Chicago’s indie music venues have a Taylor Swift problem
WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago
December 20, 20244m 29s
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Show Notes
Concert ticket prices keep going up – especially to see the big stars like Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish – and fans keep buying.
A report from Pollstar finds that the average concert ticket now costs $127 dollars.
But this trend of big arena shows upping their prices ends up negatively impacting Chicago’s smaller indie venues.
WBEZ’s Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis joins us now to discuss.
HOST: LARA