[a fool in paradise]

Related news item:

A kinder, friendlier Live Nation Entertainment? Cheaper tickets come with a cost
LA Times July 16, 2010 Todd Martens
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2553921/posts

[Mr. Blonde]

$117 for nearly everything on the floor or first level for Tom Petty. Vast majority of the upper deck is $78. That is before service charges. Hard to make that work assuming you want to go with someone.

They always talk about the bigger acts, I would like to know how the next 200 touring bands are doing. Or how club sales have been this year.

[Will88]

A number of major tours have struggled in 2010, including the refurbished Lilith Tour, and once-can't-miss artists such as the Jonas Brothers have been canceling dates...

On a brighter note, according to another article I read on this, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are having no problem selling tickets.

[ExTexasRedhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw

[Mr_Moonlight]

Perhaps just my own speculation, but wouldn't 'entertainment' fall into the category of 'discretionary spending', and in these uncertain economic times wouldn't such discretionary spending fall off as people wouldn't just attend an event wily-nilly anymore, but would carefully pick and choose which acts they really wanted to attend?

Seems like reality to me ....