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What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades (youtu.be)
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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.

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[–] cpw@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Heh. My reading 1996 ticket was less that £50. I can't remember exactly now, but it wasn't super expensive. Saw the last? live performance of the stone roses after their brief reunion. Also saw the weddos that day, by far the most fun. The smosh pit for it was amazing.

Knebworth was kinda legendary in the 70s and 80s, lots of huge bands did a "festival" there on occasion. And yeah, 1996 Oasis was by far their tiptop peak. Weirdly I actually saw Oasis once before, they were touring small(ish) pub venues a few weeks before cigarettes and alcohol was released, at the Cambridge boat race. Quite the show. They played a bunch of songs that'd be on definitely maybe.