Calgary & Area Upcoming Concerts 2022

[kevman]

Originally Posted by aaronck

Anyone go to the Offspring show? How was it?

It was a great show.

I've completely lost touch with reality because after the initial $180 sticker shock (pit tickets), it seems so reasonable to me. I mean I spent another $100+ on burgers/beer before and at the show, $50 on Ubers, and $65 for a Bad Religion shirt, so what's a paltry $180 for the actual act? Inflation is wild.

Bad Religion was great. They played so tight. Could have been a studio recording. The sound was great too IMO. I put ear plugs in to start, because I'm old, but in the pit in front of the main racks it was a good volume. Loud, but not ears ringing the next day loud. Also the pit was great, in an old guy kind of way, I couldn't believe how easy it was to just get right up there.

Offspring is an enigma.

Smash is my all time favorite album and the 4 songs they played off Smash were great, especially Gotta Get Away, I love seeing that one live.

They skipped All I Want (which they also skipped for a few other shows) which was kind of disappointing. I know they won't play anything off of Ignition or self titled so after Smash, if they don't play Ixnay, there isn't much of their catalogue worth going to see. Hence the enigma, the first half of the show was OK, but it was really just killing time.

I actually thought some of the stuff they did in the middle was fun. They're not a punk band, they're a touring band now. The Sabbath/Ozzy & Ramones covers were great fun. Gone Away was a crowd favourite, and somehow the Hey Jude cover "take a sad song and make it better" just fit.

They obviously finished with Self Esteem, I did some crowd surfing, somewhere in there I got kicked in the face, and I woke up on Monday to tackle a day of meetings with a swollen nose and epic hangover. So yeah, fantastic show.

[kevman]

I should also add that Offspring was way better than when I last saw them in 2017. Dexter lost some weight and he can keep pace with his own music now.

When I saw them in 2017 they were so bad live I vowed never to waste time on them again. I mostly went last weekend to see Bad Religion since I hadn't seen them in over 10 years. Offspring was a pleasant surprise.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by blankall

The last expensive show I went to see was the Weeknd. It was like $250 a ticket for okay seats. I had to buy one for the wife too. This was a couple of years ago, and he was pretty massive at the time.

The audience was mostly Millennials though, so not young kids. Millennials have more money to waste.

Tickets for Billie Eilish, who appeals more to young people, were a similar price though, going from $200-600.

Inflationwise, prices have almost doubled since I was in high school and gone up about 1.5 times since I was in my mid-20s. I think I would have paid like $80-90 for a big show in my mid to late 20s. So you're still looking at a 30-50% price increase on top of inflation.

I always wonder how kids are affording the tickets? Kids with rich parents are going to the shows? Kind of a shame if that's the case.

I kept my old ticket stubs. $18.50 for AC/DC floor seats when I was in high school. They’re 10 times that now.

[Engine09]

More like 21 times more expensive.

I just paid $389.40 for an AC/DC ticket for the upcoming show in Edmonton, that's the price for 17th row on the floor. Of course, the seats in the back are much less than that but you also have to remember, in the 70s and 80s all seats were the same price.

If you waited in line for a few hours before the ticket office opened or got through on the phone you could get 1st, 2nd or 3rd row for that same ticket price. I can't remember when that changed.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by photon

Holy, $440 for close seats for Alanis Morissette?!?!

That's kind of crazy...

$150 for the cheapest..

Maybe I'll wait and see if anyone is selling some at the last minute..

That's crazy to me. She was here in 2022 at the Dome and I was checking out tickets a few weeks before for fun. Most of the second bowl was like $50-$80 and there was thousands of seats left. Looked like maybe 8000 sold.

EDIT: Definitely not a hot ticket so far for her Stampede show. Looks like maybe 3500 or so sold so far out of 14000ish available.

[cam_calderon]

Foo Fighters coming to my city later this year. Can anyone vouch that they are still worth $240?

[Engine09]

Propagandhi @ The Back Alley, Aug 30th

[BlindMilwaukee]

Originally Posted by Engine09

Propagandhi @ The Back Alley, Aug 30th

And with The Flatliners no less. I missed them a year or two back so I am very tempted to see this show.

[habernac]

Exodus, Anthrax and Megadeth last night. Got a terrific presale and had great seats. Exodus were great! Joey showing again that he’s the best metal vocalist for Anthrax. I’d love to see a longer set from them. Really solid setlist from Megadeth. Even Dave’s crappy vocals make me wish today’s metal wasn’t a bunch of Cookie Monster garbage. And the guitars. Man, these guys are good!

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Foo Fighters coming to my city later this year. Can anyone vouch that they are still worth $240?

So, Edmonton.

[Engine09]

Kathleen Edwards Apr 1st at the Bella Concert Hall - Mount Royal.

I had no idea, just found out in time to snag a ticket, almost sold out.

[aaronck]

Checked out Black Pistol Fire at the Palace last night- I don't really listen to them on purpose much, their music is fine to listen to but man do they ever bring it live. Just guitar and drums, kind of in the White Stripes neighborhood with blues riffs and solos- Lots of Energy and thrilled to be doing what they are doing. Would go see them anytime!

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by aaronck

Checked out Black Pistol Fire at the Palace last night- I don't really listen to them on purpose much, their music is fine to listen to but man do they ever bring it live. Just guitar and drums, kind of in the White Stripes neighborhood with blues riffs and solos- Lots of Energy and thrilled to be doing what they are doing. Would go see them anytime!

They are super talented.

[BigThief]

Big Thief - Somersault Slide 360 Tour
Mon • Sep 28 • 7:00 PM
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB

https://www.ticketmaster.ca/big-thie...006464BA838B79
Just got two main floor seats

[3thirty]

Matt Berninger put on a great show Friday at the Jack Singer.

The opening act, Hannah Georgas, was amazing as well. I think my wife liked her more as she's now on repeat in the house.

[DownInFlames]

Broken Social Scene, Metric, and Stars are playing the Jube on Jun 28th.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by BigThief

https://www.ticketmaster.ca/big-thie...006464BA838B79
Just got two main floor seats

I am curious, how much did you pay? I was late to learn and the resale tickets are very expensive.

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Broken Social Scene, Metric, and Stars are playing the Jube on Jun 28th.

Well damn. Concerned what the ticket prices are gonna be though if the Toronto show is any indication.

[Flabbibulin]

I picked up a few of the cheapest tics available ($95 each all in, 1st row second balcony). Taking my daughter, who has become a huge Metric fan, and figure it will be a good spot to see everything. Although with the Jube, wont everyone be sitting anyway?

[troutman]

Shirley Manson: Garbage Would Have Made “Same Amount” from 10 North American Shows as 40

"That would have been approximately five shows on the East Coast, and five shows on the West

https://consequence.net/2026/03/shir...mics-comments/

“We did the maths. I think this is a fascinating statistic: we played about 40 shows in North America, and Billy [Bush, Manson’s husband] is such a nerd and did a bunch of equations to realise that we could have earned exactly the same amount from the entire tour if we’d only played 10 shows,” she continued. “That would have been approximately five shows on the East Coast, and five shows on the West [Coast]. Instead, we went into the middle of North America and toured all the way through it because we wanted to say farewell to a lot of the places we know we will never go back to because we can’t afford to go there.”