As long as the place is selling out, ticket prices will remain higher. There are enough high income people living in the villages to spend $200.00 for a couple tickets and even at that price a person of moderate means will do it once in a while for a event he really wants to see. I love old rock and roll bands and paid $40.00 a ticket for turtles, grass roots, association, buckinghams , cousils, and mark Lindsay of paul revere and the raiders. Concert is june 20th at ruth eckardt hall in Clearwater. Just happens to be our 46th wedding anniversary that day.

The Turtles might be around for 140 years.

I never heard of most of them either but the kids probably know them.

And I was thinking yesterday that these are the prices they probably charge for a private event like a wedding or bar mitzvah. There are people with enough discretionary income so money is no object.

I'll bet the agents set up a tour knowing that the auditorium owners work with each other to guarantee the best return for the house, the artist and the agent.

A five thousand seat auditorium probably cost 5,000 times as much as was spent redoing the Church on the Square. I don't know. big money, big risk

[quote=ROCKETMAN;1061699]As long as the place is selling out, ticket prices will remain higher. There are enough high income people living in the villages to spend $200.00 for a couple tickets and even at that price a person of moderate means will do it once in a while for a event he really wants to see. I love old rock and roll bands and paid $40.00 a ticket for turtles, grass roots, association, buckinghams , cousils, and mark Lindsay of paul revere and the raiders. Concert is june 20th at ruth eckardt hall in Clearwater. Just happens to be our 46th wedding

These groups are some of my favorite groups.
I saw most in concert before and I wish we could get that type of entertainment for that price here!

WHY? :22yikes:

"Concert is june 20th at ruth eckardt hall in Clearwater. Just happens to be our 46th wedding anniversary that day."

The Grassroots was one of my favorites, but unfortunately Rob Grill their lead singer died in 2011 from a fall at his home in Mt. Dora. On Youtube there is some really good video of most of these bands in recents years. The Grassroots they have a PBS broadcast from around 2003 with Rob playing bass and singing. Also Dennis Tufano the lead singer of the Buckinghams is featured on Youtube from a 2010 concert, he seems to be a bit of a story teller about each song. The Turtles is probably Flo & Eddie who have been touring since the early 80's as the Turtles and put on a really good show. On Youtube just look up Flo & Eddie. The Cowsils and the Association I believe both were at Savannah Center last year, but I don't know much about their shows or the lineup. Mark Lindsey you can find video on Youtube. He wasn't with Paul Revere & the Raiders in recent years, who are probably history now since Paul Revere died about a month ago.

My first concert of any significance was Vanilla Fudge in 1968, right after they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. After the Beatles my favorite band back then was Grand Funk. I finally got to see them in 1998, the last time the original members toured together, Mark, Don & Mel. I also got to see 3 Dog Night the last time the 3 original members toured together in 1984, Chuck Negron, Cory Wells & Danny Hutton. I had a record collection of 4,000 albums before I moved to TV four years ago. They're gone now but I still have about 500 CD's, 300 concerts on DVD and XM/Sirius Radio in my car. I guess I'm a music junky.

Just got it. Funny.

I'll be seeing the Happy Together Tour on June 17 in Melbourne. I'll let you how it went.

I listen to 99.6 quite a bit. They play older songs of a certain classic style. The Sharon is heavily advertised on that station and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if sooner or later the percentage of the audiences not living in The Villages will outnumber the locals.

Maybe some day they could charge a much higher price for a ticket for outsiders to somewhat subsidize the locals. Of course you would need to put caps in place for it to even out.

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Went to the show tonight at the Sharon and it was worth every penny! I would love to see it a second time! There were 2 standing ovations and 3 encores. The seats were comfortable and a great view of the stage and we were in the last row. We could see everything just fine. I like the size of the place, just perfect.

Another really good oldies rock station and a bit more on the heavier side is 95.5 WIND Ocala/Gainesville, the classic rock station of north central Florida. They'll play anything from Deep Purple to the Beatles to U2 to Creedence.

I'm jelly. [as the kids would say]

We went this evening also. It was truly a great show and worth every penny!
Seats were indeed comfortable and there was leg room, too. Really enjoyed the show and will see it again when it returns...I'm sure it will...:BigApplause: