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

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Substance_P to c/videos

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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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[–] AA5B 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Feel sorry for y’all missing out. I’ve gone to so many concerts for headliner bands, for $50-$100. Not in decades, though.

The only time I paid hundreds to see a band was y2k new years party at Paradise Island …. And that was three bands and a full day

[–] lunarul 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Just off the top of my head, some of the bands I've seen live before moving to the US: Iron Maiden, Manowar, Megadeth, Anthrax, Metallica, Slayer, Rammstein, Uriah Heep, Volbeat, Mastodon, Alice in Chains.

All the bands I've seen live after moving to the US: Laibach, Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Both were a decade ago.

[–] AA5B 2 points 3 months ago

Rush, blue oyster cult, queen, Billy Joel, bob dylan, Tom petty, Grateful Dead, Hootie and the Blowfish, Black Eyed Peas, huey Lewis, Foreigner

… and The Wiggles