Many music artists don't want to give off the impression of being greedy. They know that selling tickets for $500 or $1000 will make them look bad, and piss off

Many music artists don't want to give off the impression of being greedy. They know that selling tickets for $500 or $1000 will make them look bad, and piss off a lot of fans. Fans are still pissed off when scalpers buy up the tickets, but then they’re mad at the scalpers rather than the artist. But, the artist can get the best of both worlds by doing backdoor deals with Ticketmaster and others to get a cut of the resale market - it looks like scalpers are doing it, but it’s really the artist. The whole thing is shady.