DJ Badtz @ The Upstage tomorrow (Friday, October 15)

[Christy]

> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:39:14 -0400, Christy Sawyer 
<christy at spookee.net> wrote:
> 
> > How much were ticket prices there?
> > 
> > I only paid $35.00 for my ticket, and I thought it was a really 
great price
> > considering I'm going to be seeing Ministry, TKK and Hanzel und 
Gretyl.
> 
> ticketmaster says that they're $30-32, although thanks to my mad-ass
> connections i could get in for free (i have a lot of fucking homework
> though).
> 
> considering the last "big name" show i saw was bella morte & dresden
> dolls for $10 (and, remember, dresden dolls were invited to play
> lollapalooza and written up in the rolling stone), i think that $30-32
> can be safely considered to be a crap load of money.

It's not just the current popularity of a band that determines price. 
Was it a large venue, or was it a club like Laga? Was it part of a 
national tour? Ministry usually plays in fairly mid-size to large 
venues, and they're currently on a national tour with 2 other bands. It 
could be the difference between having a lighting/sound/etc crew come 
out with them or having the local guys do it. I'd expect Ministry to be 
more comparable in price with a band like Skinny Puppy (also around 
$35/ticket) than Dresden Dolls, just because they have similar touring 
crew sizes and similar stage production quality. 

Christy
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