Eh... in that case why are my concert tickets still so expensive? Exactly. Fortune said that might be part of the problem.  The publication said that the average ticket price has shot up in the last year in the US (where many stars have cancelled the most shows), from $115 (£84) last year to $144 (£106) in 2026. It was $82 (£60) in 2020. That applies on this side of the Atlantic, too: data showed that between 1996 and 2025, the average UK concert ticket price increased 521%. People simply might not be willing or able to pay. And if you think the inflated ticket costs might cover that shortfall, music data platform AndR claimed : “From a $100 [£73]ticket, the artist keeps an average of $8.16 [£6], [which is] less than the ticketing fees”. Additionally, rising fuel prices following the Iran conflict mean that tours, which rely on planes, trains and automobiles to get artists from place to place, are seeing their already razor-thin margins shrink.…