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"I'd love to go see the Who at Wembley," wrote one fan on Twitter, "but who is paying £105 for tickets?" That translates to about $140, and it's not even the top price: seats up front will run the equivalent of about $300, which another fan calls "obscene" and "pure greed."

As NME notes, it's not just the Who charging that kind of price. Bros, a band you might not even have heard of, are charging over £100 for their upcoming O2 Academy Brixton show. How did concert prices get to such high levels — in the U.K., the U.S., and everywhere?

The short version, according to NME and other sources, is basic economics. 300 bucks might sound "obscene" to you, but the reality is that people are paying those prices. Live music is hot right now, in part due to social media. There are more ways than ever for people to discover new artists they love, and if an artist you love is coming to a venue near you, you can either go to the show or you can suffer through a million Instagram videos from your friends who went without you.

Thanks to new tools like dynamic pricing, artists are getting more sophisticated at capturing that money for themselves, rather than having it go to ticket re-sellers. So look at it this way: if you're going to pay $140 to see the Who, at least you'd probably rather have that money going to the Who than to a scalper.

Another factor is decreasing revenue from recorded music. Although streaming revenues are rising, recordings will probably never be what they were as a major source of revenue. That means that artists are investing more and more in live shows, including splashy high-tech experiences for big names like Taylor Swift, Travis Scott, and of course the Who. Those big shows cost big bucks to produce, and the cost gets passed on to who? You.

Spotify launches in India, amid Warner beef

Spotify has now launched in India, and there's drama. The streaming giant has been in a fierce legal battle with Warner Music Group over the terms with which Warner's catalog will be used in India. In what the industry publication Music Business Worldwide is calling "one of the bitterest fallouts between a major music rights-holder and a market-leading retail partner in the history of the entertainment industry," Spotify is accusing Warner of "abusive behavior" and Warner is calling Spotify's comments "appalling."

Stay posted on that (or don't), but Spotify is now a thing in India, at a relatively low price level: the $9.99 it costs for a month of Spotify Premium in the U.S. will buy you about six months of premium service in India. (Music Business Worldwide)

Bohemian Rhapsody to be edited for Chinese release

Whatever you thought of Bohemian Rhapsody, early fears that the Queen biopic would completely ignore Freddie Mercury's same-sex relationships turned out to be misplaced...unless we're talking about China. When the Oscar-winning film opens next month in China, it will be missing footage of physical intimacy between men as well as some footage of drug use. The movie industry was surprised Chinese authorities gave permission for the film to play in China at all, given that country's common practice of censoring portrayals of homosexuality. (Hollywood Reporter)

Meanwhile, A Star Is Born, also a recent Academy Award winner, is coming back to U.S. theaters...with more footage, rather than less. Specifically, 12 minutes more. According to a press release, the "encore" version of the movie — opening on Friday at selected theaters and playing for only one week — will include extended performances of a few songs, including Lady Gaga's impromptu a capella version of "Shallow" as well as previously unseen footage including Jack and Ally working on a new song called "Clover."

Former Cure drummer Andy Anderson dies at 68

Drummer Andy Anderson had died of cancer at age 68. Anderson played with artists including Isaac Hayes, Peter Gabriel, and Iggy Pop, but was best-known for a two-year stint with the Cure in the mid '80s. In tribute, his former Cure bandmate Lol Tolhurst wrote, "Andy Anderson was a true gentleman and a great musician with a wicked sense of humor which he kept until the end." Although Anderson's time with the Cure was brief, he contributed to notable tracks like "The Caterpillar" and one of the band's true classics, "The Love Cats." (Pitchfork)

Morrissey album, Ryan Adams tour spark pushback

Two news stories today concern artists who have faced criticism for their actions and statements — criticism that's now extending to musicians who collaborate with them, and venues that book them.

"Why are these alt-rock musicians suddenly lining up behind Morrissey?" That's the headline of a post on Fader, pointing out that Morrissey's upcoming album California Son features contributions from Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Sameer Gadhia (Young the Giant), and Lydia Night (the Regrettes).

This despite a litany of controversial statements on immigration (he said that "England is a memory now" because "the gates are flooded"), sexual assault (in an inflammatory Der Spiegel interview, he seemed to defend Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey), and race (he called the Chinese people a "subspecies"). As Fader notes, Morrissey's collaborators have histories of protesting such sentiments. As the album's May release approaches, look for them to face increasing questions about their collaborations with the former Smiths frontman.

Meanwhile, Ryan Adams's upcoming album has been tabled since a widely-circulated New York Times article reporting that the singer-songwriter offered career opportunities for female artists under the implicit condition that they sleep with him, and exchanged sexual messages with at least one underage girl. His scheduled U.K. tour, however, has not been cancelled, and some ticket-buyers are protesting the fact that venues are not offering refunds to fans angered by the revelations about Adams's conduct.

None of the venues are even commenting, except for the Royal Albert Hall, where Adams is scheduled to perform on April 2. A Royal Albert Hall spokesperson told Pitchfork, "We are aware of these allegations, but cannot comment further at this time."

Viral sensation: Solange teases new music

Solange has just launched a personal page on the African-American social network BlackPlanet. The site has several GIFs of the singer-songwriter posing with muscle car in a sparkly outfit (Solange is wearing it, not the car), and mysterious phrases like, "How much of ourselves do we leave at home and how much do we carry with us forever?"

The new page, on top of a couple big upcoming festival appearances and a reported collaboration with Steve Lacy of the Internet (the band), has fans hoping that she's getting ready to drop the follow-up to 2016's acclaimed A Seat at the Table. (NME)

Audio sampled in podcast
Jahzzar: "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0)
BoxCat Games: "Against The Wall" (CC BY 3.0)
Emiway Bantai: "Machayenge"
Queen: "Somebody to Love"
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper: "Shallow"
The Cure: "The Love Cats"
The Who: "Long Live Rock"
BoxCat Games: "Mt Fox Shop" (CC BY 3.0)
Solange: "Losing You"
Carly Rae Jepsen: "Now That I Found You"