“Who can afford to go to multiple shows?” says the anonymous tour manager. “Two tickets to a show, you’re talking probably about $200 with fees and everything. You go to a meal around the show, you’re talking at least $100 or $200 for a nice dinner. Then you got parking and babysitters, then you add the VIP stuff to that and you want to make it a special night, you’re talking $500 to $1,000 a night for a couple to go out. It’s capitalism at its best.”
Yep, there’s a long internet post from the late 90s by Courtney Love that lays it all out. The labels make all the money from record sales and it wasn’t rare for artists to end up owing the label money after making a record.
Oh well then I guess it’s okay and fuck all the artists.