Well i guess the young bands, that want to build a name and reputation, can provide a cheaper entrance fee, by reducing their own pay, but since MK is a household name, why play in small venues when he can fill up bigger places? This way he can please more people with a logical priced ticket. But smaller cities or less likely to see him often (he does show up, in order to keep everybody happy, but it's been almost 25 years between his visits in Athens Greece.