So, I have an idea for a new painting. I'm scrabbling about my studio shelves looking for charcoal, and I ran across a box of concert ticket stubs.

And y'all, I think I've discovered why the music industry is suffering from "blue dot fever", where folks just aren't buying tickets.

I leave you with two reference images, and you can make your own judgements. (I may have made snarky comments in alt text, as I do.)

@MissConstrue Nobody likes Rush that much, right?
@demon6 I had a pre buy chance, before they went on sale, and my sister and I have seen them almost every tour since we were kids, so we thought about it, but the seats were offered at $400 each, and that wasn’t even meet and greet or front section, and she and I decided that the only way we’d pay that much for mediocre seats was if the entire concert was a dark rite to bring Neil back to play YYZ one more time.
@MissConstrue I feel like Rush needs to accept their fate in the county fair circuit