And I guess in your world the actual performer has no say in the matter. Don’t you think since it is THEIR event and they are doing the work that THEY should decide on just how much it will cost to get in? Actually, they are deciding on how much it will cost, but then here comes the no talent scalper hording up the tickets so that he can sell them at ten times the value.
Now, are these scalpers giving at least a portion of the amount they get above face value to the actual performers who are doing the work? Hell no.
It absolutely DOES matter what the audience pays for the tickets because that is what the performer, and contractually authorized vendor agreed upon. Ever think that there is a reason why they put a price on a ticket, and that the reason may have something to do with not wanting to continually piss off their audiences (customers) by having them pay high prices?
Like I said in another post, the problem has gotten so bad that we are already starting to see measures taken to prevent this ILLEGAL and IMMORAL activity. Names on tickets, ID checks at the gate, non transferable tickets, etc.
It's not my world, it's just the world.
And, that's as far as I'm reading your rant.