Concerts seem to be getting more and more expensive every year, especially for all these big name acts. CD sales are down, so more money must be made from live shows and merchandising. Personally, if I’m going to go and listen to music, I’d rather go see a smokin’ hot local band play for 10 bucks, but sometimes these big name acts are often worth it just for the stage show.

Here are the top 10 most expensive concert tickets of 2008, according to average resale ticket prices from Ticketmaster:

Madonna : $378 Elton John : $306 The Eagles : $279 AC/DC : $263 Tina Turner : $263 Celine Dion : $240 Bruce Springsteen : $235 Coldplay : $217 Neil Diamond : $217 The Police : $216

The award for the most expensive tickets ever sold would go to Led Zeppelin, whose tickets for their reunion tour were auctioned offfor £83,000 ($164,929 USD) for a pair in 2007. Later, three more pairs of tickets to see Led Zepplin were auctioned off with a reserve price of £5,000 ($9,935 USD).

By the way, if you are looking to buy (or sell) concert or sports tickets, try StubHub, it’s a much safer way to deal with ticket transactions than eBay.