The Dogg has grown fed up with the method of ticket sales to events over the past 5 years. Local fans are getting shut out of a legitimate chance for great seats, due to massive phone banks and computer banks buying tickets in bulk out of town, for resale by ticket brokers. The bands, promoters, and sponsers do not make any money off the resale of these tickets, so why do they stand by and do nothing? Are they too busy chasing the college student that freeloads of Limewire? This crap needs to stop! Here is what I propose.
1. Limit phone or computer ticket sales to zip codes within 100 miles of the venue for the first 24 hours of ticket sales.
2. Permit out-state and interstate sale after 24 hours of local sales.
3. Require all brokers pay 50% royalty of upcharges to the bands, management, and sponsers.
Perhaps these type of possible solutions might work. We local fans deserve to see our bands without resorting to third party piracy.
Today I was logged into both Ticketmaster and Live Nation with everything input (and am a memeber of both) at 9:59 AM for Bruce tickets at the Palace. Imagine, at 10:00 and 21 seconds I made contact and best available were near the back of the arena! Absolute bullshit I say!
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For one, most record labels don't get a substantial cut (if any) from touring acts. So, yes, they honestly don't care if third party folk profit.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, capitalism works against you here. As long as there are shows that would sell out no matter what(Bruce would be a great example), it is going to be lucrative for groups to snap up tickets to sell to those who weren't able to purchase them on time. Of course, this exacerbates the situation, but aside from heavily popular groups playing multiple dates in cities (for perhaps diminishing returns, excessive time away from family/leisure time, etc), it'll be tough doing away with them.
Unless you boycott them completely, and get a ton of other people to do so as well. Or just listen to less popular music - you probably are supporting fewer evil corporations.