With paltry streaming royalties and a cost-of-touring crisis, it’s harder than ever to make money as a musician. Claudia Cockerell on the household names who are taking up side hustles, and what it says about the state of the music industry
  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Ticketmaster and LiveNation (also Ticketmaster) expect to be paid most of all. The own so many venues it’s incredible.

    • Dupree878@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      And the scalping sites.

      They’re totally a monopoly but the government won’t do anything because they only hurt normal people.

      Musk needs to start a ticketing agency so somebody rich has a stake and watch congress do something.