For those Brits (who I'm proud and VERY happy to live among these days!) who like to moan about gig prices have a look at this article comparing upcoming tours to NZ. Note that the prices don't include booking/service fees. The top Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac ticket prices may have been a bit over the top, I'll grant you, but generally you/we get all gigs for a steal! Nevermind the fact that NZ rarely has anything approaching this number of gigs to choose from! http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10865489 (FYI 1 NZ$ equals about 55p at present)http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930532#msg-930532Sat, 25 May 2013 22:56:14 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930581#msg-930581 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930581#msg-930581
Interesting though that they've called in all the IT company heads to find out why for instance a digital music file costs 50% more here than in the USA and why it's cheaper to buy a return flight to the USA and purchase a $2000 piece of IT hardware than buy here in Australia.

The answer to their question is obvious - the companies have decided we're dumb enough to pay more and that's that.]]> the ORIGINAL brent NoticeboardSat, 16 Feb 2013 02:33:20 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930563#msg-930563 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930563#msg-930563 Ydde NoticeboardSat, 16 Feb 2013 00:44:04 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930532#msg-930532 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,930532,930532#msg-930532
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10865489

(FYI 1 NZ$ equals about 55p at present)]]> radiat10n NoticeboardFri, 15 Feb 2013 21:15:02 +1100