Harry Styles is back! And with him he has brought a new debate over how expensive concert tickets can reasonably be priced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\u00a0standing ticket\u00a0at his string of Wembley\u00a0Stadium\u00a0shows\u00a0will\u00a0set you back\u00a0\u00a3144.65<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0causing\u00a0much outrage from his fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can this be affordable for students? <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\u00a0Newcastle, the average\u00a0student living costs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0range\u00a0from \u00a31,400 to \u00a32,000 a month, making one ticket to the show 10% of some\u00a0student’s\u00a0monthly costs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s more than fourteen hours of work for the average university student working a minimum wage job, or a pretty hefty chunk out of the maintenance loan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s also travel to consider. Harry Styles\u2019 \u2018Together, Together\u2019 tour only has shows in London for the UK dates, aside from the recently announced one-night-only gig in Manchester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A single adult ticket to London\u00a0generally\u00a0costs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at least \u00a325.90,\u00a0according to trip.com, and\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0just\u00a0the journey down there.\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0probably looking\u00a0at around \u00a350, minimum, for the whole journey there and back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it\u2019s not just Harry Styles that students have to make a journey to see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Major concerts are a rarity in Newcastle, with the closest locations often being in Manchester or Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The closest tour date on Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Eras\u2019 tour was in Edinburgh while the closest date on Billie Eilish’s \u2018Hit Me Hard and Soft\u2019 tour was in Glasgow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And the price was once again an issue, with the\u00a0average standing ticket<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at Eilish’s arena shows being \u00a3145 and the\u00a0general admission<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0into\u00a0Swift\u2019s stadium tour standing at \u00a3110.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, you\u2019re probably looking at around \u00a3200 as a starting point to attend a major concert currently, and that\u2019s without considerations such as food, clothes and accommodation if you choose to purchase those things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, for a basic concert and travel package, you\u2019re looking at at least 10% of the average monthly student budget in Newcastle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n