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illbeyourdrunkle t1_je3o7o6 wrote

Reply to comment by dariasniece in ELI5: Everyone knows that Ticketmaster is the biggest scumbucket enterprise on the planet yet no band seems able to avoid their grasp. What's to stop a really major act (e.g. Taylor Swift) from performing in venues that are not controlled by Ticketmaster, or just setting up a parallel company? by havereddit

Also the people killed when the wind picked up the stage and crashed it into the crowd, or the people crushed in a crowd crush/stampede. Lots of examples lately.

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big_troublemaker t1_je428ns wrote

There some examples of accidents, but also thousands of festivals without any. Not to mention that similarly there's plenty of accidents in closed venues. Call me crazy but It's almost as if there was a general rule: large gathering of people, electricity, equipment, temporary structures equal heightened risk of accident.

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