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Getting it right

Here's a comparison of four recent concerts that drew full houses and four that didn't. In the latter case, we asked Bobby the Brain, a street ticket broker for 40 years, to suggest realistic prices.

September 10, 2010 at 11:04PM

GETTING IT RIGHT

Here's a comparison of four recent concerts that drew full houses and four that didn't. In the latter case, we asked Bobby the Brain, a street ticket broker for 40 years, to suggest realistic prices.

FOUR THAT WORKED

Justin Bieber

Crowd: 15,800

Price: $31.50-$51.50

James Taylor & Carole King

Crowd: 18,000

Price: $67-$97

Nickelback

Crowd: 14,000

Price: $43-$83

Tom Petty

Crowd: 12,807

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Price: $51.50-$127

FOUR THAT DIDN'T

Sting

Crowd: 5,000

Price: $38-$178

Should've been: $100 tops

Santana

Crowd: 6,000

Price: $25.50-$125.50

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Should've been: $100 tops

Lilith Fair

Crowd: 3,650

Price: $20.50-$247

Should've been: $50-$75 with general admission seating

Jonas Brothers

Crowd: 0 (concert canceled)

Price: $32-$250

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Should've been: $50-$75

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about the writer

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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