Rolling Stones 02 Arena

[wurzel]

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York

Pre-sale tickets for the UK dates are already available with prices ranging from £106 - £406 including ticket fees

Thought I'd try & get a couple so went to Ticketmaster. Cheapest ticket = £297. Total for 2 tickets (inc £108 handling fee) = £712.57

Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Those were the days

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York


Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

The Stones had more competition in those days

I watched Arsenal vs Chelsea for £1.50 in 72

[doomage]

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York



Thought I'd try & get a couple so went to Ticketmaster. Cheapest ticket = £297. Total for 2 tickets (inc £108 handling fee) = £712.57

Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

Wow £sterling has devalued a lot.

Also J Geils Band! classic. FREEZE FRAME

[wurzel]

Also J Geils Band! classic. FREEZE FRAME

and Centrefold...

...was the song of that summer. They ripped the place up when they played that one.

[Sausage Surprise]

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York



Thought I'd try & get a couple so went to Ticketmaster. Cheapest ticket = £297. Total for 2 tickets (inc £108 handling fee) = £712.57

Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

Yep..me too at Sid James Park

[Zippy]

108 quid handling fee?

How the feck can they justify that? And I thought Cliff Richard was expensive ...

[minestrone]

With the increase in ticket prices I take it he has improved that ridiculous American accent? The talky bit in miss you is one of the reasons I can't take the stones seriously, it reminds me of the card playing scene in weird science.

...oh and that really camp 80s video where he is running around in a stripey t-shirt

...and the poetry tulip in Hyde Park, wtf was that all about?

I could go on.

And I wish they would just call the 'handling charge' the 'my profit from your purchase charge'. 108 for 2 tickets implies that they will be lead ingots and can only be transported 50 at time.

[Martin@AS Financial]

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York



Thought I'd try & get a couple so went to Ticketmaster. Cheapest ticket = £297. Total for 2 tickets (inc £108 handling fee) = £712.57

Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

Mick looks like he is morphing into Ian Brown in that pic

[Lockhouse]

108 quid handling fee?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Rolling Stones announce gigs in London and New York



Thought I'd try & get a couple so went to Ticketmaster. Cheapest ticket = £297. Total for 2 tickets (inc £108 handling fee) = £712.57

Feck that. Saw 'em in '82 for a tenner. Got the J Geils Band & Black Uhuru thrown in for that too.

Was that the Rolling Stones Farewell Tour? I say the 1971 Rolling Stones Farewell Tour (with the Groundhogs). Can't remember how much it cost, may have been as much as £3. You know, £3 0s 0d.