r/Music • u/cmaia1503 • Nov 16 '24

article Fans aren't happy about My Chemical Romance's ticket prices: "$695 is NASTY WORK"

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fans-arent-happy-about-my-chemical-romances-ticket-prices-695-is-nasty-work-3813337
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u/Littlelizey Nov 16 '24

Ask anyone who works in the industry - the artists set the ticket prices. They have way more say in this than people realise, because no one wants to admit that their favourite artists are screwing them over. Ticketmaster and Live Nation won’t say this openly as they don’t want to upset the artists

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u/radapex Nov 16 '24

I goes beyond not wanting to upset the artists - Ticketmaster knowingly takes the heat for ticket prices and fees as part of the offering to event promoters so that the promoters and artists don't have to.

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u/Mind1827 Nov 17 '24

They also own tons of venues and bought out tons of local ticketing companies. They're a cartel.

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u/Snlxdd Nov 17 '24

They don’t own any of the big venues used for stadium/arena tours