It's gotten nuts. I can remember paying much less than $10 a ticket back in the old days. :angry: We went to concerts ALL the time. OTOH, my kid's been to about 5 - he can't afford to go any more!
In Atlanta, the ticket brokers get homeless people to wait in line to buy tickets as soon as they go on sale and have telemarketing rooms to buy them online and via the phone. A large amount of tickets are sold this way, then the show is sold out, and the ticket brokers rake it in.
I'm just glad I grew up when I did. The most we spent for a ticket was $16 for the Rolling Stones at the Fox in 1981.
