Why the fuck hasn't anybody done this yet, at any point in the last 10-20 years?
Ticketmaster is the absolute textbook definition of an abusive monopoly in every way. They make it impossible to use anyone else, on either the fan or musician side, so that they can charge way way more than how much would be competitive. Hopefully the lawsuit takes 5 minutes "Your honor I move that they clearly have a monopoly and be sentenced to death" "Granted, fuck 'em, so ordered."
Jaysyn@kbin.social 7 months ago
Only 20 years too late.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
90’s kids… “more like 30”
timmy_dean_sausage@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Livenation was founded in the mid-late 90’s, but didn’t hold significant power in the live music industry until the mid-2000’s. Before that, a pricey ticket for a national act was anything over $25. When I started my career in live production, in 2010, many venues were still putting on local/national act shows for $5 - $20 a ticket. Since then, I’ve seen ticket prices for the same type of shows double, in non-LN venues, and triple or more in LN venues. Same thing for drink/concession prices. If you were a teen/young adult in the 90’s you likely had better access to affordable concerts than people these days.
stoly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Here I was just thinking to myself that I can’t imagine why it has taken so long. It’s not like this is a new problem in any way.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It wasn’t so much Taylor Swift, as it was a famously passionate fan base why couldn’t get tickets. If this was the 90’s, and Micheal Jackson’s die hards couldn’t get tickets to the Dangerous Tour, you best bet that people would be beating down lawmakers doors.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
E: or Edit: > estimated time of arrival.
metaStatic@kbin.social 7 months ago
"I can't believe we hat women more than we love capitalism"
(also the fuck is ETA supposed to mean in this context?)