700 💷

[Jolly]

And lousy seats ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13559807/Taylor-Swift-fans-notice-technical-glitch-London-Wembley-complain-not-able-stage-despite-700-VIP-tickets.html

[LuFins Dad]

Looks to me like the problem wasn’t the stadium or the ticket sellers but the actual show. On a normal show without a bizarrely extended stage and without the tents being set up for the AV guys, that would be an unobstructed view.

[LuFins Dad]

And $700 was the cheap seats in Miamu

[Jolly]

$884.62/ticket....

[Doctor Phibes]

I guess poverty isn't as all-encompassing as we've heard.

[taiwan_girl]

@Doctor-Phibes said in 700 :

I guess poverty isn't as all-encompassing as we've heard.

Maybe people are poor because they spent their money in Taylor Swift tickets?

[George K]

Was this the “Fuck the Patriarchy” tour?

[Doctor Phibes]

@taiwan_girl said in 700 :

Maybe people are poor because they spent their money in Taylor Swift tickets?

A fool and his money...

There's been a lot of talk in general about the price of concert tickets - my understanding is that the artist doesn't have much say in the process, although that might not be the case with Taylor Swift.

Presumably, the subtext leading to this thread singling out Ms. Swift is her potentially pernicious influence on Trump voters. For some reason, people get really upset by the idea that some slip of a girl might be influencing the easily-led, rather than having them influenced by some horrible old dickhead.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in 700 :

Was this the “Fuck the Patriarchy” tour?

Since it's presumably fathers who will be mostly paying for the tickets, it's kind of appropriate

[LuFins Dad]

In the days of Albums and CD’s, concert tours were about selling the new album. The artist made some money, but the real cash was selling the recordings.

In today’s streaming world, there’s no money in recording, so they have to make their money in live performances.

[taiwan_girl]

@Doctor-Phibes said in 700 :

There's been a lot of talk in general about the price of concert tickets - my understanding is that the artist doesn't have much say in the process, although that might not be the case with Taylor Swift.

I dont know in this case, but I do know that she has been very generous with the people that work for her. For example, at the end of her N. America tour leg, she gave all of the truck drivers who transport equipment etc. a USD$100K bonus (net of taxes, etc). Also, a friend of a friend is the stage erection manager who travels with the tour. He told my friend that she is great to work for and gave him an extremely extremely good bonus. When in the US, her shows were generally Fri/Sat/Sun. She would fly him home on Monday after the stage was taken down, and fly him to the new location on Thursday.

[LuFins Dad]

Also, a friend of a friend is the stage erection manager

Wonder what that pays?

[taiwan_girl]

@LuFins-Dad said in 700 :

Also, a friend of a friend is the stage erection manager

Wonder what that pays?

I think quite well. I do not know the exact amount, but sounds like it is a lot of money.

[Doctor Phibes]

If you do well at it, there's a sizeable increase.

The down-side is you've got to take a break every four hours, come what may.

[LuFins Dad]

@taiwan_girl said in 700 :

@LuFins-Dad said in 700 :

Also, a friend of a friend is the stage erection manager

Wonder what that pays?

I think quite well. I do not know the exact amount, but sounds like it is a lot of money.

I don’t think you caught the very bad attempt at a joke.

[taiwan_girl]

@LuFins-Dad

[LuFins Dad]

I mean, are there a lot of erections on stage? She’s an attractive girl and some of those outfits are skimpy, but I would think that after a couple of shows it would get a little…