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They should do a cover of "We're an AMERICAn Band"  LOL

That's really the fallout of Napster and now our streaming world. It used to be they toured to promote an album, now they release an album to promote a tour. I laugh when these new artists tout how many downloads they have of their new songs as it really doesn't mean anything like those numbers did when you had to buy actual, physical copies.

The ticket was bought from Eventbrite -- apparently a Ticketmaster competitor.  Yeah nowadays, most bands make their money from touring.  Especially some of the larger acts -- they can make hundreds of millions a year just touring.  Of course, there is a lot of overhead -- buses, crew, musicians, assistants, etc., but the big acts like Rolling Stones, Eagles, etc. sure aren't hurting for money.

America is not in that league obviously.  This is a small venue -- looks like about 500 seats.  Assuming average ticket price of $100, that's $50,000.  The venue gets a cut plus the promoter, Eventbrite, crew, roadies to keep those Gibson acoustics in tune, hotels, catering, bus, etc..  I imagine Dewey and Gerry keep $5,000 each or something out of each performance.  This is all pure conjecture on my part.  T-shirt sells for these oldies acts is probably a large part of the revenue too.  

Still not a bad job if you can get it.  Not being stuck in a boring soul-crushing office job or a manual labor gig.  Instead you get to tour the world and play music.  It's like the Dire Straits song, "I should've learned to play the guitar, should've learned to play them drums."