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Taylor Swift Concert Prices

My brother in law in Rhode Island is significantly unhappy with his spouse and daughter who spent $1K each for a ticked to hear TS at Patriot Place (in a driving rainstorm, to boot).  I also think it is absurd but pointed out to him that most artists these days make the bulk of their revenue off concerts, with the decline in physical media and the very poor payments from streaming.  He was more impressed when I told him that for what they spent one could get a decent surround system that could play concert Blu rays.

  I know of quite a few people who are dissapointed that they can’t spring that kind of dough to either personally attend or be able to buy a ticket for their kids, and others who have spent for TS tickets but who are agonizing about what they are passing up by doing so, like a family vacation, for example.

  Audiophiles make the same types of decisions, but at least the products that we buy are not for one night of music pleasure.  My sister in law would actually have a stroke if her husband were to spend a few grand for a decent system (he wants one, and we have had this discussion through the years).  I would argue that she just handed him ammo for the next skirmish they have.

  

mahler123
tsacremento
63 posts
 

Value, like beauty, has always been in the eye of the beholder. For a Taylor Swift fan, a grand or more for a seat at one of her live performances may be acceptable, even if not exactly a bargain. Not being a fan of her music, I wouldn’t pay a grand for even a whole night with her followed by a back rub the next morning. In fact, I wouldn’t shell out that kind of geld to see ANY live performance, regardless of who was on stage.

My wife and I have been attending the Catalina Jazz Festival every year for 20+ years. We’re talking about top musicians, like Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, and Brian Culbertson, among many others, and no less than ten individual shows over three days. Art Good, the festival producer, has held the line as best he could on ticket prices, and my hat is off to him for that. Our tickets the first year for the entire weekend and every performance were about $700, and this year, the price was about $800. That’s an increase of only about 15%. And that’s for BOTH OF US, so $400 each, or $40 per show for each of us, and we have the same premium table seats every year. Works for me!

emergingsoul
910 posts
 

She loves to make money for herself.  Has she ever done a concert for charity? 

She is extremely successful.

Really don’t understand why people are so desperate to go to one of her concerts

tubeguy76
146 posts
 

I like Taylor Swift, some of her music is really good and well recorded.  Just because she's popular doesn't mean she isn't talented.

brev
49 posts
 

And a Taylor Swift fan may very well think spending $1,000 on  stereo equipment is an incomprehensible waste of money.  I know of two such people. We live within our own particular value systems. If we have empathy, then we can appreciate the other person's experience. Respect it though not share it.  One can also appreciate that there is a gender divide going on here with most Taylor Swift fans being female and most hi-fi enthusiasts (posters here) being male. Even a back rub comment was thrown in for some odd reason. 

winnardt
169 posts
 

I'm not a fan and at some point there may be a backlash against such ridiculous prices, but the market is what people are willing to pay, so I say she should earn it while she can.

But there are two things I know with 100% absolute certainty, she would never in a billion years date me but maybe more importantly, I would never date her because I wouldn't ever want to be the subject of one of her songs after we break up. I can't imagine being a guy who knows darn well what's going to happen and still being so star struck he tries to date her. Reeks of desperation and total lack of dignity.

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