Former touring musician here. The larger acts are contractually bound to whatever their label decides on venues and ticketing in most cases. But there’s no reason to roll over and accept these assholes at Ticketmaster as our defacto option to have live music. Support local artists and local venues if possible. I’m out in the fucking sticks, but I will drive an hour to catch a show from time to time.
Some venues can also only be booked if you use Ticketmaster. So like at. A certain scale it’s impossible for even the labels to avoid it if they wanted.
Former touring musician here. The larger acts are contractually bound to whatever their label decides on venues and ticketing in most cases. But there’s no reason to roll over and accept these assholes at Ticketmaster as our defacto option to have live music. Support local artists and local venues if possible. I’m out in the fucking sticks, but I will drive an hour to catch a show from time to time.
Some venues can also only be booked if you use Ticketmaster. So like at. A certain scale it’s impossible for even the labels to avoid it if they wanted.
Good point. I’m an eternal optimist for an artist first movement where parasitic corps fuck right off. One day… one day…