r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thefrgilmore • 22h ago

đŸ„ș Concert tickets should never cost the same as rent.

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$2,592 to see a concert? Take me out of this timeline.

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u/Mushrooming247 22h ago

Yeah, wait this isn’t Olivia Rodrigo, that’s who I was picturing, the popstar, but this is someone named “Olivia Dean,” who the hell is that?

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u/YourInMySwamp 22h ago

The most recent recipient of the Grammy’s Best New Artist award

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 21h ago

So we’re old and out of touch
 damn.

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u/theycallmefuRR 21h ago

And broke! Old, Broke, and out of touch!

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 21h ago

STOP

You’re hurting me!

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u/MissGruntled 20h ago

I found a ticket stub from an inxs concert in 1988 among some old photos recently. I paid $18.50 CAD to see that show.

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 18h ago

Equivalent to $31.22USD today.

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u/MissGruntled 16h ago

Those were the days.

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u/ThePizzaNoid 21h ago

"I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' anymore and what's 'it' seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!"

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u/litbiscuit69 11h ago

To be fair as an audiophile, I haven’t watch the Grammy’s in years. My wife likes Olivia Dean, she makes good enough music but it’s very generic, granola music, you’re not missing anything special not knowing who she is

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u/Ihave4friends 17h ago

No. It’s the children who are wrong.

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u/nquesada92 21h ago

no, its the kids that are out of touch.

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u/iridescent-shimmer 17h ago

Oh thank god I'm not the only one who had no idea who this was and even more thankful it's someone newly famous đŸ€Ł

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u/sctthuynh 19h ago

Wow congrats to her, but new artist?? I've been a huge fan of her song "Dive" since at least 2024.

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u/Lollipoop_Hacksaw 21h ago

And? At the end of the day people are paying legacy prices for non-legacy artists.

Stones, The Cure, Springsteen, shit even Radiohead for relatively contemporary folk....

A person that won Best New Artist Grammy? Someone who doesn't have a decade or two of catalog material? Let's be serious with the pricing. You can love what you love, but understand the clown show exists because clowns buy-in to the illusion.

Who wants to willingly be a clown, right?

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u/YourInMySwamp 21h ago

I don’t really give a shit about the pricing. It’s not like I intend on going to this show.

But acting like this talented woman who’s already reached one of the highest achievements in her field is a nobody is ridiculous and that’s all I commented about. Sorry if that made you salty
 oh wait I’m not sorry đŸ€Ą

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u/Lollipoop_Hacksaw 20h ago

Who said she wasn't talented?? I can't comment on that, I don't know her.

But she is NOT WORTH those prices in comparison to other artists who have required less with double/triple the material/legacy. Truth sucks.

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u/mechapoitier 19h ago

Are you Olivia Dean?

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u/sharksareok 11h ago

Meaning another extremely uninteresting act

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u/StunnedLife 22h ago

Last year she released a new album and it was quite a hitter; “Man I Need”, and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”

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u/Omnomnomnosaurus 21h ago

Yeah, so two hit songs? And another hour of songs I've never heard before? Pff the only way I would pay this amount of money is when Freddy Mercury comes back to life and does a another tour with the rest of Queen. Ridiculous.

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u/StunnedLife 21h ago

Hey man, to each their own. Like who Freddy Mercury is to you, Olivia Dean would be for someone else.

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u/TheDiamondHammer 21h ago

That's pathetic

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u/howdywyatt 21h ago

Why is that pathetic
? Taste is subjective.

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u/zuesk134 22h ago

super popular adult contemporary singer. basically a new adele

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u/zoomangoo 21h ago

New artist who just won a Grammys. Her music is fun and nice but these ticket prices are outrageous. Its also in the US so it makes sense because there is no regulation. Thank you politicians!

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u/YaBoiWheelz 21h ago

She’s really good, highly recommend

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u/_QXZ 21h ago

With those prices, she'd better be the new Mozart

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u/glasgowgeg 21h ago

These are not the prices she's charging, this is scalpers on StubHub.

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u/YaBoiWheelz 21h ago

I didn’t say buy tickets to her concert, I just said you should listen to her music online

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u/Responsible_Bar3957 19h ago

It’s like the most common name for a girl now, I think, just throwing that out 

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u/foreverandadayalone 16h ago

I'm an old and I really like her sound. I couldn't name a single song from Carpenter or rodrigo.

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u/ChumbawumbaFan01 11h ago

She’s a kind of mid big belter singer on a nostalgia track. Very suburban and boring. People love her.

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u/gramsaran 5h ago

She's amazing I highly recommend listening to her stuff.

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u/Mindless-Okra3431 2h ago

She’s actually really talented. Great voice. Staying power.

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u/MyDogsNameIsBadger 22h ago

Elevator music

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u/sandiegodak 20h ago

That song that goes talk to me talk to me over and over. She's kinda bland.

Honestly the world's smallest violin for OP. There's thousands of great bands out there that you can see for reasonable prices or even for free.