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What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades (youtu.be)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ticketmaster and Live Nation have destroyed the concert experience. But it didn't use to be this way. Today, Oasis and Taylor Swift tickets might go for thousands of dollars, but back in 1955, you could see Elvis Presley in concert for less than the modern-day equivalent of $20.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The one concert that is on my life long bucket list, for over 40 years, is to see Billy Joel live. He came to my local venue but I did not buy tickets because nose bleeds were over $400 and because I will not do business with Live Nation, period. It makes me sad but resolute.

Edit: For more context, I grew up hearing his music and I remember distinctly driving west on Java from Jakarta to the West coast in 1984 in a little piece of shit Daihatsu van my parents owned (that consistently burnt the bottoms of my feet because the exhaust was so close to the floor) and listening to Billy Joel on an eight track while bouncing and banging around on the awful roads on the way to the beach.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have saved a lot of money by just not being at all into Billy Joel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's brutal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You’re going to have to decide if it’s worth it, and soon. He puts in a great show and the music is excellent but he won’t be on tour forever. Billy Joel is the artist I’ve seen in concert most, maybe 4-5 times and I always love it. However I think the last time was like $120 and that’s just getting too much