Matchbox 20 vs Matchbox 2020

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June 22, 1997.

Matchbox 20 played The Boar’s Head.

A 95X show.

Only five bucks.

That ticket price feels impossible now, but back then, it was just another club show on the calendar. There was even a cool backstage pass designed like a matchbox.

Orbit was on the bill too, possibly a local band, and the room was part of that old Oklahoma concert scene where bands could come through right before everything got bigger.

Then years later, Matchbox 20 came back around in a whole different way.

Matchbox 2020.

That tour was supposed to happen, then the pandemic hit, and everything got pushed back again and again. People ended up holding tickets for years, waiting on the show to finally happen.

The Wallflowers were supposed to be on that run too, but even that changed.

That is the wild difference.

In 1997, Matchbox 20 was a five-dollar ticket at The Boar’s Head.

In 2020, people were holding tickets for years because the whole world stopped.

Same band.

Different era.

Completely different concert business.

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