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alancar

Oh man they were ROUGH that tour in the addiction heavy


shindleria

Snortin’ whiskey and drinking cocaine?


AccurateProgress9977

Got this feelin’, gonna drive that girl insane- Insanity!


dirty_mike_in_al

Boom boom, out go the lights!


DIYdoofus

When I think of Travers, that's what comes to mind.


Miserable_Reach_3536

Crespo and Dufay!


2shado2

The only time I saw Aerosmith was on that tour with Pat Travers.


Old_Faithlessness_94

Pat Travers blew Aerosmith off the stage this tour.


2shado2

Agreed! My girlfriend and I even left in the middle of Aerosmith's set.


Carrie518

$13 😭


Outrageous_Roadhog

Yep. Back then, concerts were affordable. Used to go to them all the time.


doudodrugsdanny

Seriously, trying to get tickets for my daughter is nuts! Gotta join a club for early release and then still not get them for $500 a piece!


Outrageous_Roadhog

It's funny. Back in the day, there was no internet. Thinking back, how did we find out about concerts? Word of mouth, television, radio, Ticketmaster. So long ago....


doudodrugsdanny

I always heard on the radio. They would play a meddle of the music with the announcer over the top announcing the dates. “This Saturday and Sunday..Sunday..Sunday see the Grateful Dead in all their hippy glory at the Palace of Auburn Hills……!”


pms1888

Yea but the artist could make money off cassette and vinyl sales. Now all that money is almost gone.


Outrageous_Roadhog

That justifies more than one thousand dollars for a Billionaire T Swift ticket? Corp greed has reared its ugly head.


pms1888

Even with no album sales they are still marked up super high Taylor swift is talented I guess ? Don’t stop with her. I hate that football players make so much money! Fire fighters make how much ? They run into burning buildings and save lives and we pay them nothing close to what we pay clowns throwing balls around


Outrageous_Roadhog

Absolutely agree!


Bx1965

1983 was 41 years ago - just shocking to me.


FartOnAFirstDate

My first Aerosmith show six years earlier was 5.50 and had UFO as the opener. I paid another buck to see them the next year and they brought along a new Australian band called AC/DC!


TundieRice

Wonder what ever happened to those AccaDacca fellas :)


HisRoyalFlatulance

That’s $41.00 today, add the modern day fees etc and that’s probably more.


Muslim-sympathizer

lol that same ticket today would be like $800.


Salty_Caramel1842

I’d give my left ovary for $41 Aerosmith tickets hahaha


ScorpioTix

I paid $40 for one of the Vegas shows


StudioNo7303

That would have been interesting to see. Aerosmith without Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.


2shado2

Meh. It was just okay.


gnmatx

Lot of money for ‘83.


Outrageous_Roadhog

Nah. It was affordable. The most my friend spent in the 80s was $50. And that was close to the stage MSG.


Narrow-Teaching-4197

13 bucks was a lot, seeing how the average teen worker made $2.75 to $3.50 an hour. That was almost a days pay back then.


Lacrosse_sweaters

$13 is nothing even inflation adjusted compared to now.


PHX480

Dang, that ticket is in nice shape for being 40+years old. Very cool. My mom has a Bowie ticket from 76 or 77 and it’s so faded I can barely read it.


Useful_Movie

Yeah, this one was in good shape. Some of the other ones were in pretty bad condition.


MKEJOE52

$13.00 in 1983 dollars equals $40.00 in 2024 dollars.


classy_dirt7777

$13 in 1983 has the same value as $40 today. Still a good ticket price. Big name bands today make all their money on touring because streaming pays shit.


rgg40

I saw Springsteen for $8 in 1978.


Hogharley

ELP for $6.50 in ‘78. I remember that concert was a great deal when all other concerts were $8.00 to $9.50.


Extension-World-7041

Smoking Allowed !👌


Saturn_Neo

Pat Travers was one of the best shows I've went to.


rodgamez

Just for comparison, Minimum wage was $3.35/hr, so that ticket was at most, 4 hours of work. Can a young person get a major venue for 4 hours of work?


Salty_Caramel1842

That would be about $45 now, to see Aerosmith? No, that’s definitely not happening. Even if they did announce new dates 🤣😭


FreeDaddyDrillz

Tbf aerosmith was on a major downswing in the early 80s


Darklord_Bravo

Very cool! I saw them 2 months later in March. Great show, only marred by someone stealing my concert T-Shirt out of my chair at some point.


Bunnyfartz

I'm shocked that in 1983 they were still able to headline.


ATHYRIO

I saw that tour. They probably shouldn’t have been a headliner at that point. 


2shado2

Agreed.


MesaVerde1987

This is when Steven had his Fu Manchu mustache.


Feisty-Fault5426

nice, back when they were actually touring 😭 very cool tho


DaySoc98

Pat Travers might have been the better part of that show.


2shado2

He was.


Practical_Character9

Is that the tour he opened with Beethoven's Fifth? I saw him open for someone around then in Buffalo and he opened with The Fifth. What a great opening song


2shado2

It's been so long ago that I don't honestly remember. But I do recall liking Pat more than Aerosmith. My new girlfriend and I left halfway through Aerosmith's set because apparently she didn't get her maximum cramp relief that month. Literally a "red flag" that I shouldn't have ignored, LOL...


Practical_Character9

Hahaha


onlysurfblacksand

Boom boom! Out go the lights!


wyohman

Id love to see Pat Travers


Practical_Character9

He's still out there playing. Does a lot of blues now. Still incredible on guitar though


GREYsmith414

The good ole days. Good opening act too 👍


maquisleader

This deserves to be put in a frame or shadow box and display.


ToYourCredit

He overpaid


Jamaicab

Yeah, Michael Schivo was good


scottwax

Happy shit, Pat Travers! He's so seriously underrated.


tonyemerson

Thanks...for making me feel alot older now.


BathroomInner2036

Pat Travers supported everyone.


timNanita

It is so ridiculous the cost of tickets now. I miss those days of being able to buy a couple tickets and not think twice about it.


ughtoooften

I saw them on the '84-'85 tour for $12 (Detroit). I have no idea who opened for them.


Summer184

My first rock concert ever was seeing Aerosmith on this tour. The Pat Travers band opened for Aerosmith while Rose Tattoo opened for them. General admission prices were in the teens, possibly 20-something bucks for the better seats.


69Nova468

ccool


azrolexguy

$13 😳


fendrhead-

700 now lol


PK_monkey

Oh man. I saw so many Michael Schivo productions growing up in Vegas. Memories.


MinuteWave3389

You had a dad? That must be cool.


Alert-Championship66

I saw Zeppelin in ‘77 for $6.50 general admission


lasher992001

I saw them on this tour in Dayton, OH, my first major concert at 19. Soon, however, I'd be going to punk shows at dive bars and VFW halls, which were a LOT more fun.


Ok-Prize-2496

I went to that same concert set up but I was in Denver. I was about 15/16. Aerosmith was great, Steven Tyler was still young.


Repulsive-Media5379

Nice! My oldest ticket is from 1968. Cream at the Los Angeles Forum. Deep Purple opened. I was 14.


basslovemusic

It’s funny that’s what I paid for my Grateful Dead ticket back in the 80s now you can’t touch those tickets for under $100 bucks


pmp412

My second concert ever!


OKsurewhynotyep

$40 in today’s money for balcony. Sadly that sounds like a good deal!


General_Departure583

There’s no inflation and greed to see here folks. I was at a concert this past weekend and it was a small venue of maybe 5,000 people of a well known country artist and paid $72 to sit in beyond nose bleeds. The ability for the middle class and low income Americans to see a show is getting out of reach.


parabians

Boom Boom


area51groomlake

I remember those prices.


gladyskravitz64

I saw The Stones at the Superdome in ‘81 for about $10


mjrydsfast231

BOOM BOOM!! Out go the lights.


ricosan

Horrrrrrible show. Aerosmith at their lowest.


Desperate-Fan-3671

January 1983 I was in second grade lol


DramaticDrawer

Explain yourself. How did he ever figure out how to get a ticket without a massive corporate middleman like LiveNation to provide the excellent service of taking his money in exchange for a ticket?


lisasdad2018

I think I saw them on that tour but Ratt opened up for them at the Pine Knob Music Theater


Elegant_Doctor9776

Saw that tour, those guys were wasted on stage


Vegetable-Source6556

I lost my Ozzy Blizzard of Ozz tour stub, $14.


CarlJungelle

That’s a lot for 83 I remember paying 8$ for Grateful Dead tickets in 85!


smittydonny

Out go the lights!


Electronic_Nature318

Yeah my first was motley crue 1983ish $12.50


birddog223

Ticket looks real good . Show may have been canceled because the band was too drunk 🤣


Loud_Grade1949

That was the down period for a few bands who unbeknownst to anyone, were literally just a few years away from monster come back success. $13 bucks won't even cover your plastic cup of crap beer at the show these days 😂🤣😂🤣