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Bob Seger is touring and coming to Halifax at the end of November. I would like to go and have someone to go with but the tickets? $150! I can't get my head around why the concert tickets seem to have skyrocketed so much lately! That price isn't just for floor tickets, it's for lower bowl and lower upper bowl. I asked my friend if she could get advance tickets through her Amex because sometimes you can. She mentioned the Bullet club, (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, right?). So I looked it up. They make you buy a $15 package in order to take advantage of the pre-sales the cheeky bastards. You get a digital download or cd with the basic package, or a tshirt as well if you go for the $35 one, it's not a tour tshirt, mind you, it's a Bullet Club tshirt. You know the tour tshirts will run around $40!

And Bob Seger, while I like him, he's not really had any hits for yonks. A lot of the bands that were big in the 70s and 80s are touring again. The Baby Boomers group is huge and love their old classic rock! They're playing to the crowd and why not? But I still fail to see why a band that isn't someone like the Rolling Stones, The Who or even Queen can get away with charging that much. Tom Petty came here last year or so and was charging even more!

I expect we may still go, not sure if i'll take the presale though, it just rubs me the wrong way but maybe that's standard for presales on tours? I don't know. I thought you just joined a fan club and aren't fan clubs free? Maybe not. What do i know?