I agree with most of what you said:rolleyes: except, I put the Stones before the Beatles. And maybe the Who as well.

I've replied to so many different threads concerning the Stones, theres not much left unsaid.

They made it through the 70s Disco era with flying colors. Not many (Blues/Rock) bands, originally from the 60s can say they did the same themselves. If any at all.

Maybe that's true in Rock and Roll circles, but in Pop circles The Beatles, Jacko, Madge and ABBA are probably the most written about and talked about Pop artists. And what does the UK have to offer before & after The Beatles... Cliff Richard, and Westlife? They might be an endearing phenomenon to the British peoples but honestly who has heard of them outside England? But see that what makes The Beatles so special is that have been heard outside of England. and they're not just a Pop band but a band that have both feet in the Pop and Rock world and they are heard outside their country of origin and are talked about 50 years after the fact. That is an amazing feet for a band to do.

I paid $150 NZ to see them. Beat that.

$150 NZ is roughly equivalent to $125 US at current exchange rates.
The prices I paid were all in US dollars at the time.

1981 tour - $22.50 (adjusted for inflation, would be roughly $57 today)

1989 tour - $28.50 (adjusted for inflation, would be roughly $53 today)

1994 tour - $35.00 (adjusted for inflation, would be roughly $54 today)

1998 tour - $40.00 (adjusted for inflation, would be roughly $56 today)

Back in 1981, $22.50 was the most I had ever paid to see a show.
I saw them twice in 1989 & 1998, so that doubles my total price for those 2 years.

:)

That funny. I remember the first time I laughed at it in 1995.

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So they extended the tour a bit... wut?

What the hell is up with her computer?

Ah I see. I honestly would pay any price to see them. I am really hoping they come to New Zealand this year. They will make fuck loads of profit if they do.

Hi, all. I just now joined this forum to reply to this post above:

On the 1981 tour I got my buddy and me 8th row center seats at the Rosemont Horizon outside Chicago for $20+. I went to the Ticketmaster location at a local mall at 10 am, and there was nobody else there.

Of course, my friends and I saw Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin (1st tour), The Doors, Janis Joplin, Steppenwolf, and a whole slew of other big names in the 1960's and very early 1970's for $2.50, $3.50 or $4.50 a seat. We saw the Stones in Indianapolis in 1972 on the Exile tour, and I'm sure we didn't pay much more than $10, as I was a broke college student at the time.

Now I'm paying $633 each for 52nd row floor seats for the 5/28 Chicago concert. :o:

My buddy and I have seen the Stones on every tour but one since 1972 (he saw them in '65 as well). I thought $300 a seat for the 2005 concert was a lot.