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bradleyankrom
on Oct 21, 2022
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Blink-182 tickets are so expensive because Ticketm...
The bands don’t see a cut of the fees that ticket providers charge consumers.
Source: I’m a former talent agent.
advisedwang
on Oct 21, 2022
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Do bands/venues get blocks of tickets? Do they resell those?
bradleyankrom
on Oct 21, 2022
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Bands typically get a fixed number of comp tickets that are intended to be used by friends/family/media/guests, not resold.
advisedwang
on Oct 21, 2022
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In practice do those tickets get resold, though?
colinmhayes
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The cut mostly goes to venues who then pay the bands a larger percentage of the ticket sales.
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Source: I’m a former talent agent.