How much would you pay to see your favorite pop star in concert? Well, Saudi singer Rashed al Majid's fans have paid up to $5,400 to watch him live in Kuwait this month.
The iconic singer returns to Kuwait after a six-year absence to perform at the Hala February Festival's closing ceremony.
But surely the jaw-dropping price tag on those tickets can't be worth it? Al Arabiya News even argued that those are "the most expensive tickets recorded in history."
However, according to the festival's organizers, tickets to Rashed's concert sold out almost immediately after making them available online, adding that the tickets sold at whopping prices were purchased on the internet's black market.
Earlier this month, tickets for Amr Diab's Dubai Opera concert cost a cool $380, an unusually high sum. Another example is the tickets for Coldplay's 2017 New Year’s eve party, which were sold on the black market for $407, a big jump from their original $95 price.
If you can't afford to see Majid in person this Friday, 17 February, look out for clips from his concert on social media.
