No Doubt is charging how much?!?!?!?!?!?!?

No Doubt regrouped for a summer tour this summer.

This was good news. I'd love to see No Doubt. I'm happy their back together. Tragic Kingdom is one of my favorite albums. It helps that I find Gwen Stefani unbelievably sexy. She was the best part of The Aviator playing Jean Harlow.

So I remember to check dates and ticket info today.

They're playing in AC at the Borgata on May 2nd. Sounds cool, but don't feel like making the drive. Might be cool to see them in a small theater like that. It's standing room only and the tickets cost $105. WTF. Really, $105 dollars. OK, that's out. Maybe it's the size of the Venue.

They're playing in Camden at the SB Center in June. The day after my birthday(June 10th, send cards). They have lawn seats for $12. I won't do that again. I saw Aerosmith on the lawn. You're better off sitting in your car. The $40 tickets are sold out. My fault for waiting I suppose. So I would be stuck with the $80 tickets.

I'm probably going to go to the Camden show, but is that what tickets normally cost?

I admit, I don't go to alot of shows, and the ones I goto are lesser known bands, but $105?

I think I spent $25 on Dead Milkmen and Pennywise tickets. Page and Plant may have been $40, but that was in the late 90s. I won tickets to Kiss and Marilyn Manson so I didn't have to pay for them. Would the Manson/Slayer tickets have been $80?

I saw Kepi Ghoulie, Kevin Seconds and Joe Jack Talcum in a room that held 50 people and it only cost $15. The Groovie Ghoules, 7 seconds and the Dead Milkmen were fairly big in thier day.

Since people like Kepi and Kevin put out their music through Indy labels now, do they make more money from Albums while No Doubt has to make money through tours because the label takes all the money from CD sales?

I'm sure I'll have fun seeing No Doubt, but money aside, I'm sure I enjoyed the Kepi, Kev, Joe show more than I will No Doubt. Three guys who loved what they're doing and really did it for the fans.