Taylor Swift has been a hot topic all over the internet over the past few days because of the issue with concert tickets for her highly-anticipated "The Eras" tour. Her good pal/collaborator, Jack Antonoff, speaks out in light of the incident.
Taking to his official Twitter account, the "Don't Take The Money" hitmaker expressed his feelings over how the touring industry treats the artists as well as concert venues that take a big percentage of revenue from new musicians.
"while we are having the discussion can venues simply stop taxing merch of artists? this is literally the only way you make money when you start out touring," he wrote before sharing a series of tweets.
while we are having the discussion can venues simply stop taxing merch of artists? this is literally the only way you make money when you start out touring
— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) November 18, 2022
The Bleachers frontman added that the more they make it "tenable" for younger artists to make money while touring, the more great music they will get.
Since touring is one of the "most honest way" to make money for artists and it's considered "some of the hardest," Antonoff is confused why the touring industry is so hard on them.
"stop taxing merch, stop lying to artists about costs of putting on shows, include artists in more areas of revenue. the stories i could tell from my years touring are bananas. young artists on tour are the last to see any money," he concluded.
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The recent statement comes after the singer's frequent collaborator and good friend, Taylor Swift, became involved in an issue regarding ticket sales for her concert.
According to Billboard, 14 million fans reportedly tried to access the presale website, but most of them suffered technical difficulties, leading them to be unsuccessful in getting tickets.
Lorde Speaks Out About the Downside of Touring
Another friend of Antonoff and Swift, Lorde, also spoke about the downside of touring in a newsletter posted to fans last week, saying performing in different venues has become a "demented struggle to break or face debt."
She also noted that increasing ticket prices is a good solution to cover the costs of touring, however, no one wants to charge their fans any more money.
Some issues that she and other musicians face while touring are crew shortages, inflated prices of flights and hotel accommodation, COVID-related costs, overbooked tour buses and venues, and many more, as most of them are priced three times higher than they were before the pandemic started.
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