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It's easy to imagine these people's disappointment. Many of us are willing to go a long way to listen to live performances, literally and figuratively.
Through Google Trends and a survey of 850 individuals, Innerbody Research analyzed music fans' preferences and found that some artists do find a way to appeal to broad audiences, but Eminem (Gen Z and Millennials) and Elvis (Gen X and Baby Boomers) were the only artists that spanned the top five picks for two generations.
The data also revealed that, on average, concertgoers are willing to spend a maximum of $843 for floor seats to see their favorite artist, and men are more likely to pay higher prices ($168 more) than women.
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By God Cheap Trick were bad and their audio mix was even worse. Combine that with 70 year old guys singing about banging young ladies, it just wasn't the vibe for the evening.
Joan Jett was quite good and Heart was phenomenal. Heart ended up bringing out John Bonham's son Jason to play drums for the last half hour of their set so they could do Led Zeppelin covers. I don't think Robert Plant's vocal intensity has held up over the years, but Ann Wilson's voice is so good it was like or better than listening to Plant in his prime.
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He was wasted.
Kept singing the same lines over and over.
He introduced the band at least 5 times.
He just laid down on the stage and didn’t sing for a while.
Terrible concert, funny memories.
Three in four, or 75% of survey respondents, said that they've previously exceeded their budget or spent more than initially planned to attend a concert or event featuring their favorite artist. For the majority, this looks like spending an extra $101-$200 over budget.
More than half (59% of respondents) even said they would be willing to take on more debt to attend their favorite artist's concert.
Interestingly, Gen X was the most likely to splurge on tickets but the least willing to go into debt to see their favorite artist perform.
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Steven Tyler kept forgetting the words and called our city like 5 different (and all wrong) names during the event.
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Went to see Lightning Hopkins out in the field on a flatbed trailer outside of Fort Worth in 1971. He was so drunk he played three songs, and two of them were the same song.
Out of the 850 survey participants, 65% said that if their favorite artist announced a one-time special performance in a different country, they were likely to travel just for them.
Gen Z was the most willing to travel for a concert, although none of the generations were likely to travel by car for more than 500 miles. Gen X was more reluctant to travel to see their favorite artist perform than the younger generations. Still, all generations are likely to fly at least 3-6 hours for a concert.
Given all of this, you'd think artists would take their shows more seriously.
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Edited for typos and also, wow, so many of us out there lol.
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I wonder if any of them remember me, I was the only one there.
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