It's so simple. If you don't buy from scalper, ever, they will go away....it's literally THAT easy.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2025
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Olivia Dean fans refunded by Ticketmaster after singer criticises ‘vile’ resale practices
(www.theguardian.com)
I've never bought from a scalper in my life...yet they still exist and it means I am shut out from many things.
So simple! 🤡
Duh, that’s exactly how pacific resistance works: you intentionally lose something to make a point.
If everyone refused to buy from scalpers, you wouldn’t even able to refuse, because scalpers wouldn’t exist in the first place.
Relying on something that requires everyone. Good luck with that.
There will always be people with more dollars than sense.
I tried to look up prices for tickets recently (for other artists) and it's really hard to figure out which tickets are originals and which are resale tickets. It's all so convoluted. And frankly, it doesn't seem that we can ever afford to see anything... ever. Ugh.
We share Olivia’s desire to keep live music accessible and ensure fans have the best access to affordable tickets.
While we can’t require other marketplaces to honour artists’ resale preferences
“We really want to keep music affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, the resale marketplace that we designed and profit from is totally out of our control, otherwise we’d totally make music affordable like we wish we could”
Fuck off and die
Yeah exactly. Ticket master is one of the culprits, they allow the scalping right on their own site/app. They also collect fees on the front and back. Fucking racket.
We need more artists calling them out in public like this. Also, artists should demand that resales should be capped at the original ticket price. Not sure how to do it with 3rd party sites, but ticketmaster should be able to do it on theirs.
People that buy from scalpers are too blame. It's not the end of the world if you don't go to their shows. These artist don't care about you. Sure they appreciate you as a fan. But as an individual they do not care about you. Stop buying from scalpers.
I'm not sure what kind of statement this is. Sandwiched between "don't buy from scalpers", a fine message, is something about the artist not caring about you. Let me ask you, do you care about the artist more than their art?
I think live touring is often how artists get more than just selling their music, which seems to be going to many business people. This artist in this article seems to care enough to do something about it, granted that is rare.