The management did, the band claim they didn’t.
Comment on Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over 'dynamic pricing' of Oasis tickets
j4yt33@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Classic Ticketmaster
I don’t understand how any musicians/managements can still claim that they didn’t know about ticketmaster’s bullshit practices
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Of course they know.
When Ticketmaster does their surge pricing, the musicians also take a cut - the extra profit is split.
It’s a win-win for them both. They both get more money, and Ticketmaster gets all the blame, absorbing all the hate, which they don’t care about.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can also make better money without looking like the bad guy by only releasing a small portion of tickets for general sale. Sell the rest offline to brokers who will put them on the secondary market.
Scalpers look like the bad guys while you rake in what you feel you deserve - and even have the market’s apparent willingness to pay to back it up.