The Spice Girls Earn $20 Million Each for London Shows

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?

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