Story: Arylene Westlake
DOLLY Parton’s biggest WA fans will fork out almost $500 a head when tickets to the country queen’s Perth show at Burswood Dome go on sale tomorrow.
Two-hundred premium tickets to the November gig – which buy “gold class” seats and live entertainment during a two-hour pre-show function – are already in high demand, before they have even gone on sale.
“There has been great interest since our Visa pre-sale event,” a Ticketek spokesman said.
Elton John fans will pay even more, shelling out close to $600 for his dinner-and-show package. It includes a three-course gourmet dinner and front-row seating.
Promoters say premium tickets are more popular than ever.
“People like going to these special events and that’s why we offer them,” the Ticketek spokesman said. “We always have a good mix of individual and corporate clients.”
But Perth commuter Steve Lewis, 60, said: “We saw Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers back in 1986 at Kooyong, Victoria. It was $80-odd a ticket. This is outrageous.”
Kylie Minogue tour promoters, Frontier Touring, said patrons for the Aphrodite-Les Folies tour were also willing to pay top dollar for an extra special concert experience. All 270 of the $400 “splash zone” tickets for Wednesday’s concert have sold.
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