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67% Say Concert Tickets Are Too Expensive

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As artists big and small begin to announce their spring and summer concert schedules, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of adults who attend at least one professional music concert a year say tickets in general are too expensive.

Just 14% disagree, and another 20% are not sure. Seventy-five percent (75%) of Americans who go to the movies at least once a month think that movie tickets are too expensive, too.

But when adults nationwide are asked how often they attend a professional music concert, 39% say never. Thirty-four percent (34%) say they attend a music concert once a year, while 17% go several times a year. Only four percent (4%) go to a professional music show as often as once a month, and another four percent (4%) attend shows like that several times a month.

Thirty-two percent (32%) of adults who attend a concert at least once a year are more likely to attend a rock or pop show than any other musical genre. Twenty-four percent (24%) prefer a country musical performance, while 16% would opt for a classical concert. Just six percent (6%) say theyre more likely to go to a jazz concert, and 18% more prefer some other genre of music.

Concertgoers 18 to 29 are more likely to attend a country music show, while adults ages 30 to 64 are more inclined to go to a rock or pop concert. One-third (34%) of adults 65 and older are more likely to attend a classical performance.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of women concertgoers feel tickets are too expensive, compared to 60% of men. Those in their 30s are more critical of concert ticket prices than those in any other age group.

Men are more likely than women not to attend concerts. Generally speaking, older Americans are less likely to go to concerts than those who are younger.

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