2024 is turning out to be a bumper year for Singapore concerts. January saw British band Coldplay play for six nights to a sold-out crowd of 200,000 while Taylor Swift wowed around 300,000 fans over six nights earlier this month. Unfortunately, I was not among the lucky ones to get tickets to Coldplay or Swift’s performance. I did, however, manage to snag tickets to catch Ed Sheeran live in February. The British star performed for just one night at the National Stadium to a record crowd of 60,000. Here’s what you may not know: I have my dividends to thank for these concert tickets.

Guilt-free spending

Let’s get real. Concerts are hardly a necessity. But it’s nice to be able to have extra cash to spend on what I see as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As a music-lover myself, I will gladly fork out a good sum of money to enjoy my favourite singer’s performance.

More concerts coming up

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