Ticketmaster has monopolistic dominance here, yes. However, the strongest monopoly involved is Blink-182 themselves, with absolute control over how they sell "Blink-182" live performances.
They may be quite happy with some other big, bad corporation taking the hit for policies which manage to capture more of the full willingness-to-pay for the band and official partners, rather than secondary sellers (scalpers).
They may be quite happy with some other big, bad corporation taking the hit for policies which manage to capture more of the full willingness-to-pay for the band and official partners, rather than secondary sellers (scalpers).