If you’re a live music-loving South Florida native, it’s a great time to get your tunes on. It wasn’t that long ago that the southern stretch of the Sunshine State was a musical Siberia. Plenty of arena- and stadium-filling acts – Elton John, U2, The Rolling Stones, and Lady Gaga – would regularly and dutifully venture south of Orlando, bringing in tow tickets ranging in the hundreds of dollars – before the scalpers unleash their bots and resale pillaging.
But bands more befitting a smaller theater or concert hall – and tickets rarely topping $30 – avoided the last 200 miles of the state. After all, 400-plus miles r/t is a heluva road trip to play to a few hundred loyal fans.
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