Grateful Dead tickets going for $116,000 on StubHub

CNN Money ^ | March 3, 2015 | Staff

[funfan]

Sounds like fun for he George Soros crowd old with lots of spending money.

[ßuddaßudd]

wtf? a real hippie band would put on a free concert for its fans...

[SamAdams76]

Everybody here is guffawing about this but the reality is that there are some people out there who are so wealthy that spending $100,000 for a pair of tickets is roughly comparable to the average working Joe taking his wife to a gourmet restaurant.

I personally know somebody who has a net worth of $40 million, due to being in the right time at the right place in the high tech industry. He throws around $100 bills like most of us throw around nickels.

On the other hand, some of my "poorer cousins" think of me as the "rich guy they know."

Some people just have a different perspective.

[fatnotlazy]

I once had the opportunity to see the Rolling Stones, but I found out the cheapest ticket was $425. I thought that was expensive.

If I had $116,000, I’d be spending it on something better and longer lasting than a concert.

[Billthedrill]

For a hunnert sixteen large they better dig Jerry up and put him on a turntable.

[dfwgator]

What did one Deadhead say to the other after the drugs wore off?

“Man, this band sucks.”

[Gay State Conservative]

I wouldn't pay $1.16 to see them.Drug addled and no talent.

[Gay State Conservative]

#3.To Sir With Love, by Lulu

Good song,maybe even great.Definitely a great film.

[nickcarraway]

Was it Anne Coulter?

[cookiemcbride]

—It would be like the three remaining Doors members (Krieger, Manzerak and Densmore) getting togeather and calling it a Doors concert. —

They did. Toured with Ian Astbury of the Cult. At least Krieger and Manzarek, did. Think Densmore did for a while, then split and sued the other two for using the word “Doors” in their name.

[af_vet_1981]

One of my favorite Jerry Garcia quotes may be apt here: "I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves."

So funny; the Grateful Band were great; grateful for the music, and glad the Music Never Stopped. Bill Graham said it best, "They're not the best at what they do, they are the only ones who do what they do."