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The O2 is probably a great arena, but if I had a choice to listen to Morricone, Williams or any other composer for that matter I would choose the world-famous Royal Albert Hall any time. And to this extent I'd happily pay more for a ticket at the RAH than at the O2!
I've only been to the O2 once, to see Monty Python. To quote the Blues Brothers, it's a fucking barn. Too big, not designed for the audience experience, merely to pack as many bums on seats as possible. It's ok if you're in the first third of the auditorium, but further back than that you're relying on video screens to see anything and the speaker system to hear anything. I can't imagine it would be a great venue to see something like an orchestral concert.
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I paid $200 a ticket for Morricone's Radio City Music Hall (NYC) concert and was going to pay slightly more for his (aborted) Barclay's Center show. Worth every penny, in my humble opinion.
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Mar 23, 2018 - 10:51 AM
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MusicMad
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Ignoring the location - see below - I, too, think the prices are too high ... and, yes, I can afford to go (both in terms of time and finance). Whilst he is one of my favourite film composers and I should like to see him live I'm not willing to pay that sort of money for a concert.
Last year my wife and I attended a number of classical music concerts at our local symphony hall, the most expensive of which was Murray Perahia playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5, Op.73 "Emperor" accompanied by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for which I stretched my self-imposed budget ... paying, I think, GBP 55.00 a seat (very good seats  ).
Maybe if the cost was limited to the ticket price then it would be acceptable but even our local has the added costs of transport, etc. And for what? I have the majority of the Maestro's recordings on CD and several live performances on DVD. I know that, however good my home hi-fi system is - and it is very good - it can't replicate that live music performance ... but for how long in one's memory?
I attended two live concerts given by my favourite - John Barry - back in 1998 and 1999. Wonderful occasions for which I have fond memories but, nearly 20 years on, I don't recall the music that well ... but I'm happy to play the music any day I want to hear those fabulous melodies.
So, yes, pay the money and have a wonderful evening but even if someone can afford the ticket prices that doesn't mean they should grab the credit card without stopping to think. My suggestion is: invest that money in some better hardware ... it'll pay back big-time.
And as for the O2 Arena ... this is far from convenient for the majority of the country (one of the reasons why this government-sponsored idea - Millennium Dome - became one of that administration's biggest white elephants as well as one of its biggest financial scandals). For my wife and I to attend that concert, I should expect to look at three times the ticket price to cover transport, accommodation and food. That GBP 500 is somewhat more than the cost of a good evening meal out, even with wine, and would go nicely towards the next hi-fi upgrade
For me: a concert at a location easily accessible and at no more than GBP 40.00 a ticket (good seats). It won't happen ... but I can live with that.
Mitch
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They're arguably the two best film composers in the world (and among the top ten composers in the world, period imo, right up there with heavies like Penderecki, Glass, etc.).
Sounds to me like a great deal just to see Morricone, I wish I could go. I'd fork over the moolah in a heartbeat.
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Mar 23, 2018 - 12:23 PM
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joan hue
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Stalemate12, I do agree with you that tickets should be affordable for many. Moreover, we all have various incomes and priorities as to how we spend our money. I wanted to see Hamilton while in New York, and I could have forked over the money, but the price was ridiculous, so I bought tickets to other great and affordable Broadway shows.
If people are traveling in to London (or New York), they do need to factor in transportation, meals and maybe hotels.
Mark L said, "I've never spent £79 on dinner and drinks in my life, that would be an unaffordable extravagance for me."
Bravo, Mark. We should respect your comment.
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The O2 is a terrible venue, you’re listening through giant speakers rather than the real thing.
Sadly that’s all there is though - so no choice really.
Would like to go to the Prague concert because the set list is so different. Hope we get the same at the O2 but I certainly doubt it will be any different at all to his last two concerts here
It's also cold and the toilet facilities ate somewhat lacking, at least it seemed that way my son and I when we went to the last Morricone concert there.
The queues for the toilets during the intermission had to be seen to be believed.
The O2 is definitely not my favourite venue.
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