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Fri 11 Nov 2007Gigonomics: where your money goesRecently, our On the Record blog has been flooded with complaints about ticket prices. But who's to blame? Promoters? Bands? Or ticket sellers? Jim CarrollinvestigatesIRISH concert-goers continue to be exercised about what they see as the high prices of tickets for live shows here. Whatever about the outlandish premium prices charged for Barbra Streisand's Irish show (prices of €118.50, €193.50, €270.75 and €551.75 to stand in a field and see Babs? No thanks), many music fans say there has been a gradual unchecked rise in ticket prices for shows right across the board.