Cold take incoming: buying concert tickets can be tricky. Don’t get us wrong, having concert tickets absolutely rocks. Few things in life are as joyful as the concert-going experience. The process of ...

If you’ve bought concert tickets anytime in the last few years, you know the drill. You log on early, often taking time off from work mid-weekday to get in a digital line. You refresh obsessively.

Any concert fan can tell you ticket prices for live music have soared. The average price jumped from $25.81 in 1996 to $135.92 in 2024, according to Pollstar. Look at the prices for this year's ...

Live Nation earned $19 billion in revenue from concerts in 2024, which was up 2 percent from 2023, according to an earnings statement from the publicly owned company. “So there's no real joy in going ...