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Grateful Dead Reunion tickets as much as $116,000

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A three day pass for The Grateful Dead's "Fare Thee Well" sold out reunion show in Chicago are being offered for as much as $116,000 on online ticket site, StubHub.

That price gets fans a spot on the general admission floor in front of the stage. But just to walk in the door will still cost upwards of $1,435 -- and that's an obstructed view seat!

The shows will reunite the four original members of The Dead for their 50th anniversary over the Fourth of July weekend this summer at Chicago's Soldier Field.

It will also include Phish front man and guitarist Trey Anastasio, who will fill in for the iconic leader of The Dead, Jerry Garcia, who died back in 1995.

The three night concerts have been a hot ticket since the show was first announced back in January, and sold out its 210,000 capacity for all three nights almost immediately.

StubHub reports that tickets for the three day pass are posted on its site for as much as $160,000. The most expensive 3 day pass sold on StubHub so far went for $7,499.

That's a whole lot more than the face value of the tickets, which were originally priced at between $60 and $200.
Both the Grateful Dead and Phish have extremely loyal fans that have their own subcultures and even monikers ("Deadheads" for The Grateful Dead and "Phans" for Phish).
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No one has paid 116k yet. 8)
 
Mr. McMac said:
I'd pay $1000 to see The Dead if Jerry and Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan were still alive. Last time I saw them was around 1973
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$1,000, yes, agreed, for an act I hugely admire; but $116,000?

One would want to be able to say that one's wallet or pockets are pretty much bottomless before that could be paid without suffering from Buyer's Remorse...
 
Sounds like Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.

I think it's funny how these aging hippies are chasing the Almighty Dollar like a gaggle of good little capitalists. :D
 
aaronvan said:
Sounds like Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.

I think it's funny how these aging hippies are chasing the Almighty Dollar like a gaggle of good little capitalists. :D
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But the point is that an awful lot of them - (not all, granted) - are good little capitalists - it is just that they gave a convincing impression for ages that they were above such sordid and mundane considerations.

Indeed, I seem to recall that the venerable Mick Jagger actually studied at the LSE (London School of Economics) one of the top educational establishments in the UK.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
But the point is that an awful lot of them - (not all, granted) - are good little capitalists - it is just that they gave a convincing impression for ages that they were above such sordid and mundane considerations.

Indeed, I seem to recall that the venerable Mick Jagger actually studied at the LSE (London School of Economics) one of the top educational establishments in the UK.
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That's true, he did attend the LSE. Jagger was known--even back in the sixties--as a shrewd businessman who negotiated good deals for him and his bandmates.
 
I can't believe that price, wow.

I'm not a fan of The Dead. I knew/know both Weir and Garcia. I was closer to Weir than Garcia. Both are/were very decent nice men. I didn't know anyone else from the band.

I've been around many celebrities and none expressed more concern and fondness for their fans than Weir and Garcia.
 
Gutwrench said:
I can't believe that price, wow.

I'm not a fan of The Dead. I knew/know both Weir and Garcia. I was closer to Weir than Garcia. Both are/were very decent nice men. I didn't know anyone else from the band.

I've been around many celebrities and none expressed more concern and fondness for their fans than Weir and Garcia.
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That's interesting; how did you end up meeting Bob and Jerry?
 
If you can afford to spend $116,000 for a concert ticket, are you really sure you deserve to be a Grateful Dead fan?

From a purely philosophical standpoint, it just seems wrong to me.
 
It's funny, the last time I saw them they were all still alive and put on 6 hour plus concerts, all for less than $10. Saw them at the Fillmore East in the late 60's for less than $5.00..
 
Both started professionally. With Garcia it was casual contacts but mostly professional. Bumped into him in a city in Marin County and talked for a while. That was the last time I saw him. He died very soon afterward. Weir started professionally, then became friends. I wasn't a close friend but went to a few gatherings at his home and watched a few sessions in his recording studio behind his house. I never followed the band but these two guys were very nice to everyone I saw them around. They went to great effort to be kind to their fans, and in public they were often swarmed. But Dead Heads are not like any others, I think. They are usually very kicked back and easy going. Not the typical frenzied group like others.
 
A prime example of the lengths to which a person with uncontrolled senses and mind will go to achieve their totally unnecessary sense gratification.
 
vrDrew said:
If you can afford to spend $116,000 for a concert ticket, are you really sure you deserve to be a Grateful Dead fan?

From a purely philosophical standpoint, it just seems wrong to me.
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yea, the whole thing is uncool, man
 
They can call it whatever they want, but it's not the "Grateful Dead" without Jerry.

Accept no substitutes.
 
I wouldn't pay that much for any band, trip etc.

Now a $1,000 for airfare, hotel, food and the show? That would be my max. Not a Dead fan but that's ridiculous.
 
Not with Trey, no thanks.

Although I did see Warren Haynes about a year ago when he played Grateful Dead tunes with the SF Symphony backing him. Bobby was there for it, and it was really a good show. I didn't pay over $100 bucks though.
 
Steve did a brilliant job of creating the cult like following sometimes known as "The Apple Faithful" modeled after the Dead Heads.

Look at the Empire Apple created off their religious zealotry... :)
 
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