• hactar42@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    It’s really sad because the artists have little to no control over this. It is the venues who are contracted through Ticketmaster.

    I remember Pearl Jam suing them for this in the 90s. Unfortunately, Pearl Jam lost and here we are 30 years later still dealing with their monopolistic tactics.

    • jayandp@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      It’s really sad because the artists have little to no control over this. It is the venues who are contracted through Ticketmaster.

      Yeah, it’s like if every movie theater only used Fandango. It would be ridiculous if that was the case, yet that’s what’s happened to live events.