goodmobileyes t1_je445de wrote on March 29, 2023 at 7:41 AM

Reply to comment by havereddit 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

To what end? Do you think most of them really care about how much their fans pay? This problem has been going on for years but singers and bands have been perfectly content to keep going on tour knowing that their fans are being bled dry at every show.