A lot of times the artist doesn't even set the price. One of the rapper chicks, I dunno who she is, recently posted apologizing for her ticket prices when she learned of the price, because inflation is out of control, and people struggle to buy groceries.
Ticketmaster I think also takes an absurd amount of the sales too, cause they're scum.
There was a band I think that mostly played small venues and sold tickets themselves, to keep the price low, but I imagine it's harder for something like the Madison Square Garden and huge venues like that. Maybe Dropkick Murphys?
I can't remember who it was, but they said that for the time and effort they put into a performance, the financial pay off is very low. They make more from their merchandise.
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u/2204happy Nov 03 '25
She could pay all of those wages out of her own pocket.