I just looked at an email from Live Nation. Hall & Oates tickets at Irving Plaza in NYC for $148. Irving Plaza’s façade and and lobby are nice, but the room itself? IS A DUMP! It’s a place where newish bands and low-mid level indie acts come to play. OK, $148 to stand in a dump for 3 hours? The last show I saw there was Wire and it was FREE. 90% of the shows I go to are for new bands these days because the big names want so much money. The most I’ve paid for a show is $100 for an all-day festival, and Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem were the headliners.
If Daryl and John are looking for more money, they’d better sell M-E-T-H-O-D to another rapper! Thhhpt!