Seven trends in this year’s concert data

Thanks to the folks over at Soundspike, you don’t have to wade through Pollstar‘s 2010 year-end concert data: They’ve already drawn the conclusions for you.
The concert-driven site has come up with seven trends that went down last year in ticket sales, and what they might mean for this year’s season. You might already have guessed some of them (like the fact that American Idol’s touring-show days are dead and gone), but others might strike you as a surprise. (Americans’ nostalgia for the ’80s is nearly satiated. Who knew?)