Ticket Prices

(Mods, feel free to stick this on the music board if you see fit to do so)

The prices of gigs these days is absolutely f*cking scandalous, I reckon. I've been going to gigs for fourteen years, and obviously there's got to be inflation and stuff, but I think it's just getting silly now and it p*sses me off having to miss gigs just because I'm unable or unwilling to shell out for the tickets. Last year I wanted to go see Beth Orton, and they were charging twenty seven and a half quid for a ticket, before the obligatory booking fees and all the other sh*t they stick on the top of an already over-priced ticket. And that gig was at the Refectory, one of the worst venues in the history of all creation. A lot of venues are growing and it's not necessarily for the best. Look what a f*cking mess they're making of the Academy in Manchester, they're doubling the capacity but now it's got no soul. And, obviously, to cover the cost of the building work, the ticket prices will go up. Again. Even smaller venues like the Cockpit or the Hop and Grape (I absolutely refuse to call it by its new name) are charging twelve or fifteen quid for some gigs these days and I think it's absolutely f*cking mental.

Any thoughts?