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by shiroiushi 634 days ago
According to this article (https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/taylor-swift-eras...), it looks like it's mainly American tourists going to Europe to see Swift's shows because the ticket prices are 1/10 as much as in America. Apparently, it costs about $5000 for a couple to see a Swift show in the US now, so it's actually a lot cheaper to just fly to Europe to see her show.
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daveguy 634 days ago
> $5000 for a couple to see a Swift show in the US now...

That's just not true. As long as you are able to get an original ticket and not a resold one. But ticketmaster and live nation should be regulated because they're a middleman monopoly in all of it.

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shiroiushi 634 days ago
>That's just not true.

According to the 1st paragraph of the linked article, it is.

>As long as you are able to get an original ticket and not a resold one.

That's pretty useless if they all get bought up by resellers.

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daveguy 632 days ago
It is literally false. The original tickets are nowhere close to that expensive and they do a lottery system with more verification now so that more fans get the tickets. I'm not defending Ticketmaster (they are awful and should be regulated), but original tickets just don't cost that much. Have you ever purchased Taylor Swift tickets? I have twice. Both times at original ticket prices.
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shiroiushi 631 days ago
>but original tickets just don't cost that much.

I'm not talking about original ticket prices, but rather the prices that normal people actually pay. According to the article, it's huge because of scalpers. Maybe that isn't true in your experience, but it seems to be true for enough people that they're writing articles complaining about this.

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