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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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[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I don't care about social media, I live in a big city so I rarely travel for a concert, sometimes I get sick sometimes I don't and ofc it sucks when I do, I agree having to wear earplugs sucks...

The appeal is that I'm a metalhead and I feel like a metal concert is one of the only places where, within some rules, I can go batshit crazy. It's cathartic. I don't even have to get in the pit necessarily, it's enough that I can scream until I have no voice.

I can still get the occasional 30-40 euro concert ticket for a smaller band, but that's rare.

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