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Re:Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots by Turing_Machine on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:26PM (#34223885)
I would bet that increase in revenue has much more to do with the skyrocketing ticket prices than actual attendance.

For example, U2 ticket prices have gone from $17 in 1985 to around $130 today. That's way more than can be accounted for by inflation (if inflation alone were responsible, you'd expect ticket prices around $44).

https://gametime.co/blog/how-u2-concert-ticket-prices-have-c...

I know I rarely go nowadays, and that's entirely due to the outrageous ticket prices.

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Re:Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots by the_only_law on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:32PM (#34223954)
Personally, there’s just rarely any shows I want to go to. A large majority of stuff seem to be cover bands, or just something I’m not that much a fan of. Venues have also been falling off, I know at least one local place I’ve been to hear had to shut down because of covid. And then, at the last show I went to, they charged you for goddamn cups of water at the bar.
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