Alice in Chains and Bon Jovi Coming to Kansas City

First off, Alice in Chains announced their latest set of tour dates and they’re playing in Kansas City on 02/21/10 at the Midland Theater.  They came through a couple of years ago and even though I passed on it then I think I’m going to go this time.  The new singer is good and the new album is decent enough that it should be a good show.

Bon Jovi’s also coming on March 15.  Somewhere around New Jersey I lost interest in them as they became more of a generic rock band with a bunch of blah songs.  I’ve seen them twice before during their 80s heydey but at this point they interest me so little that I wouldn’t go even if it was free.

The reason I bring up this show I that I saw a link to the ticket packages.  There’s six of them, not including the travel package:

Diamond - $1725.00

Emerald - $989.00

Platinum - $575.00

Gold - $365.00

Silver - $142.50

The packages give you a seat whose location is appropriate to the amount of money you spend.  For me the kicker is that this is the first time that I’ve seen these expensive packages where there’s no mention of meeting the band.  For the most expensive package you get a front row seat and a fucking chair you get to take home and other than a bunch of crap that’s it.  You’re paying Bon Jovi $1700 for a front row seat.  The $142 package gets you a “second price” reserved ticket, whatever that means, and it doesn’t sound good.

I think what gets me is that this is Bon Jovi.  Bon Jovi.  They sang “Living on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive”.  They’re not the Beatles or the Stones.  They’re a hard rock version of Genesis for Pete’s sake.  I just don’t get it, but good for them that they’re able to get that kind of money for their shows.