for schooling for my kids. How about I sit them in your class and don't pay you, because I don't like the building you choose to teach in? Exactly...sounds retarded.

[Matt White]

Fuck 'em........

if they want to sellout to Chinamart...I won't be giving 'em any of my dough.......

and Tom Petty said it best on ROCKLINE a few years back.....

NOBODY is worth paying $200 to see live kids....NOBODY

[Nickdfresh]

How the fuck is someone's free choice about how to display and sell their art collusion? You are a lot closer to collusion when you say that one service will sell all labels wares at one unified price. They tried that in brick n mortar and were successfully sued (for collusion), but online it's ITUNES freedom of choice.

Um, you display art in a gallery.

You sell albums in stores, and when you give exclusive rights to some stores, it gives them an unfair advantage over others and eliminates my options as a consumer...

The logic of theft is so threadbare. I guess that's how you live with yourself.

It's the Abby Hoffman principle. Laws don't always mean economic justice, in fact, sometimes they mean injustice. And I'd buy them on iTunes if iTunes offered actual CD-quality lossless downloads...

I have only a few choices for schooling for my kids. How about I sit them in your class and don't pay you, because I don't like the building you choose to teach in? Exactly...sounds retarded.

I don't have any class...

In any case, schools are like public utilities with the excuse being that choice is too monumentally expensive and unfeasible to achieve. I do wish there was more choice in this area at least as far as the types of education focused on being offered such as vocational...

[binnie]

Yeah it's just greed. What's wrong with making say a million each from a tour rather than trying to make tens of millions?

Exactly. They KNOW they can sell out any venue, and they're extorting money from the fans.

Part of me thinks that the ticket prices are a clever way of making good money while playing very few shows.

[Seshmeister]

I couldn`t get one of the 35,000 tickets for Hampden Park, Glasgow ON THE MORNING THEY WENT ON SALE.

Fucking tout Ebayer fucks!

Neither could I but I wasn't that unhappy about it.

I'm not that bothered about seeing them in a stadium.

Taking of which who came up with the genius rule that the bigger the venue and so the worse view you have, the more money you have to pay???

[binnie]

Neither could I but I wasn't that unhappy about it.

I'm not that bothered about seeing them in a stadium.

Taking of which who came up with the genius rule that the bigger the venue and so the worse view you have, the more money you have to pay???

I'd rather see them indoors too. I went online the minute tickets for the Arena tour went on sale, but they'd all gone.

I saw 'em at Milton Keynes Bowl in 2001 and they were great, the sound was fantastic for an outside show. With the exception of Megadeth, the support bands were terrible, but you can't win 'em all.

I considered Wembley Stadium, but that's meaning adding an overnight stay in London to an extortionate train fair and an overpriced ticket. Love AC/DC, but I'm not flush enough to do that at the moment.

I really think that they should have added arena dates, to be honest.

[Mr Badguy]

Neither could I but I wasn't that unhappy about it.

I'm not that bothered about seeing them in a stadium.

Taking of which who came up with the genius rule that the bigger the venue and so the worse view you have, the more money you have to pay???

To be honest I wasn`t too disappointed.

They`ve went downhill rapidly as a live act IMO.

However, I haven`t missed them for 20 years, albeit they`ve only been three times in all that time.

I`m just pissed off about the way ticket sales are going in this country.

Metallica was the same.

If you`re not lucky enough to get one then you`re paying double or more on Ebay to some fuckhead who is only in it for the money.

Roll on the Priest Feast on 16 Feb.

[binnie]

Metallica was the same.

If you`re not lucky enough to get one then you`re paying double or more on Ebay to some fuckhead who is only in it for the money.

Roll on the Priest Feast on 16 Feb.

I got Metallica tickets, but only because I'm a fanclub member. This is one element of ticket pricing which isn't ticketmasters fault: the 'booking fee' plus extortionate posting pisses me off, but they can't control the bastards who buy 'em to sell on ebay.

Priest have had the disaster: Nottingham is cancelled, Manchester has been downgraded to the Apollo, and Sheffield and Birmingham now have '2 for 1' ticket offers, from what I've heard. Still looking forward to it, although I thought Priest were underwhelming on the last tour.

[Redballjets88]

Thats way too much money to pay to hear the same 3 songs over and over again, just with different lyrics.

[Jack68]

Shit i paid with the ticket bastard charge for Madison square garden i believe 115.00.My tickets were great.I thought the band was excellent and i believe the reason they went with walmart is because Angus believes they are an album band not a singles band.He didnt want itunes breaking it up or something....$263 for acdc is that right?$235.00 for Springsteen is wrong my brother.His recent tickets are 95.00 and 65.00,2008 wasnt much more then that.Like the article said if thats an average ticket price of acts on ticketbastard it is very skewed.Hell if Walmart is gonna make youre new album one of your biggest sellers after 35 years or so its gotta be something they consider.

The Top 10 most expensive concert tickets of 2008 are:

MADONNA - $378
ELTON JOHN - $306
THE EAGLES - $279
AC/DC - $263
TINA TURNER - $263
CELINE DION - $240
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - $235
COLDPLAY - $217
NEIL DIAMOND - $217
THE POLICE - $216

As previously reported, AC/DC was the only rock band to make the Top 5 in the Los Angeles Times' list of 2008's "Ultimate Top 20," an annual survey that combines sales of concert tickets, albums, and downloads to measure the popularity of acts with consumers. Other rock acts to make the Top 10 included COLDPLAY, BON JOVI, and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, while METALLICA, DAVE MATTHEWS, and KID ROCK made the overall list.

Regarding AC/DC, who earned a total of $82 million, the Times wrote, "The new 'Black Ice' album took the veteran Australian hard rock band back to the top of the charts and also made its concert tour one of the year's hot tickets."

The Times also noted both AC/DC and KID ROCK largely do not sell their music digitally.
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[sadaist]

It's not greed or extortion. You charge as much as you can get for a ticket. When the arenas start being only 1/2 full, then you know you have to lower prices or put out a better product. People pay the prices willingly and the shows are full...done deal. And to those who refuse to pay the high price, there's always someone who will pay it right behind you. Sure, I miss the days of seeing Motley Crue & Whitesnake on the same bill for $18.50, but even back then in high school there were people who couldn't scrape the dough to see that show and complained about when tix were $7.

PS - If you don't wanna pay but still wanna see, YouTube it the day after the show & crack a beer.

Bottom line - we are AC/DC's customers, and that's all we are to them. Their job is to provide products we will purchase and charge at the highest amount they can get for that product without pricing themselves out of the market. With the amount of albums sold and sell-out concerts, I'd say their business model is working just fine.

[sadaist]

If you`re not lucky enough to get one then you`re paying double or more on Ebay to some fuckhead who is only in it for the money.

Not if you can wait a day or 2 before the show. Prices drop big time. I picked up 4 tickets to VH in San Diego at half face value the day prior to the show.

[binnie]

Not if you can wait a day or 2 before the show. Prices drop big time. I picked up 4 tickets to VH in San Diego at half face value the day prior to the show.

You've got a point, but that's not really a helpful strategy if you've got to take time off work to get to the gig. You could end up booking time off and having no tickets.

Yes, people will buy those tickets and yes, under the rules of a free market they are not overpriced. That being said, I'm sure that the band could charge half that and still make a profit.

[Jack68]

Not if you can wait a day or 2 before the show. Prices drop big time. I picked up 4 tickets to VH in San Diego at half face value the day prior to the show.

I do this 90% of the time.I almost always get good to great tickets waiting for tickets to drop in the days before the show. You just got be prepared to strike out.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Not if you can wait a day or 2 before the show. Prices drop big time. I picked up 4 tickets to VH in San Diego at half face value the day prior to the show.

I'm too lazy to look at my spreadsheet, but was San Diego affected by the postponements ??

Not that I'm complaining, I took advantage of the rescheduled dates at UVA and got 6th row seats inside the ring....

[sadaist]

... I'm sure that the band could charge half that and still make a profit.

Why would they do that? Would you take half of your salary if you knew you would still be able to make ends meet? Or in Binnie terms...would you squeeze one tit on your girlfriend when you could squeeze both?

[sadaist]

I'm too lazy to look at my spreadsheet, but was San Diego affected by the postponements ??

Nope. We were also right after the Staples Center, LA shows. The band really seemed loose and comfortable as opposed to what I saw & heard from the LA shows.

I will say that I had planned on only buying two tickets at or around face value, but scored the awesome deal and was able to get four at the last minute. Didn't affect my wallet or plans, just made my brother and his wife extremely happy & surprised (they love Roth/VH too).

[BITEYOASS]

Well Bon Scott is no longer the lead singer, so I particularly don't give a fuck about what AC/DC has done after "Back in Black."

[Mr Badguy]

Why would they do that? Would you take half of your salary if you knew you would still be able to make ends meet? Or in Binnie terms...would you squeeze one tit on your girlfriend when you could squeeze both?

LMFOA!

[binnie]

Why would they do that? Would you take half of your salary if you knew you would still be able to make ends meet? Or in Binnie terms...would you squeeze one tit on your girlfriend when you could squeeze both?

If I was already worth tens of millions of dollars, I'd like to think that I wouldn't over charge the people who'd put me there. That simple.

I'd like to think I'd be more appreciative.

[Terry]

I gripe about the high price of concert tickets...along with tickets to baseball games, football games, etc.

But as was already said, if one doesn't like it, don't go.

These bands are a business just like everything else, and the name of the game these days is charging the highest price the market will bear.

[sadaist]

If I was already worth tens of millions of dollars, I'd like to think that I wouldn't over charge the people who'd put me there. That simple.

I'd like to think I'd be more appreciative.

I hear ya Binnie, unfortunately money is the driving force with 99.9% of these guys once they've already hit it big. Although, Ozzy did a free Ozzfest tour not very long ago.

[Nickdfresh]

Well, I sure as fuck wouldn't pay half of what they're asking to see these declining geezers pad their pensions and Vic Bitters funds...

[Vinnie Velvet]

Well Bon Scott is no longer the lead singer, so I particularly don't give a fuck about what AC/DC has done after "Back in Black."

Well, after Back in Black, other than the For Those About to Rock album, half of the songs on Flick of the Switch and some off of Fly on the Wall, you ain't missing much.

Its shit from there on, IMO.

And this is coming from a big AC/DC fan (well, when I was 12 anyway).

The band can still play well, however, Johnson's vocals have been shot to hell. They of course are compensated by the big stage show, video screens, etc on this current tour.

Just so that the young kids out there who think "Rock N Roll Train" is absolutley brilliant won't notice.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The thing I noticed with AC/DC's tour this year is that even upper deck seats were going for near $100 clams a pop, unless I'm mistaken...

Now that's getting carried away...

[Big Train]

Um, you display art in a gallery.

Yea, and the majority of "art" is "for sale". Your point?

You sell albums in stores, and when you give exclusive rights to some stores, it gives them an unfair advantage over others and eliminates my options as a consumer...

So what, it is their right to do so. You don't like the store they sell it in, don't buy it. By their sales, not many fans have that problem. If they lose you as a fan in the process, they have to live with it. The economic advantages of selling to Walmart far outweigh the risks for an act that big. Just ask Asshole Springsteen who takes the money, then badmouths it after to save his "street cred".

It's the Abby Hoffman principle. Laws don't always mean economic justice, in fact, sometimes they mean injustice. And I'd buy them on iTunes if iTunes offered actual CD-quality lossless downloads...

What "Justice" is needed here? It's a free market, they sell in the manner they chose to customers who chose to consume it of their own free will. There is no intervention needed here, they are selling goods like any other company.


I don't have any class...

Well ok, if you say so...

In any case, schools are like public utilities with the excuse being that choice is too monumentally expensive and unfeasible to achieve. I do wish there was more choice in this area at least as far as the types of education focused on being offered such as vocational...

So what's the solution to that, some form of "economic justice"?

[binnie]

The solution is treating your fans with some respect.