Eagles’ $250 ticket
highest of tour and
any isle rock show

When tickets for the Eagles' November concerts go on sale tomorrow, the top price of $250 will be the highest of the band's current tour -- and more than double what any rock band has charged in Honolulu.

Eagles in concert When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30 Place: Blaisdell Arena Ticket sales: Begin 9 a.m. tomorrow at Blaisdell box office and Ticketmaster locations Prices: $65 to $250 Call: 877-750-4400

The Eagles are guaranteed $1.2 million for their November concerts in Hawaii, while the promoter stands to make just 5 percent of the net profit on the Blaisdell Arena shows, according to several concert sources in Hawaii and on the mainland.

The band's contract with promoter Marek Lieberberg also guarantees a third concert if the first two sell out.

The 95/5 percent split between band and promoter is common for the Eagles, sources say. Locally, the more common split is 90 percent to the band, 10 percent to the promoter.

Lieberberg, who is based in Germany, could not be reached for comment yesterday. His local spokeswoman, Elissa Josephsohn, was attempting reach him. Lieberberg has previously brought Celine Deon and Ricky Martin to Hawaii.

The $250 price considerably raises the bar on rock tickets locally. The Who concert last year was the previous price leader at $95, although operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti did earn a top ticket in excess of $250 more than a decade ago.

The highest-price Eagles ticket outside Hawaii was $175.

In the first six months of this year, the Eagles were the top-grossing concert act, pulling in $76.7 million. According to Billboard, the band ranked third in average ticket prices at $99.49 -- behind Dion ($136.70) and Elton John ($111.34).

Prices for the Nov. 29 and 30 Blaisdell concerts are $65, $95 and $150, with some 300 seats at $250 for each show out of a total of about 6,800 seats for each show.

When the Eagles first performed in Hawaii in 1974 -- on the same bill at the Waikiki Shell with headliner Linda Ronstadt -- the up-and-coming five-member band received a $6,500 fee. Top ticket price was $6.

In 1996, 21 years and six Hawaii concerts later, the Eagles reunion tour landed at Aloha Stadium, where the top ticket was a record $85. The band received about $500,000 -- reportedly 95 percent of the net.