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This seems to ignore the phenomenon of people paying to sit in a parking lot outside a Taylor Swift concert?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2023/05/15/taylor-swift...

That's more about the ticket price, and just going to have some fun with friends (plus the trend), than the music. People do similar shit for iPhone or console launches, movie premieres, social media stars, and so on.

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