What Did You Just Buy Tickets To?

Some insight into Ticketbastard from the founder of Songkick who sued them for abuse of market power along the way…

also and this explains a lot regarding the undercard acts at most large festivals…

Within a few years LN/TM was also the largest festival promoter in the world, the largest artist management company

https://twitter.com/soundboy/status/1593549611431493632?s=20&t=uNKI_Tvj9i7V8230N4gOqg

oh and I got a ticket for Lady Wray :)

Justin wrote:
Justice Department Said to Investigate Ticketmaster’s Parent Company

The inquiry predates the botched presale of Taylor Swift tickets this week and is said to focus on whether Live Nation has abused its power in the live music industry.

so will this be considered a weaponization of the DOJ?

kosmo wrote:
so will this be considered a weaponization of the DOJ?

If there's one thing elected officials are not going to tolerate, it's tears in the eyes of their granddaughters.

(also worth noting that Liberty Media owns 31% of Live Nation in case you're looking for the attack from the right)

Follow the $

Blur, both Wembley shows.

Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster fiasco ‘excruciating for me’

key quote:

Ticketmaster noted on Thursday that more than two million tickets were sold Tuesday for Swift’s upcoming tour — the most ever for an artist in a single day. The company also said that demand for tickets to the Eras Tour was twice that of 2022’s top five tours and the Super Bowl combined.

the fact that this was, at a minimum, 6X of anything they saw in the past year gives me a bit of sympathy for TM.  and i'm not sure that competition would have mitigated this: more players = smaller piece of the pie each = less money to invest in the required infrastructure.

They charge a ton of money in charges and can’t provide the service? What about the millions that wasted all day trying to get tickets? What about all their screw the fan policies like not even telling you the ticket price until you pull it up?

I think there needs to be some regulation of the service they provide.  Not to mention they really keep fans in the dark about variable pricing, and it’s hard to distinguish ticket resellers on the site from TM!

amen to that brother

Starsky wrote:
They charge a ton of money in charges and can’t provide the service? What about the millions that wasted all day trying to get tickets? What about all their screw the fan policies like not even telling you the ticket price until you pull it up?

I think there needs to be some regulation of the service they provide.  Not to mention they really keep fans in the dark about variable pricing, and it’s hard to distinguish ticket resellers on the site from TM!

sweetcell wrote:
Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster fiasco ‘excruciating for me’

key quote:

Ticketmaster noted on Thursday that more than two million tickets were sold Tuesday for Swift’s upcoming tour — the most ever for an artist in a single day. The company also said that demand for tickets to the Eras Tour was twice that of 2022’s top five tours and the Super Bowl combined.

the fact that this was, at a minimum, 6X of anything they saw in the past year gives me a bit of sympathy for TM.  and i'm not sure that competition would have mitigated this: more players = smaller piece of the pie each = less money to invest in the required infrastructure.

Maybe they should have staggered the on sale day for the 52 shows rather than putting them all on sale the same Day?

MÅNESKIN

I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

Yada wrote:
I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

I literally just got that too. I think it maybe goes out to all ticket buyers who haven't transferred their tickets already? I definitely have no lyte account.

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

I literally just got that too. I think it maybe goes out to all ticket buyers who haven't transferred their tickets already? I definitely have no lyte account.

Interesting… so IMP is selling out data to a 3rd party?

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

I literally just got that too. I think it maybe goes out to all ticket buyers who haven't transferred their tickets already? I definitely have no lyte account.

Interesting… so IMP is selling out data to a 3rd party?

EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT TOO SO IMP IS THE BEST, MOST CUSTOMER FRIENDLY BUSINESS IN THE WORLD AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT.

Yada wrote:
I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

Do you see an actual dollar amount? I get those emails occasionally, and click through to Lyte, but never go far enough to see what the ticket is actually worth…


Any idea how much of a cut Lyte takes? I just bought a Maneskin ticket for $60, but they're on offer on Lyte for $90.

They're currently offering me $56 for modest mouse

Natalie Merchant in Charlottesville.

Going to hold off on calling joe and getting his box for Kennedy Center until I see how much old stuff she's playing.

excontradiction wrote:

Yada wrote:
I think grateful posted about this, but I guess have a Lyte account that I wasn't aware of and they are offering me above face value for my Modest Mouse ticket currently.

Do you see an actual dollar amount? I get those emails occasionally, and click through to Lyte, but never go far enough to see what the ticket is actually worth…


Any idea how much of a cut Lyte takes? I just bought a Maneskin ticket for $60, but they're on offer on Lyte for $90.

I don’t think they take a cut and if they do it’s pretty small
It is a band by band decision to use lyte
I think it only works if you bought it digitally too, so they already had your info

One thing I wish is you could browse what shows currently are on lyte, as each show has a unique link that typically you can get to from the show page (or via an email)

DeathOrFreedom wrote:
I don’t think they take a cut and if they do it’s pretty small

Where does the money come from? Someone is making a profit from this…