Wow.

sorry, gotta save up for my $900 iPad. or maybe i'll splurge on life-saving medication.

one of those, anyway.

She needs to Justify My Love.

$300 tickets for Madonna

Is it a concert or a bukkake party?

How is she still in high demand? Isn't she a huge joke?

She's a material girl living in a material world ...

serpent_sky: She's very in touch with the average person if she thinks people spend $300 on handbags "all the time."

I wouldn't know what to DO with a $300 handbag. I'd be too afraid to use it, in case something spilled on it, a pen exploded, etc etc.


I've spent that much on a nice Coach bag for my wife a couple times. The bags have lasted her for years, they seem like really solidly constructed stuff. That said... those were birthday gifts and things she uses every day, not a concert for some old has-been with awful music.

300$ will get you a fully equipped hiking pack that you can load with food and water and use to cross a mountain range. If you're paying that much and getting a small back for your credit cards, etc then I suspect you're getting ripped off container-wise.

I dont think so Madge. Im spending it on plumbing.

Diogenes: You can get a different prostitute for as much and probably have a better time.

^^Fixed

Well, I know I always keep my penis in a used washed up old handbag...

Hey babe you were not worth spending $300 bucks on when you were in your prime, young, tight tits stage of life.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: It wasn't all that long ago back in Detroit that for $300 Ms. Ciccone would have let you pull an Albanian Monkey Squat on her while letting your buddies watch AND follow it up with a Peruvian Ax Handle, an Alabama Cheese Dive and the dreaded Take Her To Coffee At Denny's Afterwards.

REALLY disappointed to have googled "Alabama Cheese Dive" only to come up empty handed.

What a condescending thing to say. How could any self-respecting person attend her concert after reading that?

Roughly the same people are willing to pay to see Paul McCartney, Elton John, and other performers of her caliber. No reason she shouldn't charge a fair market price.

Sorry biatch; I need new glasses, so the $300 I need to try and save will be going towards improving my swiftly deteriorating vision. And BTW, F*ck you.

Somehow I think this is Siegfried & Roy's fault.

For $300 bucks, she should let us see her cervix.

Who the fark does she think she is, Debbie farking Reynolds?

I'll go to her show when she drags me with her cold, dead hands!

My GF was eyeballing a $400 purse one day. I asked her why she wanted it. She went on some diatribe about how awesome it was. So I asked her why it was better than the purse she had on her at the time which was vitually identical to me but it was some Target purse. Again she goes on about the pockets and this and that and what she can put in it. So I said "There is one thing you can't put in it." She says "What?" So I said, "The $400 you're going to spend on it."

Lost Thought 00: Roughly the same people are willing to pay to see Paul McCartney, Elton John, and other performers of her caliber. No reason she shouldn't charge a fair market price.

Um, excuse me
Paul land Elton have talent.
There is a difference

Lost Thought 00: Roughly the same people are willing to pay to see Paul McCartney, Elton John, and other performers of her caliber. No reason she shouldn't charge a fair market price.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the admission price appears to be less of an issue than the "Of all the things you can no longer afford, my concert should not be one of them, you farking peasant" attitude.

/I may be wrong

So $300 on a bag you can use for years or $300 for a bag you'll use for just one night

decisions, decisions

AdolfOliverPanties: Mr. Coffee Nerves: It wasn't all that long ago back in Detroit that for $300 Ms. Ciccone would have let you pull an Albanian Monkey Squat on her while letting your buddies watch AND follow it up with a Peruvian Ax Handle, an Alabama Cheese Dive and the dreaded Take Her To Coffee At Denny's Afterwards.

Heck, my uncle took her to the Alligator Fark House, gave her a Puerto Rican Fog Bank, and left her with a Guatemalan Monkey Mask for half that.

The part of me that's not laughing hysterically needs to know if there's a sex-act name generator on the internet somewhere.

If so? Could you hint me in that direction? I could actually use that for stuff.

//I still use "Mexican Face Hat" to this day.

I went to see George Michael for free (a couple years ago) with a buddy who scored tix from his job. I've never seen so many gay guys and 40something big haired hags. For some reason I feel I wouldn't want to see her live, even if for free.

No, I wouldn't spend $300 on a handbag (although I would LOVE one of these (new window) should anyone want to give me one), and I would not want to spend $300 for a Madonna ticket. But I do know people who would spend that kind of money for a ticket (and others who would drop that on a Coach). Madonna music is not my favorite, but she was smart about her career. Instead of targeting straight males between the age of 15 and 26, she appealed to a market made up of gay men and little girls. This is a market that tends to stay true to its divas as they age.

The type of "hot girl musician" who appeals to the straight boys is going to be replaced every few years. A female performer is lucky if she gets five to seven years before some new hotty replaces her. Usually, it's a couple years, max. And during her hot years, she makes a lot of money for the record label, but she gets little if any of that money for herself. And it's not like the guy market is kind to the pop hotty. At the first sign of aging, guys can be really cruel.

But a female entertainer with a large gay fan base? Not only does her base tend to stick with her, but they continue to want to see her in concert even as they get older. That means more disposable income and higher ticket prices. This also means that, thirty years from now, Lady Gaga will be more likely to still be making money as a musician than Katie Perry.

I'd love to know what the audience demographic is for a Madonna concert. I've never cared for Madonna, but I remember friends going to see her in the 80s, but I don't know anybody who would go to see her now. Who's paying to see her?

I'm not about to spend $300 to watch a Madonna show, but is it really that much worse than spending $300 to watch a shiatty sports team?

SkylineRecords: Mr. Coffee Nerves: It wasn't all that long ago back in Detroit that for $300 Ms. Ciccone would have let you pull an Albanian Monkey Squat on her while letting your buddies watch AND follow it up with a Peruvian Ax Handle, an Alabama Cheese Dive and the dreaded Take Her To Coffee At Denny's Afterwards.

REALLY disappointed to have googled "Alabama Cheese Dive" only to come up empty handed.

Try Tokyo Sandblaster.

imontheinternet: $300 tickets for Madonna

Is it a concert or a bukkake party?

Does it matter? It's still too expensive in either instance.