AgingYouth
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this is the part which i don't understand v well...since commodity prices such as oil [transport] are decreasing, shouldn't it be cheaper to fly bands in? also, at the current state of the economy and tourism, isn't hotels slashing their prices too? all the above actually makes it cheaper to brings bands down now..but ticket prices are increasing?
Not really, due to the decreasing amount of CDs/ albums/ paid digital downloads being sold, bands/ acts find it harder to survive purely on record sales. Licensing doesn't come all the time.
Hence, they go on the road more and charge more in fact.
Honestly, sometimes the things they ask for in the back stage rider are ridiculous!