My Beyoncé Ticket Cost $4,000: Why the Touring Industry Might Be Broken – Into It with Sam Sanders

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Us at Switched On Pop are off on vacation, but don't fret – this week we're still bringing you an episode, courtesy of the Vulture podcast Into It with Sam Sanders. If you've openly wondered why concert tickets seemingly have gotten more confusing and expensive, this episode's for you. – Content creator and head of the Beyhive Kalen Allen is more than OK spending four thousand dollars on one ticket for Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour. 2023 feels like a big year for huge stadium tours for artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Ed Sheeran and more. But why are tickets so expensive, and how much are fans willing to put up with in order to go? Sam talks with music journalist Nate Rogers about why the touring industry might just be broken and what lawmakers and some artists are trying to do to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Ling, a journalist and host.
0:07.2	And I'm Hoon Lee, but you may know me as Chao on the Max original series War Year, based
0:11.7	on the writings of Bruce Lee.
0:13.4	After every new episode, join us here Hoon and I, and a series of special guests are
0:18.6	going to discuss how the show is made.
0:21.0	So, stream War Year season 3, starting June 29 only on Max, and join us here or wherever
0:26.6	you listen to podcast.
0:31.0	Hey, it's producer Rihanna Cruz, where away this week on vacation, but we have a cool
0:36.4	story for you coming from the Vulture podcast into it with Sam Sanders.
0:41.2	Sam's a friend of the show and this episode is about concerts.
0:45.0	So if recently you've thought that maybe ticket prices are too expensive or you also
0:49.7	have a vendetta against ticket master, this episode is for you.
0:55.0	You're listening to Intuit from Vulture and New York magazine.
0:57.8	I'm your host, Sam Sanders.
0:59.8	So then what level of a beehive member do you consider yourself to be?
1:03.2	Oh, I have Renaissance on vinyl.
1:05.2	Okay.
1:06.2	I've seen her live now five times and I am the kind of fan who knows that actually the
1:12.3	best Beyonce album is B-Day.
1:14.8	Okay.
1:15.8	See?
1:16.8	I'm in.
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