The Spice Girls Earn $20 Million Each for London Shows
January 24, 2008 by Sarah
It’s easy to see why the Spice Girls agreed to do 17 shows at London’s O2 Arena. The gig netted them $100 million or $20 million each.
Tickets were pricey, almost 400,000 fans paid $150 and up to see the Spice Girls, but all feel the price is worth it. “It’s been a huge success for them,” said a source, “and this run of shows at The O2 will probably be the icing on the cake of their reunion.” $20 million? I would say that’s some upscale icing. “Barbara Streisand had high ticket prices but only did three nights while Prince did 21 nights but sold tickets at a very reasonable price - not many groups can sell out 17 gigs at £75 a ticket, it’s quite an achievement.”
The mind boggles. When you consider the London gigs are only one stop on their tour, The Spice Girls are bringing in serious coinage with this one-off reunion. It’s a lot of money for their young fans to pay, if you ask me. I would want to REALLY, REALLY see a band for $150 a pop, and even that’s stretching it. I might do it for Bonnie Raitt or Zeppelin. But the Spice Girls? Probably not.
Incidentally, this made me think back to my first concert. In 1980, when I was 14 or 15, I paid $8 of my hard-earned baby sitting money to see ZZ-Top kick some serious ass. $8! Damn but times have changed.
Tell me, would you pay $150 for a concert ticket. If so, who?
