Why Are Concerts So Expensive?

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

Just Like Heaven, or Hell? – Sound to Savor

Send us Fan MailJoin me for a Virgil's root beer, to help cool off and talk about the Just Like Heaven music festival in Pasadena last week. I talk about the artists, the heat, and why the festival needs to go back to being in May. Also, I talk briefly about Dolly Parton recently passing, and preview some of the venues for Echo Park Rising this weekend. Cheers!
  1. Just Like Heaven, or Hell?
  2. The Legacy of Madonna's 'Ray of Light'
  3. That's A Wrap, Outside Lands
  4. The 2026 Outside Lands Pregame Episode!
  5. My Dad's Taste in Music, Part 2

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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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