Two music indicators

Planet Money

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4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Ticket scalping frustrates fans, but it fascinates economists. It's been a favorite topic of ours in the past. This time, Darian turns to friends and experts to navigate the world of concert tickets like an economist who is also a music fan. Then we find out just how big Adele is on vinyl. So big her latest album disrupted the whole market for vinyl, the material itself. | These stories come from our daily podcast The Indicator. Go subscribe if you haven't already.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:03.6	So I recently learned that reporter Darian Woods is a huge fan of the singer Charlie
0:11.3	with an I-X-C-X.
0:13.4	That's right, I'm a big fan.
0:15.7	And we were talking about this because she's going on tour, she's coming to New York.
0:20.1	And a couple of weeks ago you and I got together to buy me tickets, you were helping me,
0:24.0	moral support and bit of logistical support, when these tickets went on sale at 10am.
0:29.4	Are you online?
0:30.4	I'm online.
0:31.4	I've got my debit card out.
0:33.4	Okay, okay.
0:34.4	I mean, this is like an Olympic sport, right?
0:37.2	These tickets go on sale, you have seconds to buy one.
0:40.3	Yeah, and we recruited Integayda in turn, Taylor Washington, to help us through the
0:44.5	Byzantine process of ticket buying.
0:46.8	Yes, Taylor is like this ticket buying wizard, she knows all the ins and outs.
0:51.5	And she's gotten tickets to like some pretty big concerts in the past.
0:55.3	Yeah, this is it, my first volume.
0:57.4	Do you have like tips for Darian, like, can you walk him through this?
1:00.2	Okay, the first thing you said, I heard a red flag, me said, I have to get my debit card
1:04.9	out, you should have already had your debit card in the ticket master account.
1:08.3	You should have already had a card on file.
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