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Recorded music might be easier than ever to get for free, but seeing live music is getting more and more expensive. Veteran concert promoter John Scher says this is due to a decade of consolidation. He says not only does it hurt fans who can’t afford tickets that ultimately it’s an unsustainable model.
At the time Pearl Jam was complaining about TicketMaster, I paid $18.50, including the service charge, to see the original band that put the "new Seattle sound" on the map.
Only a couple more dollars than the album they toured in support of.
A few weeks ago in "A New Darkness on the Edge of Town" and discussing the Bruce show at Giant's stadium, I alluded to a change on the horizon for big concerts and stadium shows, as we once knew them.. The On the Media interview with Concert promoter John Scher directly addresses this "phenomenon" and characterizes such as the "dark age" for concert promotion in years ahead. And I couldn't agree more. (Although i don't agree with his theory as to why ticket prices are so high these days. It's my impression if promoters saw people scalping 35.00 tix for 150.00, promoters got savvy and simply cut out another middleman. Did staging acts really see that much of an increase in their take home..?)
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