#17 August 9: Most good ideas have both a good
and downside, an editorial in Monday’s paper implored Taylor Swift to bring her
Era’s concert to Charlotte. Josh Stein’s
comments including several of her song titles make it worth reading if nothing
else. https://eedition.charlotteobserver.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=187fbf39-87db-488c-83b5-11ce0da9e5bc Last
week, I wrote about “Taylornomics” and how her tour was boosting not only
the individual cities’ bottom line, and even the Federal Reserve even credited
the tour with boosting the U.S. economy!
But buried in the article is the fact that her
concert takes 90, that 9-0! Tractor-trailer trucks to transport the
production. This has to be a logistical
nightmare. My first thought was, what
does this say about these mega tours and climate change? Seeing an artist in
person is definitely a delight, but do we need a production requiring NINETY
tractor trailers? Maybe these concerts
should go the way of the dinosaurs. The tickets
are already so expensive that they can only be purchased by “the elite”. 8/7
Addendum: This week at the "end" of her tour she gave each of her truck drivers a $100,000 bonus! How great that she is sharing her profits.
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