Topics
Topic hubs
Each hub gathers the research, indices and datasets covering one area of live music economics.
Ticket pricing
How ticket prices are set, disclosed and experienced — face value, fees, dynamic pricing and the gap between advertised and paid.
16 research items
Affordability
Attendance cost measured against local earnings, travel and the wider cost of going out.
7 research items
Venues
The rooms that carry the circuit — capacity, margin, closures and replacement.
8 research items
Touring
Routing, density, guarantees and the cost of moving a show between markets.
3 research items
Cities
Local policy, licensing and the municipal economics of live music.
14 research items
Festival economics
A festival is a fixed-cost business with one chance a year to be right. The economics look nothing like a touring show.
10 research items
Economic impact
Impact studies are commissioned to persuade. Live Index publishes the assumptions that determine whether the number means anything.
6 research items
Fan affordability
Affordability is a participation question before it is a pricing question. The relevant number is cost against local income.
1 research items
Independent venues
Independent rooms carry development risk that nobody else in the chain is structured to carry.
7 research items
Consolidation
Concentration is a structural condition, not a scandal. It should be measured before it is argued about.
6 research items