Not every concert is in a football stadium
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Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Why bother with big concerts? Unless you’re rich you’re sitting a half mile away watching them on a jumbo screen next to the stage. I prefer small stage venues. You can get close to the action and often talk to the band at the merch table. Go often enough and you’ll see familiar faces. Those are scene-sters that make the rounds and know the up and coming bands worth seeing, local bands too. You might even catch acts before they get big, everybody starts somewhere. Not everyone show is a winner but you won’t spend a week’s pay
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I’m sorry to tell you but Ticketmaster controls many of the smaller venues as well.
RBWells@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep. Here the tickets for the smaller venues are often still Ticketmaster. I don’t do arena or stadium shows, ever. They have their fingers in everything.
Occasionally the tickets are sold through Eventbrite or the very small local ticketing alternative, and there are a couple who handle their own box office but more often than you think, it’s fucking Ticketmaster.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s more about the artist than the venue. Some artists don’t go to small venues if they’ve blown up too much
underThunder@thelemmy.club 5 days ago
“You know, José Feliciano, ya got no complaints”