In parallel they also have a stranglehold on the venues so they get to decide what bands are even worthy of having concerts at all… yay capitalism gives us so much freedom
You know what’s funny about it? In Russia there’s been several cases recently with concerts getting canceled and the artists supposedly blacklisted due to their positions regarding Ukraine. This is of course decried in the media as “le ebil sovok putler stomping on freedom”.
But what you describe? Either ignored as not happening, or approved because “free market”. Just make your own concert hall, brah!
In parallel they also have a stranglehold on the venues so they get to decide what bands are even worthy of having concerts at all… yay capitalism gives us so much freedom
You know what’s funny about it? In Russia there’s been several cases recently with concerts getting canceled and the artists supposedly blacklisted due to their positions regarding Ukraine. This is of course decried in the media as “le ebil sovok putler stomping on freedom”.
But what you describe? Either ignored as not happening, or approved because “free market”. Just make your own concert hall, brah!