r/australia • • 1d ago

no politics The price of concert tickets is nutso

Christ on crutches. I spent about 45 minutes in the Powderfinger pre-sale through telstra, and the cheapest tickets are standing, close to $200 each and on a goddamn Monday evening at 5pm. Is this normal??? The last concert I went to was The Chicks at the entertainment centre about 2 years ago, and that was $180ish for seats in the middle-back.

I know it's pricey to put these gigs on, I get that. But there are international acts not trying to squeeze blood from the stone. Are the boys taking the piss, is our economy really that cooked, or am I just an old lady yelling at clouds?

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