Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress::A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress.

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    11 months ago

    Not to mention they own a secondary ticket market and makes a lot of money off scalping being a thing.

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        11 months ago

        I was watching this happen day of for a show in Montreal just recently. There were few seats available for weeks leading up to the show with resale tickets around 200 to 300 CAD a piece, then day of big chunks of non resale seats came available for a fraction of that.

        Artificial scarcity. Total and complete scam.

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        11 months ago

        They’re actually global epidemic. And it amazes me that you can sell a ticket to someone who doesn’t have the intention of physically putting a physical body of themselves, a friend or family in the seat. All it does is lock real dedicated fans out.

        At the very least I think artists should be able to choose to not have their tickets sold on the secondary market.