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How capitalism made concerts be a bourgeois entertainment only (i.imgur.com)
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[–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

They sometimes don't have a choice. But also fuck Ticketmaster https://youtu.be/-_Y7uqqEFnY

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  • [+] -9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They always have a choice lmao

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The large venues usually have an exclusivity deal with a ticket seller like Ticketmaster or AXS. So if they want to play massive stadiums, no they don’t have a choice but to use Ticketmaster. It’s on the venue, not the performer.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Taylor is big enough where she could have made a better/different deal. I'm sure slightly smaller venues would bend over backwards to have her, this was purely a greed thing.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That’s not really how the corporate world works. There’s billion dollar contracts involved that are much bigger than one artists tour. No matter how big they are. It’s use Ticketmaster, or you can’t use our venue. Full stop.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    You're making a statement without addressing the heart of the discussion. Artists like Taylor Swift are much bigger than Ticketmaster. If she actually used her platform and her voice to go against TM, she could effect a real change. But she (and so many other big artists) choose not to

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    How does it benefit Taylor Swift to have ticket master take a bigger cut? The best thing for her to do would be to sell the tickets directly through her site, not working with ticket master

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Then, like, don't play massive stadiums then? If Taylor Swift (don't care about her but it's kinda the main point of this thread) actually listened to her fans and decided postpone and restructure her tour around smaller independent venues and sell non-transferable tickets directly to fans she could've started a real change in the live music community. But she didn't. Because, ya know, it wouldn't make as much money.

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