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The ticket broker or someone is going to be taking that money. I’m going, ‘Hey, why shouldn’t that money go to the guys that are going to be up there sweating three hours a night for it?’ …
Well, maybe you should have had Peter Grant as your manager, Brucie. He negotiated a 90/10 split of gross ticket receipts in favor of Led Zeppelin . . . but then again, they guaranteed a sellout at every venue, and could you do that back in the day?

Always thought it amusing to hear his fans chant “Bruuuuuuuuuuuce” and it sounds like they’re booing him.
19 posted on 11/20/2022 11:45:39 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
but then again, they guaranteed a sellout at every venue

True. But then their songs all ripped off some very good musicians.

28 posted on 11/20/2022 11:49:51 AM PST by nickcarraway
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