BTS is back from military service — and their comeback show in Seoul is expected to draw 260,000 fans.
Yes. A quarter of a million.
Meanwhile, most bands can’t afford gas for the tour van.
In this episode of Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon dive into the bizarre economics of live music:
Why mega-concerts are getting bigger than ever
Why the middle of the music industry is disappearing
Why touring now costs so much artists sometimes lose money on the road
And whether the future of music is stadium spectacles… or livestreams from someone’s living room
The music industry isn’t dead.
But it might be… broken.
