I hear ya. Some years back, Simon and Garfunkel had gotten back together and were at one of our Connecticut casinos. It caught my interest until I checked on tickets. $800. No, I didn't type an extra 0 by mistake. At a casino yet! All the damn money they have and then they wanted that kind of money to see S&G? And same with the Eagles. I checked on tickets when they were going to be in Hartford some years ago. Again, hundreds of dollars. It's really sad that these groups feel they should rake fans across the coals to go see them.

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: I remember in '95 going to see the Eagles on
: the "Hell Freezes Over" tour. We
: paid $150 a head to sit wwwaaayyyy back
: behind the seats on the grass at an
: amphitheater.......in the rain. It was 55
: degrees. Ugh.
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: I thought it was utter insanity to pay #150
: to see a concert. Now it seems common.
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: I've see three shows in the last 5 years.
: Marty Stuart, which was $75 a head and 60
: miles from home(and worth it), and Riders In
: The Sky and Mac Bailey(separate shows).
: Those were literally 75 yards from my back
: door and $10. What a deal!
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: I go see local acts now a days. We have a
: couple of good venues to have a beer and
: listen, and that's good enough for me.
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: My wife and I used to go see a show every
: year. It stopped in 2001 after 9/11.
: Broadway closed. When it reopened, the
: prices were sky high and we couldn't afford
: it. My wife's birthday was last month. She
: half jokingly mentioned wanting to see
: Hamilton but knew it would be too expensive.
: So, I thought it would be nice to surprise
: her on her big 70th birthday. I went online
: and looked for a Wednesday matinee. The
: tickets I could find started at around $800
: a seat. AND they went up as high as $1,400.
: Are you kidding me? That's absolutely
: effing disgusting! Are you kidding me? It's
: not even fair. How can an average person
: afford to go see a show? I don't even know
: how they can keep the lights lit. Do people
: really pay that kind of money to sit for two
: hours and watch a show? I can't figure it
: out.
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: I doubt that GBR will be regrouping.
: Personally, I'll probably see Bela Flek at
: some point, maybe Garnett Rogers, but most
: of my money will be spent on New York plays
: and shows. I try to get up there twice a
: year and figure out what I want to see when
: I get there.
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: Don't get to many shows.."Riders in the
: Sky" is my other favorite group.
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: I'm still holding out hope that GBR will re
: group and do some touring.
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: So since most people who frequent this board
: have stated no interest in going to see the
: group some currently call the Kingston Trio
: play live, who will you be spending your
: folk music concert money on?
:
: Just wondering.
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: I'll be catching the Punch Brothers as well
: as Peter Yarrow & Paul Stookey in the
: next few months.
:
: Also bluegrass mandolin player Sierra Hull
: (if I can swing a trip to the thousand
: Islands the closest she'll be to me this
: summer).
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: Also hoping Makem & Spain (Tommy
: Makem's son Rory along with Mickey and Liam
: Spain) make it back to this area soon. To
: me they are the closest thing to the
: original KT out there right now, plus of
: course the lineage of Tommy Makem in there
: too. Last summer when I saw them at a
: festival I was talking to Mickey Spain about
: what was happening then with the Trio (he
: hadn't heard yet) and I joked with him that
: Shane should have just sold the name to
: them if he wanted a change. Mickey laughed
: but he, Liam, and Rory are all big Trio
: fans. I got to sing Tijuana Jail with them
: at a late night session a few years ago.
:
: BTW speaking of Tommy Makem's son Rory, he
: and Liam Clancy's son Donal Clancy have
: been doing shows together. Makem and
: Clancy all over again. Hope to get a chance
: to catch them together live sometime soon
: too.
:
: What about you all, who are you looking
: forward to seeing?
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