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The American Festival Circuit Is Quietly Consolidating
Three companies now control more than 70% of the major-market lineups. The artists have noticed.
Walk through any of the four largest American summer festivals this year and you will encounter the same fifty headliners arranged in slightly different orders. There is a reason.
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