Originally Posted by
Crocodile
Do you honestly think the bands have anything to do with ticket prices? They are show ponies of the music industry and make big money for performence venues.
The actual bands themselves? No, not very often. Their promoters/agents predominantly set the ticket prices when they require a specified amount to show up. Add the pathetic taxes and fees, concert tickets have become abnormally expensive. Back in the 80's when I was a roadie with a local R&R band, they wouldn't show up for less than $1000. That amount drastically increased once they retained an agent/promoter, signed with Atlantic and put a few of their songs on MTV (Atlantic took a healthy cut of record sales). Of course, that was 30 years ago.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
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