bon jovi, for pete’s sake

December 14th, 2005

ok, it was announced today or yesterday that Bon Jovi was coming to the bi-lo center sometime soon. That’s cool I guess, I admit to rocking out to 7800° Fahrenheit and Slippery When Wet back in the day. I still have both on vinyl from olden days. I would even consider seeing them if the situation played out, i.e. somebody gave me a ticket and nothing good was on TV that night or something easy like that. But get this: ticket prices for the show are $49 and $75. Do they expect people to pay $50 for the cheap tickets? I’m guessing that some market analysis and whatnot went into consideration for ticket prices and whoever makes these decisions is banking on the fact that tickets will sale, but geesh that’s a lot of money for a band that arguably never really rocked that hard. I paid $38 for higher tiered seats to see the Beastie Boys last year in Atlanta, which was an amazing show to say the least. I don’t think I have every paid over $40 to see any act. Even summer tour tickets to see the Grateful Dead at RFK stadium weren’t this much. Granted that was a while ago, but $50 to see Bon Jovi? I mean come on . . .

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