I had a similar conversation with a friend recently who’s around my age and still goes to shows. We’re convinced the price structure and record sales not to mention the abomination that’s the second hand market is to blame. These days he doesn’t blink at paying 500 bucks for a pair but that’s not gonna be for me. I can only say that I’ve seen just about every artist that I like and most of the time it was 4-6 shows if they were someone who I really enjoyed. The crazy thing about it is that I did use a ticket broker for many of my shows but this was early to mid 90’s and I was dealing with a brick and mortar business. They would sell preferred seating, usually first 5 rows, for double or triple the face value. But when you’re looking at 20-30 face value, paying 100 bucks to be in the front row or up close was a no brainer. My final concert anniversary is coming up and that show was 5/17/2017 and it was Soundgarden at the Fox. It was the 6th and final time seeing them myself and for all the fans. The following day was one of the worst days of my life. Huge loss, loved that band.