[BrtByte]

In an ideal world, the artist's own mailing list or fan community would be the canonical place for this, because it's closer to a direct relationship

[ZeWaka]

This already happens. Most artists I listen to have a mailing list presale, then a spotify / promoter / venue presale, and finally the open sale in that order.

[whatevaa]

Subscribing to a mailing list is not a relationship at all.

[acomjean]

I know areosmith, phish and the Dave Mathews band gave fan club members dibs on good tickets, though this was year ago. My friend was a huge phish fan and he’d always get a bunch of new years tickets in the 90s.