Hidden Costs
Why is it standard never to display a price in advertisements for big-time live music? I just got an email from the 930 Club promoting the Virgin Festival (with Gnarls Barkley, The Flaming Lips, Wolfmother, Kasabian and others), and I had to hunt around a little to find out how much it would cost. Local bands always put the price of the show right on the poster, because most people — everyone but the die-hard fans for whom money is no object — care about that stuff.
If you’re interested, tickets for the festival are $97.50, so you won’t see me there. That’s far too much to pay for a concert headlined by The Who and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the year 2006.
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