A gig in five years: An immersive dream or virtual insanity? Cliff Fluet comments for City AM
25 August 2023
The pandemic is over and live music is back. The amount spent on live music event tickets in July in the UK was up 22 per cent in 2022 compared to 2019, with annual concert spending passing the £2bn threshold for the first time ever, according to data from PRS for Music, which licenses live events.
Thanks to pop queens Beyonce and Taylor Swift, some live music events have even managed to boost the GDP of entire nations.