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What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades (youtu.be)

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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] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism is doing capitalism things, weird

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

It's a feature not a bug

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

Albums and singles make next to no money for the majority of musicians.

The only way to make money through music nowadays is touring and merchandise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, poor Taylor swift :'(

I don't think it's the normal artist we are taking about here. We are talking about concerts going for a thousand bucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Concerts were cheap for decades because they were used to sell albums.

Normal artists van no longer sell albums so there is no subsidization.

Normal artists can't fill stadiums.

Only expensive, high end artists remain.