the masked drummer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 QUOTE (mandydog @ Aug 1 2012, 02:49 PM) $6.50 general admission, Louisville Gardens, January 30, 1979. Hemispheres tour. TOTO was the opener. Holy Cow! Tell us about the concert if you could, briefly?!! That one, due to it's age and rareness, deserves a mini-review!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I remember they played Duffy's Tavern in Hamilton, ontario, on or about July 17 1973. I think the cover charge was 2 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertkincaid96 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 April 13th. 1979 Hemispheres $7.50 which was 5th. row center, so there may have been cheaper seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchemingDemon Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 My one and only show so far was $60.50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushlady23 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Dec 16, 1985 Cap Center -Largo, MD $14.50 Front row center aisle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Aug 1 2012, 11:14 PM) Holy crap you guys have some great memories. I don't even remember what I paid for the S&A tour. I only remember important things such as the price of a Rush ticket 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoom Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 a NICKEL! ...and that got me a bus ride to the show, a ticket, a sody pop, a stick of gum, and then a bus ride back home after the show...all for a NICKEL!! And back then, nickels had pictures of bumble bees on 'em ("Gimme five bees for a quarter", we'd say). Sorry...'was having flashbacks to Grandpa stories...actually, it was 10 bucks for the Spring Training '82 Tour (and another 10 bucks got me a tour shirt). And we got to sit/stand wherever we wanted (one standout memory: finding my way up close to stage left to watch Alex play his solo during La Villa). Ah, them was the days, I'm tellin' ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 QUOTE (the masked drummer @ Aug 1 2012, 03:11 PM) 1) My Cheapest Rush Ticket - Signals (1983?) I can't remember, but it was likely the cheapest. Probably around $12-15$ 2) Cheapest ticket ever? (Besides Dream Theater for $6.00 in 1992 and Asia FREE in 11/27/92) it will be YES at Pine Knob 08/06/12!!! Wait... Yes has a new singer??? Forgot to mention: The Yes ticket for Monday's Show cost me... $7USD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I was at Massey Hall in 1976 and that was $5-6. I still have all the stubs from the 70's Toronto shows - most under $10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I saw them a few times between Signals and HYF - prices ranged from $12 to $17.50. Prices really are out of control today. If you take into account inflation, still the prices are WAY higher than the rise in inflation. $12 in 1982 is around $27 today. Good luck getting seats for $27. You can't even get lawn tickets for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Think it was $14.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I was taken to Counterparts concert at Market Square Arena for free by a lady friend. She worked at Deja Vu in Louisville, KY. It was a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeOhBe Bob Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 $7.50 a pop at the Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, couple days after Thanksgiving '77. Cheap trick opened for em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayglow76 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Counterparts Tour Dallas,Tx 25 bucks buddy just got his license and we went to the show scraping change from under the seat,got screwed by service charges and came up 3 bucks short,I was 17 at the time and threatened to strip naked if I had to to get in. About that time an extremely hot woman walked up and sold us 2 tickets for what we had in our pockets that were better than what the box office had,and we proceeded to have our young minds blown. I haven't missed a show since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ican't remember the exact price for the PeW ticket, but I still have the Gen Admin ticket from the HYF tour and it says $12.50. My students ask me how it was that I got to see so many shows and when I told them that most of the shows I saw were around 10 to 15 bucks, they are shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ooops, that's PoW. Man, I wish I got to see PeW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Cheapest I paid was probably the first show I saw--Moving Pictures tour Meadowlands, NJ Dec. 22, 1981. I think it was around $17. But, in 1994 I saw the first night at MSG, NY on the Counterparts tour for free, and got an invite to the aftershow party held by Atlantic Records. (details in the thread about Neil & Michael tweeting during the CA tour). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Ghost Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My first Rush show is free thanks to my uncle:) I do have to drive him home though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I paid somewhere in the $9.50 to $11.50 range for the Signals show. The funny thing is that I never paid much until R30. The show before that for the Vapor Trails tour I paid $25 per ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakly Criminal Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 QUOTE (Mystic Rythm @ Jul 31 2012, 07:43 PM) The last two post got me thinking about my first concert and how much ticket prices have changed. I paid $8.50 for a ticket to see Moving Pictures in Little Rock in 1980. What's the least amount you've has paid for a Rush ticket? That's what my MP ticket stub reads. Yup, still got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 QUOTE (drbirdsong @ Aug 4 2012, 09:12 AM) I paid somewhere in the $9.50 to $11.50 range for the Signals show. The funny thing is that I never paid much until R30. The show before that for the Vapor Trails tour I paid $25 per ticket. That is almost my memory too. It seems to me that the S&A first leg was still under 50 bucks and that landed me inside halfway to the lawn at SPAC...The next leg seemed to double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 $98 TM Tour, reds. Montreal third section away from the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djtess Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 $12.50, my mom had to drive me to the G/P tour in Worcester Ma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfan21122 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 QUOTE (deathlikesilence @ Aug 1 2012, 01:24 AM) QUOTE (rushfan21122 @ Jul 31 2012, 10:38 PM) $8.80 Moving Pictures..September 26, 1980 Capital Centre -- Largo, Maryland (Saxon) believe that would've been permanent waves No on August 22, 1979 Capital Centre Largo, Maryland (Nantucket Band) was the Permanent waves tour.. The Moving Pictures tour started with a warm up tour : Moving Pictures Warm Up Tour September 11, 1980 Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Virginia September 12, 1980 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina (Saxon) September 14, 1980 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee (Saxon) September 16, 1980 Riverside Centroplex Baton Rouge, Louisiana September 19, 1980 Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida September 20, 1980 Civic Center Arena Lakeland, Florida (Saxon) September 23, 1980 Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio (Saxon) September 25, 1980 The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Saxon) September 26, 1980 Capital Centre Largo, Maryland (Saxon) September 27, 1980 Cape Cod Coliseum Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Saxon) September 28, 1980 Civic Center Springfield, Massachusetts (Saxon) September 30, 1980 Allentown Fairgrounds Allentown, Pennsylvania (Saxon) October 1, 1980 Cumberland County Civic Center Portland, Maine (Saxon) Just an FYI!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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