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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Thu Jun-24-04 10:37 AM
Response to Reply #11

14. By the numbers:

1. Yes, this is incredible inflation and can be tracked to the entrance into the concert industry by CC. No, reasonable people, c.2004 cannot afford to go to many shows. The disposable income situation is just not there.

2. It has much to do with things. Add to that the cost of everything being up, and production costs are going to have to go up. Costs for a tour are an incredibly complex beast. A set of books for a large tour, at the end, are like War and Peace. Just the insurance costs alone are mind-boggling. Add to that lodging, fuel, food and other things, and something has to give. And so it has.

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