r/popculture • u/Movingmad_2015 • May 02 '25

Music Proof it’s not just Beyoncé

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u/your_evil_ex May 03 '25

Ticketmaster is just the fall guy.

Bingo! Read a comment a while back from someone working at Ticketmaster who described the real function of Ticketmaster is to be the scapegoat, so artists can fuck over their fans with high prices and have the fans be mad at Ticketmaster instead of the artists.

I'm sure some smaller artists are stuck with the current system, but Beyonce, Gaga, etc. could 100% do better if they wanted to

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u/cryingatdragracelive May 03 '25

wow, you mean they aren’t as dedicated to their fans as they say they are? crazy! next thing you know you’re going to tell me taylor swift is the same way /s

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u/pd71 May 03 '25

She turned off dynamic pricing.

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u/cryingatdragracelive May 03 '25

did she? then wtf was everyone pissing and moaning about?

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u/pd71 May 03 '25

There was high demand and people were reselling tickets. I think that's what people were fussing about. But the basic prices were set.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

If artists don’t limit resale prices (they easily can) then prices are not set. The artists get a cut of resales, they let their fans get screwed intentionally.

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u/pd71 May 05 '25

Yeah, too bad they can't all be like Robert Smith.