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Most Expensive Concert in a Venue

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    #32
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    scudzilla wrote: »
    I think Korn in The Olympia last weekend was 60Euro

    Yep Korn were €60 last Sunday, pretty expensive for them tbh, but afaik it was sold out or close to it.


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    #33
    lordgoat
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    Generaly Olympia tickets for a halfway decent act are at least E30. I've rarely seen them les that that these days.

    Normal price is 50, if it's someone i want to see it's 60 generally.


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    #34
    green day rule
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    Mickolution wrote: »
    Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia? I think I remember Massive Attack being around that a few years back.

    No Sure I Seen Bruno Mars(don't Ask) For 21 Euro


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    #35
    Mickolution
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    green day rule wrote: »
    No Sure I Seen Bruno Mars(don't Ask) For 21 Euro

    Just because one act was cheap doesn't mean €50 isn't standard. As others have said in the thread, anyone who can get away with that price (or higher) will charge it.


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    #36
    LisaC251
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    but1er wrote: »
    Just after seen what Nicki Minaj is charging for the olympia 55 euro

    is that the most expensive in that venue? surely has to be

    id put my house on paul simon in vicar street at 80 euro to be the most expensive there

    what about the o2 dearest concert there to date?

    I am sure I paid more for Interpol     in 2011


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    #37
    Just Like Heaven
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    I've payed 20 euro for gigs in the olympia often. Payed 50 though. And yeah Korn was 52.50 last weekend :( What can ya do.

    Think I payed something like 17 euro for Airbourne in the Olympia actually.


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    #38
    lc180
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    westmeathband wrote: »
    don´t forget the Tom Waits gig a few years ago. the stub expense was one thing, (€120 per ticket plus €17.60 in booking fees, CC fees etc) but the fact the tickets were non transferrable, had to be issued with name printed on them and had to be shown with ID was ridiculous.

    and this was in the RATCELLAR!!!!!!!!

    What is/was the Ratcellar?!? I've seen it mentioned a couple times on this list. I'm pretty new to Dublin but I've never heard of this venue!


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    #39
    The Nal
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    lc180 wrote: »
    What is/was the Ratcellar?!? I've seen it mentioned a couple times on this list. I'm pretty new to Dublin but I've never heard of this venue!

    Temporary venue set up in the Phoenix Park for the gig.


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    #40
    blastman
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    It was a tent...


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    #41
    MadsL
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    I will never forgive Ticketmaster for tossing me back into the online wait line when I scored a front row seat (A17 I think) by the time I got tickets I was back in row Q!

    €137 very well spent however, as was the Leonard Cohen gig.


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    #42
    CardBordWindow
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    MadsL wrote: »
    I will never forgive Ticketmaster for tossing me back into the online wait line when I scored a front row seat (A17 I think) by the time I got tickets I was back in row Q!

    €137 very well spent however, as was the Leonard Cohen gig.
    Ticketmaster are the cause of the majority of violence in society!



    ...may be an exaggeration


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    #43
    RangeR
    Registered Users Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    ...may be an exaggeration

    Not much


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    #44
    rubadub
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    Mickolution wrote: »
    Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia?
    yeah, I was wondering if the first post was a windup!
    but1er wrote: »
    bring back the 80s prices (wasnt even born) but stubs looked pretty cheap
    I collect my stubs In the mid 90's I was going to the point quite a lot, mainly to acts like the prodigy or chemical brothers. I remember it was just a little more expensive than going to some nightclubs at the time. Like £12-18 for some.

    I hate the fact the bigger venues usually cost more, though they have far more punters with worse views & sound. I remember seeing kings of leon in templebar music centre, I think it was about €16, and they were not unknown then, they were doing tracks off the second album. Though I think it was subsidised by a sponsor.
    AdMMM wrote: »
    Tickets on the secondary market for Adele in the Olympia were some of the highest I have ever seen (over €1000!)
    You have to watch these claims, a journalist looking for a good story can easily log onto ebay and put up tickets with a starting price of €1000. The completed listings will show a different story though -and even then a journalist could sell a ticket to himself for the sake of a good story.

    I wonder what the highest mark up has been on touts. I would say some for Bob Dylan in vicar street went for big money.


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