Ticketmaster cancels public sale of Taylor Swift tickets

“Last week tonight with John Oliver” had a good exposé on Ticketmaster. You can watch it online.

Basically even if a performer doesn’t want to use Ticketmaster, they are forced to, based on the fact that Ticketmaster controls the venues as well. Want to play at XYZ location? Have to sell your tickets on Ticketmaster.

I like the system Japan ticket companies do when it comes to bigger sporting events and some concerts. Have everyone sign up by a certain date then do a lottery on who can buy tickets. That prevents people wasting hours on buying something that bots have advantage in getting.