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Worth mentioning... The platform Garth Brooks uses to sell tickets the way he does: Ticketmaster. So it's available to other artists/promoters, if they want to

• vlunkr 4y ago
  There's lots of back-and-forth in these comments about whether Ticketmaster is the villain, or just the scapegoat for venues and artists to take more money. Without any insider information, I lean towards the latter. This is a supply and demand issue where the limit on supply is how much Blink-182 wants to perform. Maybe there's a good logistical reason why they don't do "Garth mode", or maybe this tour is just a quick cash grab.
  • cbsmith 4y ago
    > Without any insider information, I lean towards the latter. With insider information, I believe you are correct. ;-) The question that people don't like accessing is, "who is making these decisions?", because the answers don't point to the people they want them to point to. Ticketmaster is effectively an arms maker, and while that is not without moral/ethical concerns, the arms maker builds and sells tools that the people doing the fighting want; it's kind of weird to pretend the arms maker is the one actually using them.