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Ticketmaster officials testify before the Senate
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TLDR… sorry
but I have to say, I’ve experienced scalping here in Atlanta just recently. The Mars Volta played and someone (company?) bought every single ticket and the only ones you could buy were through Ticketmaster but supplied through stubhub. All over priced, gouging so bad. I’ve always been a huge At The Drive In and Mars Volta fan but I wasn’t going to buy into that BS scheme. I hope the D bag who bought all of them was left holding the bag.
but I have to say, I’ve experienced scalping here in Atlanta just recently. The Mars Volta played and someone (company?) bought every single ticket and the only ones you could buy were through Ticketmaster but supplied through stubhub. All over priced, gouging so bad. I’ve always been a huge At The Drive In and Mars Volta fan but I wasn’t going to buy into that BS scheme. I hope the D bag who bought all of them was left holding the bag.
I have fond memories when I see this stub.
Pink Floyd for $20!
Pink Floyd for $20!
The Fixx - this is from 2018, no zoom. Intimate venue, not an expensive ticket.
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Dynamic pricing isnt going to go away. Big data and big tech are enabling the concept to everything you purchase. For example a car dealer I do work for, last summer stopped sales on all the preowned pickup trucks they had on the lot, and sold them to a dealer in TX. The 2yo RAM priced at 26k in NJ was selling for 50k in TX. All enabled thru big data analytics. Everybody selling anything is jumping on this trend.
I saw Pink Floyd in June 1973 at Blossom Music Center. Tickets were $3 for lawn seats, but (don't tell anyone) we along with a few hundred others snuck in under the fence alongside the property.
The Fixx has been coming to Dallas every year since 2016 (except 2020). Tickets are usually reasonably priced and the show is consistently excellent.
I will pay a high price for Iron Maiden and very few others.
I have missed out on so many shows because of Ticketmaster’s BS. This is long overdue
Ahh man! I saw them in Lexington Kentucky on that tour! Stood in line for several hours at the record shop in the mall, and even though we were only about 10 people back from the front of the line, we didn’t get tix for the first show. The record store people told us to hang on for a while, and after about a half hour, they added a second night and we got tickets for that one.
It’s funny how rock n roll started out as anti corporate/ anti establishment, couldn’t say or do certain things on tv shows. Had to do what they told ya if you wanted the show. It’s amazing what it’s become. Long live Jim Morrison!
This is the only comment I will make: Lack of monopoly laws, and monopoly law enforcement, is one of the single most significant issues America faces.
It's not so much what they've done to rock n roll/music directly, meaning through the bands/artists, but how Ticketmaster got their controlling hooks into so many venues, forming many local monopolies.
Although, Pearl Jam, and probably some others, tried to go to war against Ticketmaster in the '90s, high profile style. How did that work out for Pearl Jam? Not so good, if I'm not mistaken.
Makes me think of this from the other day:
Hung up on the price: Madonna tickets go for over $6,000 in Montreal
Hung up on the price: Madonna tickets go for over $6,000 in Montreal
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They won't. Some well-placed campaign contributions, maybe a $20,000 fine and it'll all go back to business as usual
I remember when tickets for Weather Report, Al DiMeola, KC, etc. started to hit the $80-$90 range. Ah - the good old days!
I paid those prices back then with no regrets, no groceries for a week, and a huge smile on my face.
I paid those prices back then with no regrets, no groceries for a week, and a huge smile on my face.
Instead of buying ridiculously priced tickets for huge bands, go out and support some local original bands. There is so much good music from unsigned bands out there. Take your $500 for one ticket and go to 50 local shows. You’ll probably have more fun anyways.
Ticket sales have been a sh@t show for years because of 3rd party companies buying up everything popular instantly. Cops will bust you for selling a ticket outside a show, but these companies do the same F'ing thing all day. I don't know why it's legal and nobody seems to give a crap.
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