Last november my brother asked me if I'd like to go see Public Image Ltd live in Leeds in December, It didn't take me long to reply with a resounding YES, I've seen the Sex Pistols and never had the chance to go see PIL live so I was excited about this, Then came the bomb shell, tickets are £38!!! It didn't take me long to reply with a resounding NO CHANCE, as much as I like Public Image, as much as I'd loved to see them live there is no way I'm paying £38 for a gig thats going to last about 90 minutes.
A week before the the gig my brother text me asking if I would like to go see them as there are still tickets available and he would pay for me and Louise to go, I said thanks but no I'm not going out of principle, It's £76 before we even leave the house then there is the beer money, train and taxi fare home oh and don't forget the hiked up prices on the t-Shirts, how much are they these days £30-£35? you would have been talking £160+ for about 3 hours. Now Gary Numan was playing the same venu in December and his tickets were £17, I would have gone to see PIL if they were price at that.
That's another whine for another day the cost of t-shirts at gigs...but I'll save that for another post.