This week on Educate Your Earbuds, we’re talking about the enshittification of live music — and yes, it’s as chaotic as it sounds.

Concert tickets are more expensive than ever, but the vibes? Questionable. Between soul-crushing presales, dynamic pricing that feels like surge pricing on steroids, obstructed-view seats that shouldn’t legally be called “seats,” and crowds that forgot how to act in public, the modern live music experience is starting to feel like a boss battle no one signed up for and why concerts feel harder to access, more stressful to attend, and somehow less magical than they used to be. .

But it’s not all doom and gloom. The episode closes with real, actionable ways both fans and artists can help “de-shittify” concerts and bring back what made live music iconic in the first place.

If you’ve ever paid triple digits to stare at a screen instead of a stage, this one’s for you.

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Links:

• https://zmorehouse.com/enshittification-and-the-downfall-of-digital-music-platforms/

• https://certainsound.net/the-music-business-is-utterly-enshittified-whats-next/

• https://makingplacesbetter.substack.com/p/the-deshittification-of-music-policy

• https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/olivia-dean-fans-refunded-by-ticketmaster-resale-practices