Sweet Emotion

In last week's USA Today, there was an article that focused on this year's slump in concert ticket sales. The piece touches on a few things, like Clear Channel's role in the fields of both promotion and venue ownership. Other problems sited rising ticket costs. The bulk of the article may bore most people, but I found one part interesting...

"There aren't a lot of great bands out there that can put on a great rock show," says Aerosmith's Joe Perry. "They didn't come up in that environment, in that era before MTV where you really had to be a good live band."