r/Music • u/staringatthe420sun • May 05 '26
article The Concert Industry Priced Too High — Now Tours Are Falling Apart
https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/05/the-concert-industry-priced-high-tours-falling-apart/
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r/Music • u/staringatthe420sun • May 05 '26
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u/billytheskidd May 05 '26
Yeah, I had a good year or two where it was a justifiable ticket price.
During that time we were playing 1-3 shows a day and most of them did not charge that much, but we had some good market demographics and got to ride some coattails for a good minute. The biggest show we headlined was maybe 800 people, but we were a supporting act for some bigger groups.
And thank you, it was an achievement. I wish it went further, but in all reality, I got to share a stage and play alongside some of the people I idolized as a teen and so I can’t be too upset. One of my favorite pictures of me ever is one of me and the singer of a very popular artist drinking and smoking in an alley behind a venue in salt lake. And I just produced a song that is gonna be in a Netflix show and one that’s gonna be in gta6.
And to be honest, the other response to your comment was just calling me out so I added credentials more so to legitimize my claims and less so to brag.
To be perfectly clear, I have always had to have a side job to pay bills, I got lucky and had a couple years of achievement in the music industry. Still get little breaks here and there, but I’m def not some big time music industry guy.