the economy is bad, so we are told again and again and again, yet many low-level employers have to pay more than ever to get labor. why is Taytay Swift responsible for all that LiveNation revenue…. because people don’t have money for tickets? ha! how much are people overpaying for the privilege of NFL tickets in most markets across the country? prices go up, demand doesn’t go down. this economy is doing just fine…. but there are only so many people willing to pay $472 to torture themselves for an entire April day in Vegas listening to Napalm Death, the Hives and the Sisters of Mercy. Festivals are harder to do because everybody gets paid more, but fewer people want to spend $500+ for a day of live music just to see Metallica sing about the bell tolling, again. Metallica, by the way, just fleeced America on a stadium tour this past summer, as you well know. nobody to blame for the economy, it’s actually doing fine, regardless of why you think eggs are $5/dozen. there just aren’t enough people paying $500 to stand around and drink $8 bottled water while waiting for Meshuggah to finish its set so that they can stand around and wait for the Flaming Lips to finish boring the crowd with songs about how she doesn’t use jelly.