- cross-posted to:
- aboringdystopia@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- aboringdystopia@mander.xyz
Ticketmaster and Live Nation have destroyed the concert experience. But it didn’t use to be this way. Today, Oasis and Taylor Swift tickets might go for thousands of dollars, but back in 1955, you could see Elvis Presley in concert for less than the modern-day equivalent of $20.
The joy of niche music taste: cheap live tickets to small venues, and cool merch. Multiple times I could have touched their instruments from the floor section.
The pain of niche music taste: Depending upon their genre and your city’s size, they may never come nearby you. New York and LA get everything, Kansas City folk better like country and speed-rap.
The joy of living in a central, densely populated area of Europe … I’ve been able to see almost all niche bands that I’m into live.