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With the consequence that “only rich people get to see Beyoncé live”. Which may be good or not, I have not an opinion.

• Filligree 4y ago
  As opposed to when most tickets were bought by scalpers, in which case... mostly rich people got to see Beyoncé live. Certainly a few people occasionally got lucky, but I guess what I'm wondering is, is "band members and managers earn more of the money they bring in" actually a bad thing? Won't this lead to more performers joining the field, long term, and more options for listening to music? Seems like a good thing to me.
  • borski 4y ago
    That’s exactly the problem; the only group that ends up earning more in this case is Ticketmaster, not bands or managers.
  • bombcar 4y ago
    Artists can use some of the increased profit from higher ticket prices to buy and reserve tickets to be given to fans for free via a fan-lottery system.