• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    100% depends on who’s performing. I’ve driven 500 miles for a festival, but probably wouldn’t for a single artist/one night show.

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    The concert? I dunno it’s pretty close. But the company to go to the show with, that I’ll fly across the country for.

    When I was living in California, I had a friend text me he had an extra ticket to a Bad Religion concert in Chicago. So I booked a flight and went to see the show with him. Flight was a few hundred bucks, the “free” ticket was worth like $35.

    Honestly, it was totally worth it. One of the best concerts I’ve been to, probably because of who I got to see it with.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    If I have to rent a car, it’s too far.

    If I have to take an intercity bus, it’s too far.

    An intercity train ride over three hours is also too far.

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    I’m two hours from three major cities. For any major concert I must drive 2 hours. No more, no less

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    Given how expensive they’re getting, the fees, the ever painfully louder volume, any travel is too much.

    However, when concerts weren’t as anti-fan ….

    • longest trip: from Boston to Florida for a weekend
    • second longest: from Boston to Buffalo
    • most: 1-3 hr
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    I’ll do 3 hours to Chicago if it’s someone really good, but going to shows isn’t really my bag anymore and crowds really get my hackles up so generally I just stay home

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    It depends entirely on the band, my budget, and time. One that tours regularly, that I’ve seen before and can see again, probably only an hour, hour-and-half. One that’s not from this country, or I’ve never seen and they’re likely not going to tour anymore, or it’s a really unique show? I’m more willing to travel far, potentially even another country or continent if I can afford it. The farther I go the more I want to make a big trip of it: at least a weekend if not even a week or more if I were going to Europe or something. The closest I’ve come to that, though, was making a long weekend to Washington, D.C. during the cherry blossom festival to see Muse. That was about a 4 hour drive away.

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    At a certain distance, the concert is less the event and more a reason to plan a vacation around going to the concert.

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    Two hours is my maximum unless I’m going to stay the weekend. I went to a New Pornographers show where people had flown in from Chicago to. Toronto and driven four hours from Michigan to see them. This was right between Delta and Omicron so I think people were super eager to go to anything at all, but I was surprised.

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    Most concerts I’ve been to that have required travel outside of my home city have been 1000km away and I always fly. This has probably been about 10 times all up, 4 of which were festivals with multiple bands I wanted to see. I have yet to travel to another country for a concert but for a very few specific bands that’s not out of the question. There’s probably only a couple of bands that haven’t toured here yet that would actually be that tempting.

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    I live in a city where most popular bands tour, but I definitely would travel internationally to see a show just to make a week out of it. I was considering going to RAtM when they were in Europe, because I couldn’t get good seats in the US. I definitely would have gone if I could have gotten better seats in Europe. Alas, couldn’t get good seats there either