OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[FearlessF]

yup, I'm not payin $375 to see a shell of a band out of their prime when 30 years ago I paid $75 to see them in their prime

[847badgerfan]

I have my first Rush ticket stub.

$12 in 1979.

[FearlessF]

September 9, 1982 
Omaha, Nebraska 
Civic Auditorium Arena

I have mine somewhere in the house

[MrNubbz]

Greatest Cleveland concerts: No. 12 – Rush's Time Machine
Rush performed in Northeast Ohio more than 30 times, but it was the band's April 15, 2011, concert that would forever be immortalized.

Flashback: Cleveland became the first U.S. market to endorse Rush when WMMS music director Donna Halper put the song "Working Man" into heavy rotation after she got her hands on the Canadian band's self-titled debut album in spring 1974.


It's on the back of the album in the liner notes: "With Special Thanks to Donna Halper of WMMS in Cleveland for getting the ball rolling". or sumsuch

[utee94]

Yeah I don't pay modern day concert ticket prices, I just can't do it.  I hate people and therefore hate big venues anyway.

Only exception is for Formula 1, where I'm paying for the entire race weekend and so the concerts are free for me, I'd be going to the race even without the music.

Speaking of which, the US Grand Prix is next weekend.  This year's main act is Garth Brooks, who I saw for free at the State Fair of Texas after the 1990 TX-OU game in the Cotton Bowl.  Horns won that game 14-13, we watched Garth Brooks play a kickass show at the Chevrolet main stage afterward, went out to dinner at my favorite Italian joint in Dallas, Campisi's, and then took my date back to the hotel and had a very enjoyable evening.  Great day for a college freshman.  

But that needs to go on the things that make you happy thread...

[Riffraft]

My favorite thing is my $28 1980 season ticket to Ohio State football. included all home games except the home opener

[Cincydawg]

We get season tickets to the symphony, it's a 6 event package, somewhere around $100 per per.  We "usually" enjoy it.  We get invited to some special events which can be fun, like rehearsals (one time was enough for me, got it).

[MrNubbz]

I miss Roller Derby

[847badgerfan]

I miss Roller Derby

Fort Myers Roller Derby

[MrNubbz]

Real pros appreciating the purity of the Sport 

[FearlessF]

My favorite thing is my $28 1980 season ticket to Ohio State football. included all home games except the home opener

no reason to be grumpy

[Gigem]

Ironic. My example to my kids about how these things have changed is that in 1995, I paid $75 whole dollars to see the Eagles--all of them--in Milwaukee. And that was a really expensive concert ticket back then.

It was a great show.

I'm not going to look it up on inflation calculator but isn't that about like $200-300 in today's money?  Not really that cheap.  

[Gigem]

That being said, I spur-of-the-moment, day-of went to see Jimmy Buffett in Phx...and then he dies 2 years later.  So I'm glad I went. 

I mean, the man was in his mid-70's when you saw him in concert...are you really surprised he was dead a few years later?  I remember thinking when he died amazing he lived that long.  

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm not going to look it up on inflation calculator but isn't that about like $200-300 in today's money?  Not really that cheap. 

I looked it up and it should be about $158 in 2025 dollars.