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that weekend festival vibe now costs a significant chunk of your weekly discretionary budget.

the "red hot summer tour" is charging $169.90 for general admission tickets to its 2026 reunion shows.

the red hot summer tour has announced a massive 2026 lineup featuring the first australian crawl reunion in forty years. while the nostalgia is high, so are the costs, with standard tickets starting at $169.90 plus fees. if you want to skip the queue or get a seat, the price climbs quickly to $219.90 for a fast pass or $269.90 for vip access.

this pricing highlights the growing pressure on live music as a luxury expense. for a twenty-something in melbourne, it means choosing between a single day of music or several weeks of smaller social outings. as production costs for these massive tours rise, the floor for what we pay for a 'big day out' is shifting permanently higher.

even with rising bills, the average gen z aussie is dropping serious cash on unplanned buys.

australian gen z spend an average of $270 a week on impulse purchases, despite 82% reporting cost-of-living stress.

while the national average for impulse spending is about $81 a week, aussies born after 1997 are spending more than triple that amount. the ease of online shopping and one-click checkouts has made it harder to separate the things we actually need from the things that just look good on a screen at 11pm.

this habit is burning through over $14,000 a year for the average young spender. with the vast majority of gen z feeling the squeeze of inflation, there is a massive gap between how much we worry about money and where it actually goes every week. checking for small, recurring leaks in your budget might be more effective than just waiting for a pay rise.