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.

  • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I don’t feel comfortable with them essentially operating a monopoly that both consumers and artists detest. I don’t feel comfortable with paying exorbitant meaningless fees if I ever want to experience a live event. It’s never mattered what I’m comfortable with, I’ve always gotten fucked. I don’t care how uncomfortable they are, I hope they get absolutely destroyed by legal fees and go bankrupt.

    • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      682 years ago

      Not just them, everyone doing it.

      We used to be able to get tickets to concerts at a small venue here by going into one of the music shops. No stupid fees, just whatever the ticket price was.

      The venue stopped selling through these stores semi recently, moved to an online service, and now there’s no less than 30% fees, sometimes as high as 40%.

      It’s absolutely ridiculous.

      • @bratosch@lemm.ee
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        632 years ago

        “the venue” is most likely owned my LiveNation, which also owns Ticketmaster. That’s why they CAN have those insanely inflated prices, because they control everything. Like someone mentioned, Pearl Jam tried going off the beaten track and find venues NOT owned by LiveNation , which proved to be … hard

        • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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          52 years ago

          There are still some shows we go to, but 100% we’ve said no to shows we were half interested in because of the ridiculous cost caused by the fees

    • @sparky1337@ttrpg.network
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      532 years ago

      Pearl Jam tried this in the 90’s and got ran over. There would have to be people in congress that cared enough.

    • @cooopsspace@infosec.pub
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      2 years ago

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

    • @WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml
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      132 years ago

      I hope they get absolutely destroyed by legal fees and go bankrupt.

      “They didn’t” -Arrested Development Voiceover