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Chicago’s indie music venues have a Taylor Swift problem
Published 1 year, 4 months ago
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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