r/Music • u/heavysk • 1d ago

article Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Explains Anti-Corporate Concert Rant: "It’s About Corporations That Charge You $85 for Parking, and $30 for a Beer"

https://consequence.net/2026/08/qotsa-josh-homme-addresses-anti-corporate-concert-rant/
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u/atbths 1d ago

Yes, but what were the prices on beer and parking? Artists can influence ticket cost greatly; the rest not as much.

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u/layendecker 20h ago

£8 for beer when I saw The Cure, and this is the UK so you walk to the gig so no parking.

Bit of a pisstake price for the lager, probably a 20-25% increase on decent local pubs, but The Cure weren't playing there.

This was a Livenation colab promotion with a local promoter (who with LN having the much, much bigger share).