For a generation, if fans wanted to go to the Jon Bon Jovi concert they would have to buy their tickets through Ticketmaster and pay a bevy of fees added on top of the ticket price.

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Fans who pre-order the band's new album, Ten, this weekend will also be given the chance to buy concert tickets before they go on sale to the public.

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Everyone from David Hasselhoff to Jennifer Love Hewitt to William Shatner has tried to boldly go where hordes of celebrities have gone before: to the concert stage.

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Proceeds from the concert will go to a number of charities that were supported by the princess during her life, and to two of the princes' own charities, Centrepoint and Sentebale.

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But even Castlereagh, who ran Britain's foreign policy when it beat Napoleon, and shaped the post-Napoleon Concert of Europe, had a hard time getting things to go the way he wanted.

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"If I want to go and see a major concert usually Cardiff is the nearest place, " he said.

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Day concert, and a chance to go to the MTV Video Music Awards.

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Ever wanted to go to a game or concert but decided against it because of the cost?

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