Sunday Letters to the Press
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/4/07
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"Cheap" seats pretty pricey


My husband and I took our children to the opening night of Jon Bon Jovi's concerts at the new Prudential Center in Newark. We had a great time. However, the singer made a comment that bothered me. He looked way up to the "nosebleed" seats and said something like, "Hey, you up in the cheap seats!"

We paid $112 for each seat and we were pretty high up. I remember the least expensive seats being around $90. That's not cheap. This may be giving away my age, but in high school, a ticket to a Bon Jovi concert cost $17. Does he even know how much a ticket to his show costs now?

Maybe these artists are trying to offset their losses from Internet downloads. If they are, then they should compromise. Let music be free on the Internet. Then maybe we wouldn't mind so much paying an arm and a leg for a "cheap seat."

Christine Weightman