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Originally Posted by FlyingScot
Trombone Shorty and Mavis Staples playing on June 11--plenty of tix <$100. Have not seen Shorty, but he gets rave reviews as avatar of New Orleans music scene. Mavis is a living legend and a GREAT live show (seen her at least 5X)--you may remember her from The Staple Singers, as a civil rights hero, or the woman who opened for Dylan at his last Gilford show
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An AWESOME show last night! Mavis sang more powerfully than than women 1/4(!) of her age, and Trombone Shorty did an amazing New Orleans-infused funk review (kind of like Prince at Mardi Gras).
But on to a more general point--the audience was great last night and loved every minute of it. But the audience was LESS THAN HALF of capacity--I've never been to a seated event with so many empty seats. This highlights the Live Nation issue to a much greater extent than outrageously priced SRO shows. If you're selling the place out, it can be argued that you're not greedy, it's just economics. But when you don't lower prices to fill unused seats, you're just a pig. Keep in mind, this is not some unknown act or inexperienced promoter