Live Nation's Impact on All Concerts

[DeeGeMe]

$300 average price for Madonna tickets????? Well it's obvious that some people must still have money to burn in this economy.

So LiveNation is/was a part of Clear Channel? Oh great-they ruined the radio business--buying up as many stations as they could in a market (after the Repugs lifted regulations on how many media outlets that a company could own), shutting down some stations, and homoginizing the rest, so every station sounded the same, everywhere.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

$300 average price for Madonna tickets????? Well it's obvious that some people must still have money to burn in this economy.

Just because re-sellers *charged* that much doesn't mean they got it. Madonna's tours in '04 and '06 all sold out, although it was very easy to get tickets for most of the shows due to the fact that scalpers (amateur and professional) bought up a significant percentage of the tickets. They were practically giving away tickets from coast to coast- didn't matter the venue, or how many shows, because she overplays every market she goes to, thanks to said scalpers.

As long as the tickets get sold to somebody, the promoter/artist usually don't care who.