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acjohnson55 on May 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nati...

A lot of artists are not happy about this. Selling seats to the highest bidder to maximize revenue of a given show is not necessarily in the long-term interests of an artist.

supernova87a on May 23, 2024 | [–]

Yet they are not unhappy to the point that they refuse the money coming from this.

mixmastamyk on May 23, 2024 | [–]

Indeed, been going to a lot fewer concerts now that good seats start at $400.

There’s still small independent venues with realistic prices but they are being bought up.

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