# What performer would you pay $200/ticket to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070 "2010-03-11T03:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/101 "2010-03-16T15:04:44Z")
In the 80s I bought tickets to see Frank Sinatra at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I paid way, way, way more than $200 per ticket. And I’d be willing to pay it all over again. No-one else could even come close. As for living artists, Linda Eder tickets go for less than $200, but I think it would be worth twice that price if she promises to sing ‘Someone Like You’. There are semi-confirmed rumours that Rick Wakeman is planning one last vast rock band + orchestra + choir finale to his career. Purely for the nostalgia value, and because I grew up with prog rock, I’d pay $200 to see this show, if it ever happens. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/102 "2010-03-16T16:53:38Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > There are semi-confirmed rumours that Rick Wakeman is planning one last vast rock band + orchestra + choir finale to his career. Purely for the nostalgia value, and because I grew up with prog rock, I’d pay $200 to see this show, if it ever happens. Oooh…I’d be there. I’ve seen Yes several times now, but never when he was in the group. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/103 "2010-03-17T05:24:24Z")
Maybe Daft Punk. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/104 "2010-03-17T07:02:50Z")
I’ve paid close to $200 for Def Leppard, and would glady do it again. I’d also cough up the green for Garth Brooks, Rush, Metallica, Weird Al, Paul McCartney and Brad Paisley. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/105 "2010-03-17T08:10:39Z")
Pink Floyd with Led Zeppelin Deep Purple with Blue Öyster Cult Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones BB King and Buddy Guy ( !@#%!# SON OF A BITCH!!! they’re playing in Evansville IN on the 29th and I can’t afford the gas to drive there) unemployment sucks on yet another level of suck. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/106 "2010-03-18T04:39:23Z")
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang are playing at the Black and White Ball for the SF Symphony. If I only had $200 (or more) I’d spend it in a heartbeat. At his age, how many more times will he be touring? Just once in my life, I want to hear, live, “I Left My Heart…” and the two of them singing “What a Wonderful World.” ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/107 "2010-03-18T04:44:44Z")
I once saw Bob Dylan on a generous night and I’d easily pay $200 to see him under similar circumstances again. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/108 "2010-03-18T10:02:13Z")
> [@Sandra\_Battye](#): > > Tony Bennett and k.d. lang are playing at the Black and White Ball for the SF Symphony. If I only had $200 (or more) I’d spend it in a heartbeat. At his age, how many more times will he be touring? Just once in my life, I want to hear, live, “I Left My Heart…” and the two of them singing “What a Wonderful World.” I saw Tony Bennett for £17 at the Royal Albert Hall about 12 years ago - the man is pure class. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/109 "2010-03-18T15:42:59Z")
I just ordered presale tickets for Van Morrison at the (5,500 person capacity) Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL. Before tix were available, price range was listed at $60-$350. Once the window opened, I put in a request for 2 @ $100 each, and wound up with seats on a “floor riser” at the back end of the floor, so I’m pleased. On a whim, I went back in to see where the other price ranges would put me…$350/tkt puts me in the front 10 rows, $250/tkt is still in the front section but \>15 rows back, and $200/tkt is 3rd row off the floor, middle of the venue. Van the Man is my favorite musical artist, and I’ve had the opportunity to see him 4 times my life. As was stated in another thread, he is the epitomy of a hit/miss performer. I know this venue has a history of steep prices, but IMHO, this is outrageous! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070/110 "2010-03-18T16:33:56Z")
Lots of bands, but I’d need a time machine, too. In fact, if I _had_ a time machine, seeing my favourite bands in their primes would be one of the main things I’d do with it. But I wouldn’t pay $200 to see anyone play. By the time a performer can charge that much, you’re paying to be in the same room as someone who _was_ great _decades_ ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-performer-would-you-pay-200-ticket-to-see/532070.md?page=5)