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It’s an old complaint but how do some people justify ticket prices? Me and Bovine were at the Windmill last night for 3 excellent bands (Smith Westerns, Dignan Porch, Dead Models) – and tickets were £7 each with something like a £1 booking fee (good old We Got Tickets).

But then I tried to find tickets for La Sera supporting Jenny and Johnny because I can’t be at the Windmill Tuesday. No decent ticket sellers have them. Just See, who are charging £16.50 for the tickets, another £1.65 for postage and £4.80 for “administration”. So it costs 5p short of £23 to see a couple of bands at either the Luminaire, Mass or Bush Hall who really you wouldn’t pay much more than a tenner to see. Those tossers at See in a previous life clearly used to hang out with Dick Turpin.

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Alas, not actually Gryff Rhys Jones...

"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

Wankers. That administration fee is the real killer, especially for one ticket.

I find it amazing that "going to gigs" is now seen as a sort of 'premium' activity which people are willing to pay these extortionate fees for. A similar drift like that experienced with football in the 90's...

See also - festivals. They're now like the "THING" that people like estate agents and recruitment consultants do with their summers... it used to just be us tramps but, no... Weird.

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