Welcome to why I haven't been to a concert of any kind since the '90's. Actually, I got really spoiled during my Erie years (68-77). I was good friends with two of the biggest groupies in the Buffalo/Cleveland circuit. I had the car, they had the contacts. We'd hit a concert, pay general admission, the girls would connect up with whoever was the person in charge, and I spent the concert backstage, or standing right in front of the stage (ahead of the security line, if there was one), backstage party afterwards, drive home 0500 next morning coming down off whatever I was given that night. Hit the '80's and suddenly I'm paying my money and sitting/standing in the same area as all the rest of the punters. Got a couple of good concerts, but for the most part it was sooo . . . . . ordinary.

Once prices started to skyrocket, I quit going. Period.

Nasty admission. I haven't bought any music since 1999. I've downloaded a few .mp3's, but essentially my music listening ended with the turn of the century. No interest anymore.