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ChrisMarshallNY
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Blink-182 tickets are so expensive because Ticketm...
Those of us "of a certain age," will remember when live performances were loss leaders, to drive record sales.
I am not old enough to have attended, but I am told that Woodstock (1) tickets were about $15.
colinmhayes
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and now record sales are loss leaders for live performances for many artists
exhilaration
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That's actually pretty expensive! This site
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
says $15 in 1969 is equivalent to $121 today.
duderific
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That $15 would be about $121 in today's dollars, so I wouldn't be surprised if it were even less than that.
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I am not old enough to have attended, but I am told that Woodstock (1) tickets were about $15.