I get up every morning anxious to check if the maniac warmongers have blown up a chunk of the planet yet and THIS is the news?
Just amazing & this crap is a government priority!?!?
I’ve never liked the term ‘music industry’, but Taylor Swift is a perfect example of a manufactured product.
That’s nothing, just imagine trying to get Rolling Stones concert tickets in about 1974 or so.
Led Zeppelin sold out huge venues, I saw then at the Forum in LA and it was packed
Consumer protection law in the U.S. is very weak, but rather than talking about abuses by big banks, the lefties are upset about a computer glitch for concert tickets. They never get it.
I don’t know how or why, but Somehow, someway, this is Trump’s fault. Just you wait....................
"Stephanie Aly, a New York-based professional who has worked on community organizing for progressive politics, for years has thought mobilizing fandoms for social progress could be beneficial. “Fandoms are natural organizers,” said the 33-year-old Swiftie. “If you find the right issues and you activate them and engage them then you can effect real change.”"For Swifties, the ire for Ticketmaster is not just about a ticket: “It’s the fact that you can’t participate in your community and your fandom and it’s part of your identity,” Nisbett said."
“It’s not just about getting vengeance for Swifties. It’s not about getting an extra million Taylor Swift fans tickets, or all of us going to a secret session,” said Jordan Burger, 28, who is using his law background to help the cause. “It’s about fundamental equality. And when you have a monopolist like that, it’s just so representative of the class structure of a society where there isn’t equality anymore, there isn’t fairness.”
If this is true, why aren't the little wimpy pimps and pimpettes making payments on their college loans? They can buy Swifty's CDs. They don't need to pay 2000 to 4000 bucks to go to a concert.
Like legalizing pot.
I’m probably going against the general American audience here, but Taylor Swift “really pisses me off.”
Someone send this Diva a get well soon card.
and the dynamic pricing???
You have to follow the trail of secondary tickets. We wanted Adele tickets at MSG a few years ago. There were about 50,000 tickets available. Three of us went on at 10:00 a. m. Basically, all tickets were gone at 10:01. Aso, see who Ticketmaster contributes to;this has been going on for a long time!
Here in LA, a couple years ago I was waiting for tickets for a small venue show to go on sale and they were scheduled to go on sale at 10:00 am. I got through by telephone at 10:01 am. All tickets were already sold out. Thats fraud, as they then direct you to their re-seller company where you’ll have to pay 10-20 times the face value for a ticket. And it is mainly because Live Nation also owns the “reseller company”. Ban scalping and that crap all goes away.
I simply cannot bring myself to CARE, about Swift or her ticket problems. Ho-hum.
Glad we’re focused on ticketmaster and not election integrity.
I remember having to pile into my exploding 73 Pinto with 5 buds and driving to the arena to buy tickets in person weeks before a concert, to see Styx, the Grand Illusion Tour. Wouldn’t see TS on a bet with free skybox tix. Ugh.
So many people are now eligible for "exclusive" early-access benefits, that they have become the majority consumers of their market segments, leaving the casual consumer with little to no product left.
TicketMaster has given out so many affiliated credit card and reseller benefits, that there are no tickets left for the young consumers who aren't eligible for these things yet.
-PJ
Why pay all this money when all she does is lip sync and whine.