"If artists are willing to boycott streaming music services to protect the 20 percent of their income that comes from recorded music, why wouldn’t they fix live

"If artists are willing to boycott streaming music services to protect the 20 percent of their income that comes from recorded music, why wouldn’t they fix live music, where they make 80 percent of their income?" Because as you yourself pointed out, theyre maximizing income by taking guarantee pay days above face value of all tickets. And by performing fewer shows they drive up value per show. With streaming they actually think there is money left on table. Thus boycott temper tantrum to try to force spotify to cough up more money.