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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    2 months ago

    The problem with that is that they are usually in tiny venues, often with no seating (some of us have issues with standing for a few hours straight), and absolutely terrible acoustics.

    I went to see a favorite (relatively small) band of mine a couple of years back, but the venue was so tiny and…I guess echoey isn’t quite the word, but it sounded terrible and unclear, and with no seating, such that I couldn’t even make it through the opening act. I was glad to have supported a favorite band financially, but it was pretty damn disappointing. Guess maybe I should get a wheelchair so I have somewhere to sit at events like that.