Greedy much?

[cookiemonster]

Madonna's playing about 2 weeks of gigs at the London Palladium early next year.

She's charging between 350-1250 quid a ticket. She's taking the P as she's worth in the region of half a billion USD.

I do hope no-one actually shells out that amount just for a gig.

 

[annedonnelly]

Sounds like crazy prices to me, but they've probably done their research and know people will pay.
How much do people generally end up paying when they have to buy the tickets second-hand after they all get snapped up by touts anyway?

 

[biggs682]

People will pay for sure
I know i wouldn't

 

[Drago]

Blimey. 350 is a whole 3 days at Ramblin'Man, with about 15 different bands.

 

[Venod]

They would have to pay me to attend, the bands are free in the Duck and Drake and a lot better IMO.

 

[winjim]

It says something about the type of world we are living in.

 

[Beebo]

It’s far too much to watch someone who is 20 years past their best.
I expect this will appeal to tourists.
How much are top Las Vegas tickets in comparison

 

[Globalti]

There are boasting points in being able to say that you went to such-and-such a concert - and wasn't it great! Mrs Gti suffers this with the Stones, it also includes a bizarre need to spend £50 on a souvenir T shirt, which she wouldn't dream of wearing.

 

[Joffey]

I'm not sure why anyone would pay £35 to see Madonna, never mind £350 but each to their own.

I'd probably pay £35 to see Maradona.

 

[nickyboy]

It’s far too much to watch someone who is 20 years past their best.
I expect this will appeal to tourists.
How much are top Las Vegas tickets in comparison

I was thinking exactly the same. Plenty of wealthy tourists visit London. Spending a couple of K on top seats to see Madge is no big deal for them. I guess it's the equivalent of going to see Barbara Streisand in Vegas
Palladiums a relatively small venue. It'll sell out for sure

 

[Fnaar]

I'm not sure why anyone would pay £35 to see Madonna, never mind £350 but each to their own.

I'd probably pay £35 to see Maradona.

If you're on facebook, there's a page that does the same clip of Maradona dancing, set to a different tune every day.
Call me simple, but it gives me a chuckle most days. Here's one from YouTube

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWiWV6ImNK4

 

[Chris S]

Charging extortionate ticket prices is a good way to deter touts. Nobody is going to pay their mark-up as well.

 

[Cycleops]

It's only the oldies that are going to have that sort of money but I wouldn't think many of them are willing to shell out to see Madge.

 

[screenman]

Somehow I do not think Madge gets to keep all of the money, there are plenty of people who will splash that amount of money for a good night out, most of them are very successful people when it comes to earning well, unlike most of us lot.

 

[cookiemonster]

I was thinking exactly the same. Plenty of wealthy tourists visit London. Spending a couple of K on top seats to see Madge is no big deal for them. I guess it's the equivalent of going to see Barbara Streisand in Vegas
Palladiums a relatively small venue. It'll sell out for sure

I was looking at that today and, even though the tickets have been on sale since June, none of the gigs have sold out.

It seems common sense is prevailing.