Why Are Concerts So Expensive?

Here are the notes for this week’s (6/13) podcast. Thanks for listening to the episode (links below).

Cheers! – Looking Ahead to 2026 Sound to Savor

Send us a textJoin me for the last episode of 2025, as I enjoy a maple old fashioned. I talk Questlove's new podcast, along with new music from gwendolyn, De La Soul, and Daphni. Also, a deluxe album from the xx, and the rerelease of The Beatles' "Anthology." Lastly, I look at 2026 – upcoming music events, having guests back on here, and a new season of new music and artists. Cheers, one last time this year!
  1. Cheers! – Looking Ahead to 2026
  2. Wrapping up 2025, Part 2
  3. Wrapping up 2025, Part 1
  4. The 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  5. Raging with Zinfandel

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  1. Little Richard – “I Am Everything” – This is the documentary on HBO on Little Richard. Recommended watch.
  1. Benefest is this Saturday in Glendale, with Jackson Browne now added to the lineup.
  1. Questlove releases his new book, “Hip Hop is History.”
  1. Channel Tres is releasing his debut album, “Headrest,” on June 28.
  1. Moses Sumney releases new song, “Vintage.”

Vintage Pour – Ray Charles passing away 20 years ago this week.

Here are the references for the segment on ticket prices:

References:

https://fortune.com/2024/06/05/funflation-concerts-canceled-summer-economy/

https://www.axios.com/2022/09/02/live-event-ticket-sales-concerts

https://www.vox.com/money/24159044/concert-tickets-ticketmaster-scalpers-expensive

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-battle-ticket-bots-and-ticketmaster/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g45a/why-ticket-brokers-can-get-taylor-swift-tickets-ticketmaster-live-nation-monopoly***

https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/05/more-consumer-protections-for-event-ticket-sales-signed-into-law/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0D62ux6fX5Ud6k3mMq7_r9iISrjVWEfNH8X6SisTiIEOzwq0kPKWYzC5g_aem_AVXv_bcaK4GvRUQaqkgcCkteU9YRMK948PWiduytZzr604HHDHU25Mxw5sG6UnoyirLC3YbMajR3qlFMqkwEEL83

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