The music industry in 2024

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The music industry in 2024
« on: January 06, 2024, 04:47:28 PM »
Decent read about where the industry is, where it is or should be going and how artists feel about it....

https://www.nme.com/news/music/artists-music-2023-challenges-2024-hopes-streaming-gigs-payment-blur-easy-life-cherise-lvra-get-cape-fac-3565687
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2024, 11:42:08 AM »
I have a number of friends who are full-time musicians, and yeah, there's a lot of those same problems on this side of the Atlantic, too. The merch policies in particular are hurting them, although there seem to be a fair number of Michigan venues where that merch percentage getting taken is still from reasonably low to zero.
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2024, 11:02:16 AM »
Gonna crosspost this to the Business Desk thread:

https://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-cancels-tour-slow-ticket-sales-concerts-prices-ticketmaster-2024-6?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=business-sf&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pXtJnErYfHjiMZdzVHjRPQz5cMTQbMRgKSjsjePLyyBH7NTBALz3Wq0Q_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

In JLo's defense, she's not the only one having trouble packing venues. The rock duo The Black Keys scrapped a planned arena tour and are expected to announce a "revised" set of dates at smaller venues. On social media, fans have noted that some shows from the pop artists Troye Sivan and Charli XCX as well as the band Wallows appear to be undersold. The Latin trap artist Bad Bunny recently pulled out of a show in Minneapolis, reportedly amid weak sales. Coachella lagged this year, and there's been chatter about a variety of acts not hitting home runs sales-wise in some instances and locations, including Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, and Pink.
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2024, 08:13:51 AM »
Gonna crosspost this to the Business Desk thread:

https://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-cancels-tour-slow-ticket-sales-concerts-prices-ticketmaster-2024-6?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=business-sf&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pXtJnErYfHjiMZdzVHjRPQz5cMTQbMRgKSjsjePLyyBH7NTBALz3Wq0Q_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

In JLo's defense, she's not the only one having trouble packing venues. The rock duo The Black Keys scrapped a planned arena tour and are expected to announce a "revised" set of dates at smaller venues. On social media, fans have noted that some shows from the pop artists Troye Sivan and Charli XCX as well as the band Wallows appear to be undersold. The Latin trap artist Bad Bunny recently pulled out of a show in Minneapolis, reportedly amid weak sales. Coachella lagged this year, and there's been chatter about a variety of acts not hitting home runs sales-wise in some instances and locations, including Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, and Pink.

Im hoping this is the start of people making a stand, against exorbitant ticket prices. That would be so cool
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2024, 10:37:07 PM »
https://consequence.net/2024/08/montreal-jazz-festival-2024-review-photos/

Arguably the greatest free concert to ever happen at the MTL Jazz Fest: Pat Metheny in 1989.

120,000 people downtown. An absolutely magical evening. Metheny said it was the “scariest night of his career”.

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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2024, 10:36:23 AM »
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2024, 10:42:44 AM »
So coldplay are the biggest and bestest ever then!!

https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-score-biggest-rock-tour-of-all-time-3784561

Taylor Swift has Coldplay beat in both attendance and gross, but she won't release the figures, so Coldplay has the top spot.

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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2024, 06:35:48 AM »
So coldplay are the biggest and bestest ever then!!

https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-score-biggest-rock-tour-of-all-time-3784561

I expect u2 to slowly slide down that list of top earning tours......simply because, for the most part, u2 dont charge their fans £650 to sit behind the stage!!! The day might be coming tho, if things continue as they have been this past while.
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2024, 04:31:56 PM »
another possible future for festivals:   https://consequence.net/2024/09/fme-2024-review-photos-recap/

It’s no secret that the live music industry is in a weird spot at the moment, and that goes double for large-scale, multi-day events. As festival upon festival declares 2024 to be their last year — or even cancels its already planned programming — we here at Consequence have just about worn out our keyboards trying to get to the bottom of it. From sustainability issues to underwhelming lineups, it seems like the way forward is experiential and niche — and that’s exactly what Quebec’s Festival de Musique Émergente (or FME, for us anglophones) seems calibrated to.

Held in the small town of Rouyn-Noranda (which sits about seven hours north of Toronto and eight hours northwest of Montreal), FME is one part-music festival, one-part community gathering, and three-parts party. Think South by Southwest if it was modest, manageable, and French-Canadian; or, perhaps, your local block party if it had the budget to bring in bands from around the globe.

Unlike, say, Coachella or its Quebecois cousin Osheaga, you won’t find big-named, million-dollar headliners leading the charge at FME. What you will find is a series of intimate, genre-spanning shows scattered throughout the picturesque village, from clubs to venue basements to a parking lot in front of the late-night poutine place. It’s an electric environment full of surprises, excitement, and playful discovery.
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Re: The music industry in 2024
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2024, 05:23:09 PM »
another possible future for festivals:   https://consequence.net/2024/09/fme-2024-review-photos-recap/

It’s no secret that the live music industry is in a weird spot at the moment, and that goes double for large-scale, multi-day events. As festival upon festival declares 2024 to be their last year — or even cancels its already planned programming — we here at Consequence have just about worn out our keyboards trying to get to the bottom of it. From sustainability issues to underwhelming lineups, it seems like the way forward is experiential and niche — and that’s exactly what Quebec’s Festival de Musique Émergente (or FME, for us anglophones) seems calibrated to.

Held in the small town of Rouyn-Noranda (which sits about seven hours north of Toronto and eight hours northwest of Montreal), FME is one part-music festival, one-part community gathering, and three-parts party. Think South by Southwest if it was modest, manageable, and French-Canadian; or, perhaps, your local block party if it had the budget to bring in bands from around the globe.

Unlike, say, Coachella or its Quebecois cousin Osheaga, you won’t find big-named, million-dollar headliners leading the charge at FME. What you will find is a series of intimate, genre-spanning shows scattered throughout the picturesque village, from clubs to venue basements to a parking lot in front of the late-night poutine place. It’s an electric environment full of surprises, excitement, and playful discovery.

Pro tip if you ever go to Rouyn-Noranda: bring mosquito repellent by the dizen. The bugs in that region are murder.
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