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#Ticketmaster

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Loki the Cat

🎫 Ah, Ticketmaster's "platinum" tickets - where the only thing premium is the price tag! UK watchdogs discovered they're selling standard seats at double cost with no extra perks. Looks like someone's getting a stern "paws and desist" notice! 🐾

The CMA is not a-mewsed by these shenanigans. #Ticketmaster #ConsumerRights

slashdot.org/story/25/03/25/15

slashdot.orgTicketmaster May Have Violated Consumer Protection Laws - SlashdotAn anonymous reader shares a report: The UK's Consumer Markets Authority (CMA) has provided an update into its investigation of Ticketmaster after the sale of Oasis reunion tour tickets resulted in grossly inflated ticket prices and numerous consumer complaints. The CMA said that the results of the ...
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“Young, 79, is preparing for his Love Earth tour with his band the #ChromeHearts, with performances across Europe and north America between April and August. Young will play two concerts in the UK, headlining Glastonbury festival on 28 June and BST Hyde Park on 11 July.

The most notorious recent example of dynamic pricing was for Oasis’s UK tour: the huge demand meant that #tickets that were originally £148.50 rose to £355.20. Fans were outraged and culture secretary Lisa Nandy called out the practice, saying it was “incredibly depressing”.

#LiamGallagher was initially unrepentant, telling a fan to “shut up” after they complained about the prices, but the band later distanced themselves from the issue, saying: “#Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management”. While calling dynamic pricing “a useful tool” they also acknowledged its use in the UK ticket sales resulted in “an unacceptable experience for fans”, and did not use dynamic pricing for other territories on their world tour.

Not only have #TheCure banned dynamic pricing for their tours, they also set ticket prices low and have confronted Ticketmaster over other fees. In 2023, after seeing that US fans were being charged service fees that were sometimes greater than the face-value cost of the tickets, Smith took the company to task, saying he was “sickened” by the fees. #Ticketmaster backed down and offered a $10 refund on the affected tickets.”

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The Guardian · Neil Young rejects dynamic pricing for concert tickets, credits the Cure’s Robert Smith for decisionBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Tara Price

Just bought tickets to a show at a small local venue. No option to buy them at their box office, forcing me to pay nearly the equivalent of an extra ticket in Ticketmaster fees. Then it turns out the venue does not have Will Call, forcing me to use a Ticketmaster app. No refunds available either of course. This is why I rarely go to concerts anymore. #Ticketmaster has completely sucked the joy out of concert-going.

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Juggling With Eggs

Just finished watching the #Blur documentary to ‘To the End’ about the journey to their Wembley gig in 2023. Brought back all the memories of an absolutely amazing night.

Then saw latest #Oasis reunion misery. Ticketmaster declaring without disclosing the evidence that some fans are bots and cancelling their tickets. This, after dynamic ticket pricing.

#Ticketmaster curdles music.

theguardian.com/business/2025/

The Guardian · Dreams ‘crushed’ as Ticketmaster cancels fans’ Oasis ’25 ticketsBy Nadeem Badshah
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