Well the ticket sells for $35, assuming 2000
were sold that’s $70 K. Assume the promoters
and landlords etc took in half (is that a reasonable
assumption?), the band probably takes in $35 K
each concert. Cui also needs to pay the other
five members in the band and overhead, so
his profit may be around $17 K per concert.
This is decent but not exactly a success story consider
that Cui is the No. 1 rock star from China.
His take for concerts outside the US could be smaller,
and his annual income would be close to $300 K at best.

I paid over $150 for Simon & Garfunkel concert, Kenny
G concert etc. The audience count is five times bigger,
profit per concert is 20 times more.

Cui is a 43-year-old guy, and doing this day-in
and day-out in a ultra-high-decible envrionment
definitely hurts his health.He is already losing his
hair and I don’t think he can live past 70 years old
if he continues like this.

The richest band is supposedly Rolling Stone with
an estimated networth of over $1 billion per Forbes. They get
paid every time one of their songs is played on the
radio. That’s the kind of sustainable business models
that can produce great artists.

As an aside, I think prime location parking garage
would be a great asset to acquire if available at
reasonable valuations.