How Much Does It Cost to Book Your Favorite Band?

[Tig]

http://priceonomics.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-book-your-favorite-band/

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[Eric]

I had no idea music was so lucrative.

[Tig]

I had no idea music was so lucrative.

Live performance is where a band makes real money. It used to be records (what the record company didn't already take) and song writer royalties.

[marnold]

If you hit the big time it is. Of course, some of that goes to travel, roadies, stage show, etc. The problem is actually making the big time.

[poodlesrule]

it may be feeding on itself and started this way: In order to book John Mayer, you gotta have an arena-sized venue (which spoils it a bit IMO), then JM thinks he should get more $$$

I have seen to a couple of known acts (spouse's idea), and the mostly baby-boomer audience seems eager to pay as much as it takes. Baffling.
More and more venues seem to serve drinks, so these premium-ticket holders end up spending more time at the bar than on the floor...! Spoiled, they are.