Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices

There are so many great shows with eye level viewing in great sounding venues. Tickets usually around $45 to $70. I stay away from the big shows and just go to the great sounding theaters. So much talent out there. Look forward to hearing "E" (The Eels) next month at the Neptune a great sounding venue in Seattle. Other recent examples this year, Flaming Lips, Aldous Harding (amazing will never miss when she comes to town), Pineapple Thief (sensational), and I won’t name the "meh" shows I went to this year. Get there 10 to 15 minutes before doors open and should be able to find a great place to hear the show. With that said, the sound is so superior in my home. At shows I have to wear earplugs as it is too loud. What I don’t get at home is the magic that happens when a room full of fans connect with the artist’s sound with their attention in this present moment and the artist is also in the moment. It’s the best! Of course we are streaming the setlist we created as we drive to the show.

Thanks for this thread as I just checked some of the local action. I just paid $79.50 all in with fees for the Cowboy Junkies sitting seven rows back from stage. That is not a lot of money for a show IMO. Huge fan, seen before (was just thinking about the show today out of the blue, crazy), it will be super! The sound in this theater is outstanding, and Cowboy Junkies have always cared about the quality of their sound. There last few albums have been terrific, and I expect the same from their next album which drops (as the kids say) June 2nd. This is an audiophiles orgasmic experience IMO.

Forget those stadium tours and get out there and enjoy artists who could use your support in venues that sound good. A trick is to go to the quality theater group and subscribe to their newsletter so you know when someone you are interested in is coming to get great seats. Support live music it is great experience!

Never buy resale tickets! Do not support those that buy to re-sell.

Just realized I never answered the OP question. No, I do not think there is correlation between ticket prices and streaming. It is a what the market will bear. Gone to an NFL game lately? No streaming pressures there. I remember going back in the day and the cost and the cost now. It has gone up signficantly due to demand.

One example I can think of is a few years ago I paid $800 for two tickets to Madonna. A week letter I went to see Aimee Mann at an intimitate show in a great sounding venue for $80 for two tickets. I am thinking as I’m at the show why is the musician who as singer songwriter has 10x more talent and yet this other talented artists costs 10X more? Again, what people will pay. Do have to give it up to Madonna as it was an experience more than just a concert such as drummers suspended from wires, huge lighting effects and on and on. But as an audiophile it was no contest that the Aimee Mann show was superior.