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by fredophile 1316 days ago
Some artists and promoters are already doing a money grab and hiding behind scalpers to do it. For big shows, a portion of the tickets may be removed from retail sales entirely and go straight to websites that are used for scalping tickets [0]. This let's artists be seen as offering tickets at reasonable rates while getting closer to market rates.

[0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-go...