Last week the first big arena tour in the hopefully post-pandemic era went on sale. Genesis has apparently been rejuvenated and are touring the United States after a European trek this fall. Ticket prices are obscene, but I get that these long dormant acts are going to try and cash in, and that a starved for live music fan base are willing to purchase tickets for said now geriatric bands.

I prefer Peter Gabriel but I do like the Phil Collins version of Genesis (by the way, I listened to Collins “Hits” cd recently and it is not holding up well). I attempted to obtain tickets for the concert at the new UBS arena being built for the Islanders at Belmont Park. I found a somewhat reasonable pair, in comparison to what was being offered, in the rear orchestra for $240 a piece. I decided to pull the trigger and then noticed that there was a 94 dollar Ticketmaster surcharge for each ticket. Add on a couple of other miscellaneous charges and the $480 pair totaled almost $700 bucks. Sorry, not doing it. I understand Ticketmaster took a hit during the pandemic but these charges are obscene. Another first in my ticket search was that while I was about to order a different pair of Genesis tickets a warning popped up to check ticket price before placing order as prices could change. Sure enough, in the time it took to select the tickets and place the order the price had gone up! CANCEL ORDER- the “dynamic pricing on these shows was out of control and changing by the minute and day. I was going to give up on these shows but just now found $131 dollar seats at Madison Square Garden with somewhat more reasonable surcharges bring the total to $326.70. The return of live music is going to be a bumpy and expensive ride.

A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World

Rock on

GQ