I feel like the artist should know their management team and value as well though. Blink-182 could barely get their own tickets they said. Tickets to see them in my city for the floor were $330. Avenged Sevenfold are playing the exact same venue 3 months later for $170 to get into the floor. Either the bands have helped with that price, or Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing is really picking and choosing where they maximize their profits.

Aren’t the components inside also specially made for the consoles? I feel like I read an article before this gen came out that they get parts at a deal because they custom design them with the company that makes them and then buys them at such a huge stock for a reasonable price to help keep costs down.

Headliners get a big say in the show. If they’re local it’s one thing, if they’re touring, work with them on it. They’ll remember you for being supportive of how they want to do things, and it would suck to drive hundreds of miles to a city just to play to 10 people because they HAVE to play last at midnight or later. I know I wouldn’t be a big fan of that situation as a touring act

While this is true for big bands, smaller bands (if they have a handle on marketing online) can do amazing things on their own. Sure, you have to put in way more of the work yourself, but you get to keep that money, and you can afford to do smaller costs. I’m friends with a band that has made over $1000 a show (pretty good for a band never on tour yet) and they got a record offer. They turned it down because they want full creative control over their brand, and they instead took it as a sign that they’re doing the right things as a band.

They won’t have tens of thousands of dollars to put behind each and every thing they do compared to if they were signed, but their freedom was worth taking that chance in their opinion. Super cool to hear them talk about.