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Post by joe on Apr 26, 2024 3:16:30 GMT
Don't like ticketing practices? Neither does around 300 artists.
Here's the letter that was sent to Congress. Search for Blue Oyster Cult in the .pdf down in the link below.
More Than 250 Major Music Artists Sign Fix The Tix Coalition Letter To Congress In Support Of The Fans First Act (S.3457)
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Post by pacnw on Apr 26, 2024 20:08:03 GMT
I remember when people were mad about paying $17 for a show, back in the early 80's. Highway Robbery!
Can't recall what band was asking that exorbitant price. I know it wasn't BOC. Maybe it was a multi-headliner type of thing, like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, et al.
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Post by Espo on Apr 26, 2024 21:28:27 GMT
I seem to remember Tom Petty going nuts when he saw how high the tix prices were going to be for one of his tours. I think it was the reason he punched a wall and broke his hand. I may be a little foggy on this...
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Post by eastmark on Apr 26, 2024 23:14:44 GMT
BOC stepping forward against the ticket bastards ? Cool.
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Post by markus on Apr 27, 2024 2:20:17 GMT
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Post by joe on Apr 27, 2024 2:29:32 GMT
Garth Brooks supposedly has a unique way of keeping his ticket prices affordable, at least at times.
with the take-away as follows:
"It's not just Brooks' words that have scalpers on notice - it's also his actions. On his current tour, Brooks has been offering tickets for $75 per seat. When tickets to a show sell quickly, Brooks adds more shows to the city. The move effectively saturates the market and makes it so that any fan who wants a ticket can get in the doors at face value."
But I imagine that smaller bands might not have the resources to be able to afford the venue(s) to keep adding shows.
I couldn't find a reference to it, probably because it was quite a few years ago. So my memory probably isn't fully accurate to summarize what was on the news back then. I think it made the news big time here because he was so froth at the mouth angry and didn't hold back on his stance going full out "Damaged".
Apparently he was playing a show "somewhere" and the scalpers had taken over the whole pricing structure. So a LOT of his core loyal fans just couldn't get tickets. So he announced that he would be performing an additional show the next night, seats sold at the venue only or just at the door, at face value. He told the town that he would keep adding shows until everybody could get a face value ticket. I think he even threatened that if the scalpers somehow came up with some scheme to get around that, he would start playing the damn shows for free! Don't think it ever came to that.
Obviously not everybody can afford to do that....
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Post by ericvonha on Apr 29, 2024 14:44:50 GMT
The "convenience" fees aren't convenient at all. They are robbery.
Physical ticket scalping of printed tickets was illegal back in the day.
Now we have an entire portfolio of online electronic scalpers.. everything from StubHub to Vivid Seats to BandisinTown, etc.
I get the one-off scenario where something comes up and a person can't go to the show.. However, what is occurring by and large is scalpers/fans/sheisters, whoever, will buy 4-8 tickets for a popular artist at the initial pre-sale.. then immediately re-sell those tix for a huge profit.
Ticketmaster/Live Nation have recently gone to extreme lengths to capture this "re-sale" (call it what it is.. SCALPING) marketplace. Ticketmaster/LiveNation now have their own "Re-Sale" section of their site and app that makes it stupid easy for an "investor/scalper" to buy tickets then immediately re-list them as "Re-sale" tickets.
Yea yea capitalism and what the market will bear and all that.. However, TicketMaster is paid the "convenience" fees upon the first sale of the original tickets. Then, they get paid, again, a 2nd time when the re-sale tickets are sold and more obnoxious "convenience" fees are tacked on again.
Do us all a favor -- one low price. Charge one price. Do not tell or show us that you're raping us. The ticket price should be the ticket price. Plain and simple.
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Post by Buck on Apr 29, 2024 19:04:42 GMT
I testified at the MD state legislature committee hearing on this. They eventually passed a bill, but it doesn't cap the surcharge to consumers. But better than nothing.
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