Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
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The baby boomers really continue to support and fuel the concert business.
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There was a period of time when all anyone wanted to do was play outdoors. That's not the case anymore,
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These older acts are the gravy train, but someday that train is not going to run anymore, and no one really knows what to do when they're gone. Of the young acts, you have someone like Coldplay who does quite well, but where will it be in 10 years? That's hard to say.
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It's easier to sell 10,000 seats if you're in Philadelphia as opposed to 10,000 seats in Grand Forks because you're surrounded by millions of people.
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It's almost like the business went off a cliff and it has not come back yet.
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It looks like they may have stretched some on the top side in Pittsburgh.
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It makes sense to try to take care of your loyal fans, but it's a fine line before that moves over into just a way to up the ticket price.
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It used to be that there was a pretty good relationship between a big-selling concert act and big sellers on the charts. But over the last 20 years, there's been a real divergence.
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There's certainly jazz there, but you've got Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett and everything else there.
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The Killers are exploding. They're going to be an arena act by the end of the year.
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Its success will depend on how it is perceived by the public. Artists don't want to come across as overtly ripping people off.
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That's very good business. Bruce Springsteen is grossing a similar amount of money, but he's playing smaller places at twice the ticket price.
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I think everyone was surprised. I don't know that anybody expected the Pixies to be bigger today than they had ever been.