There really needs to be an anti-trust lawsuit against ticketmaster
I have a ticket stub in my basement from when I saw Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle for $40, so I definitely remember. I went to a ton of concert when I was younger making a fraction of what I make now.
That concert was in 2000, so in today’s money that $40 would be around $72.
In 2022 I saw NIN in Cleveland and got GA tickets for $48 each (including fees).
Keep in mind NIN in 2022 doesn’t have the leading act draw they had in 2000, and that isn’t the same as say 1990.
We need metrics that include their popularity/ticket sales, etc.
I paid $100 a ticket in 1985 for a stadium sellout band at the time. Ten years before my older siblings paid $40 for the same band.
Support your local music scene! I mean like bars, cafes, clubs, outdoors, even restaurants can have local or regional groups playing in all kinds of styles and they’re often pretty good. You can be feet away from the band and talk to them afterwards if you want, and the cost is minimal.
Video is talking about exactly such a local scene and how it’s being killed right now.
No, from the transcript it looks like they’re talking about mid-sized venues (they give an example of a 400-person venue), I’m talking smaller than that.
So what do you do if your band has more than a following of more than 100 people? There’s a reason these venues exist.
Oh you think I forgot what it was like in my teens. I just don’t go to shows anymore.