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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.”

<theguardian.com/music/2025/mar>

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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Thomas Maaß

Ein bisschen Lack konsumiert haben sie bei #Ticketmaster schon. Für den Resale nehmen sie 12€ "Servicegebühr". Zusätzlich soll ich einen Scan vom Kontoauszug und vom Ausweis hinschicken. Wenn jemand die Tickets haben will, können wir das auch anders regeln.

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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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Michael Hanscom

Attempting to get tickets to the August #NIN show in Seattle. In the #Ticketmaster queue with 22,437 people ahead of me (down from 24,661 ten minutes ago). According to Wikipedia, Climate Pledge Arena has a concert capacity of 17,200. I'm…less than optimistic at this point.

Admittedly, I have no idea how else to handle selling lots of tickets to a high-demand show (other than going old school and making everyone stand in line to buy them physically), but is this _really_ the best that Ticketmaster (or anyone else) can do?

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Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:

A class action lawsuit for deceptive fees against Ticketmaster has been settled. Affected customers to receive up to $45 credit.

cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/t
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Un recours collectif pour frais trompeurs contre Ticketmaster a été réglé. Les clients touchés recevront jusqu'à 45$ de crédit.

// Article en anglais //

CBCTicketmaster class-action settlement to reimburse 1 million Canadians for deceptive fees | CBC NewsA $6-million settlement that could see around a million Canadians eligible for a credit with Ticketmaster was finalized in Regina last week.
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dorotaC

#TIL there are Deutsche Bahn #tickets in development which have a #TOTP on them.

media.ccc.de/v/38c3-what-s-ins

That means an imminent repeat of the #Ticketmaster fail
conduition.io/coding/ticketmas
because ofc the extra TOTP step is not really adding any security compared to a static paper ticket.

Why is this "digital" nonsense being pushed so hard?

media.ccc.deWhat's inside my train ticket?Ever wondered what data is stored inside DB print-at-home train tickets or those in your local transport association's app? Join me for t...
#deutschlandticket#digitalzwang
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