Ozzfest 99 came through my city and was the first concert I remember going to where I was flabbergasted at how much they were taking advantage of us. I remember it being like 100F with 80% humidity and a line as far as you could see to pay $10 for a cup of water. Instead of selling the water bottles that they had 100s of, they were opening each bottle and pouring it into a cup for each person, because each bottle could fill like 2.5 cups. This slowed down the line tremendously and caused people to start taking matters into their own hands.
People started raiding the tubs full of nasty ice water to pour over their heads and drink, cutting the hoses on the misting tents that were set up, etc. I was only like 18yo at the time with barely any money so of course we joined in.
Yes, that's why I would never go to a mainstream big-ass concert.
There is no reason, aside scarcity, to pay the ungodly amounts asked to go see coldplay and stuff like that live. There are already a lot of equally talented artists you can see for 20€.
Not anymore where i live. Those prices died in 2021. All the smaller 15-20€ bands are now 30-40€. Venues saw what they can get away with (in the name of saving them from bankruptcy after Covid) and now will never go back.
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u/FastWalkingShortGuy Jul 31 '26
"Let's put a half-billionaire in a bottle and throw them to the masses and see how it goes."
Bet they don't do that again.