Yay Capitalism...

. When I got to work this morning I checked my email to find one of my "upcoming concert" emails. This particular one was my Ticketmaster update with a headline of "Don't miss the Rolling Stones". Now, I am not what you would call a fan of The Stones in fact, I really don't like them much at all. I do however have respect for any band that can hang on to any semblance of fame and/or notoriety for 30+ years, but that doesn't mean that I have to like their music.

curiosity got the best of me, so I clicked on the link to see the prices for the Rotting Bones (I mean Rolling Stones) show in SF. I knew last year's tickets were over $200 and I assumed this years would be in close proximity; I was mistaken. The premium seats for this years show is a staggering $464.25. From there the ticket prices slowly decline to $164.25, $103.25, and a meager $64.25.

Just when I thought there wasn't an idiot left on Earth to pay these prices, they added ANOTHER show to SBC park. Ya know, when Madonna went on her "farewell" tour I expected it to be expensive. When the Eagles got back together for a reunion tour, I knew it would be outrageous. When Paul McCartney came back to the US for the first time in 10 years, I knew the ticket prices would be high. But these fuckers charged 200 last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. These guys aren't the fucking Beatles people. They had some great songs, and have been around for a while; but C'mon, stop feed into these guys fucking egos! Keith Richards is rolling over in his grave the freakin' guy isn't even dead yet! Actually, I think he died in 1987 and no one ever told him. And as for Mick Jagger, I hear on this tour he is attaching the mic directly to his walker for added mobility.