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The answer is capitalism, I know.

But it wasn't always like this. Why the hell are they allowed to absolutely monopolize all shows and venues? How are there not laws on this?

Is stopping going to any shows the only way to fix this? If so, that wont happen. People are gonna go see their favorite bands (and ticketmonster knows it)

I wish this one was as easy as getting rid of all my streaming services - but they really fucked us over for live shows.

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[โ€“] rabber@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Was my dream to catch Rush on this tour. 1000 cad per ticket. I can go to a European metal festival for the same price and see 120 bands.

Blame the artists too. Neil young capped tickets this year's tour at 120 with no ability to resell.

Blame the artists too

This. They're the ones that set ticket prices, and they get the majority of the revenue from ticket sales. Ticketmaster/LN has even said themselves that they don't make most of their money on tickets, the artists do, but they want to take the blame away from the artist to keep making sales.

Not that Ticketmaster isn't an issue. Vendor lock-in especially for independently owned venues has been a problem for a long time.