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> No, fans have no choice. Entertainers allow it by using Ticketmaster.

Disclaimer: Ex-Ticketmaster employee.

This doesn't quite hit it. Entertainers encourage it as they get paid to do so.

Ticketmaster is basically paid to be a bad guy. If you hate Ticketmaster, then all is working to plan.

Because what you're not doing is hating the actual decision maker on those fees -- the artist, the promoter, & the venue. Ticketmaster splits those fees. Ticketmaster wants to get paid of course, but the deal can be structure those fees any which way.

Want a low (or no) fees with Ticketmaster? If that's what the artist, promoter & venue want, that's what will happen.

Want a low ticket price for advertising & high fees to increase your profit? Ticketmaster can do that too.

At the end of the day, the artist & promoter own the tickets, not Ticketmaster.



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