Music Sep 13, 2012 at 10:44 am

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I actually once saw a band specifically being told by the crowd to Please Don't come back for an encore. Their hype man -at first- thought we were being coy. Then, as the truth dawned on him, I saw one of the sadder looks I've ever seen on a stranger's face as he slunk offstage.
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I doubt this "rock and roll" happened.
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I saw Chuck Berry open for the Grateful Dead at Portland Meadows in 1995, and midway through the third number, people were shouting, "One more song!" Yes, it was that bad.

Didn't those Swedish guys kick major ass, Alex? I sure dug it.
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I'm sorry, but Grateful Dead fans couldn't possibly comprehend the genius of Chuck Berry. They have barely enough brain power to breathe without assistance.
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Just say "rock". "Roll" died in approximately 1975.
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To answer the random fee question, the official answer is something like this:

A chunk of that fee goes to the venue (they get to keep this without having to pay it to the band). A chunk goes to whatever ticketing system they were using (this is how ticketing systems make money these days- they charge you to use the software rather than charging the venue or band) and a chunk went to cover credit card processing fees. All of that theoretically adds up to processing and user fees that fall outside the boundaries of "money you paid for the actual art/music you consume."

The real answer: they could just as easily roll that cost into the stated price of the ticket with no perceived fees. But people have repeatedly proved that they are more likely to pay $22 with $8.72 of add on fees than they are to pay $30.72 with no fees for the same show, all other things being equal. So they do it cause it works. And keeps working. Sorry.
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Your first question was legitimate and deserves a good answer which it seems you got. The rest of your questions, however, make you look like an ass-hole. Good day, sir.
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You need to squat more. Nothing to do with your calves, I just have a feeling.
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eprophet: I was there too. And it had nothing to do with the fans being stupid, Snagglepuss. Chuck legitimately stunk up the joint that day; he seemed to be drunk, he was forgetting the words to songs he'd been singing for forty years, and did the whole "I want everybody to sing along" number an unprecedented three songs in. Horrible.

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