Music

How do you give fans the worst possible ticketing experience?

Look at what happened to Oasis fans last weekend.

1. Fans spent hours waiting in line to buy tickets.

2. When they finally got ticket options, they were given a short window to buy the tickets they were offered.

3. Fans were pushed to pay well over twice the price for tickets.

This isn’t a new thing, the Oasis incident has just brought it into focus.

Fans are being ripped off, they’re having an awful experience, and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

Why?

Because Ticketmaster and LiveNation are making lots of money and they know they can get away with it.

The big companies don’t care enough to change.

The artists don’t know any better and their management makes most decisions for them.

And the fans are forced to pay through the nose because they’re passionate.

The system doesn’t work and it’s not fair.

We’ve let monopolies have too much power over live entertainment for too long.