Rent seeking merch stealing

After sharing an article on my Instagram about the culture of merch concessions, where bands have to give a % of their merch sales to venues, festivals etc. I was still surprised to see how many people are still not aware of the practise, so I dig into where it came from, why it's spreading, is it ever justified, and how post pandemic, lockdown it really has to stop, musicians are being price gouged enough left, right and centre without losing one of the few income streams they have left! get involved, let me know what you think!become a patron over at :https://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillwant to advertise in the show? emailalan.averill@gmail.comsponsorshttps://www.metalblade.compromo code ALAN for 10% off in N.Americahttps://www.hatecouture616.com/promo code ALAN for free shippingSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.