Bitch wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 12:48pm:

Good for you Ellen. Have fun.

SV are you in for both shows???

LadyJane wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 11:38am:


I paid $161 for around that section at Madison Square Garden in 2006. And THAT was considered pricey at the time.

More than Five times as much now.

Bit hard to describe it as 'not a bad seat' for $813!

Gazza wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 1:52pm:


RELATIVELY speaking, of course!   

Bitch wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 12:48pm:


great news bitch!...just be careful trying to upgrade your position.....If I paid 2k or so.....it'd be a fight to the death for my space!

RO will be well represented!!!
Glad to see it!!
Feeling a bit envious; gotta admit!

813 for the back. I paid 902 for 128 row 5. A way better seat for 100 more. What can I say I bit the bullet. 

I really hated on recent tours when I would plunk down good money to sit along the B-Stage and a bunch of people who didnt pay for those seats would force their way into my row at the last minute and cram in and ruin the whole experience.

Sounds like the tongue pit is going to be a shit show too with people scamming their way into an already too crowded section.


I urge anyone doing this to think twice and think about their fellow fans.

I was three rows back from the B stage. As soon as they came close I ditched my seat to be closer to the band. I'm guilty of it. I don't think anyone can stand in their assigned seat when the Rolling Stones are that close.

Pdog wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 2:31pm:



Theres bound to be a good offer on that Some Girls Live '78 blu ray!

I'm much the same.

A week on from the on sale date and I'm more content than ever that I'm sitting these shows out. And more convinced than ever that anyone paying money they dont have to attend them needs certified.

The band I've followed for 35 years is dead, and I've been slowly getting more resigned to that eventuality for the last five years.  If this is what the remainder of their career holds in store for live events, I've zero interest in supporting it. the shows are now more about seeing old friends and I can do that at other shows, events or holidays instead.

They're still my favourite band and I'll still buy the archive releases and love the music thats given me so much pleasure for decades, but as they clearly dont want fans like me at their shows, unless there's some serious fan-friendly changes next year  I've no qualms at all about telling them to stuff it. Theyve made it easier for me to walk away than I thought they would and I refuse to pay a week's salary for two hours 'entertainment' via a video screen in a nosebleed seat just because of the 'this could be the last time' emotional blackmail bollocks.

Obviously there are good people out there for whom this is a bigger investment emotionally, and I can empathise with them to a large degree because I've been there myself, but I've different priorities in my life than I had 5,10 or 20 years ago -and self-respect is a major factor as well. If the Stones feel the need to have a huge laugh at their fanbase's (considerable) expense, then they can do it at someone else's, I'm afraid.

G, you're crushing your chance at that complimentary ticket!

I hope One More Shot is real damn good.

A gorilla walks into a bar and says, "A scotch on the rocks, please." The gorilla hands the bartender a $10 bill.

The bartender thinks to himself, "This gorilla doesn't know the prices of drinks," and gives him 15 cents change.
The bartender says, "You know, we don't get too many gorillas in here."

The gorilla replies, "Well, at $9.85 a drink, I ain't coming back, either."