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2895338, smh: j. cole was charging $1 for tickets to his shows, (link) Posted by febreeze, Mon Aug-04-14 04:08 PM
http://www.ny1.com/content/news/212279/j--cole-fans-brave-pouring-rain-for-chance-at--1-concert-tickets/
while i applaud the effort to try to make tickets "affordable", i can't see any mathematical way this isn't a straight up L for the venue/artist.
e.g. the nyc show was at highline ballroom in manhattan.
the capacity of the venue is only 700 people.
so, a $700 gate? and maybe what? a 10-20k gross in drinks before factoring expenses? (dare i even suggest them paying his travel fare? lol.)
and that's IF the show sold out. which it doesn't say if it did.
so...
what realistically can a performer charge per show with likely <$20,000 being the maximum return you can offer the promoter?
this is in NYC mind you.
wtf kind of a ROI is that for a supposed "king" of rap music?
i mean even if he only got paid $3000 for the show, it's not a bad gig considering he tours like 325 days out the year.
but dude has lines about charging $70k for shows and shit. much like his unexplainable record sales (he somehow outsold rihanna twice) without the accompanying hit songs/fanfare...
it leaves you scratching your head.
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