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by exq 1332 days ago
Do you have a source for the last sentence?
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The secondary market is sometimes the primary market.

John Oliver did a bit on this awhile ago on how artists will get large blocks of tickets that they immediately put onto the resale market. Has a nice benefit of the show being almost immediately sold out plus doesn't it has slightly better optics since its not as obvious the venue/artist is "reselling" the ticket for a multiple of the "original" cost.

https://youtu.be/-_Y7uqqEFnY?t=1023

I think he's using logic.