The answer is capitalism, I know.
But it wasn’t always like this. Why the hell are they allowed to absolutely monopolize all shows and venues? How are there not laws on this?
Is stopping going to any shows the only way to fix this? If so, that wont happen. People are gonna go see their favorite bands (and ticketmonster knows it)
I wish this one was as easy as getting rid of all my streaming services - but they really fucked us over for live shows.
I simply won’t go. I won’t stream their live shows either, because charging for that is also very lame.
There is still plenty of live music to be had, by decent performers at a local scale. Although even then, lots of small venues use AXS to sell tickets which is the second largest global ticket company so it is not much better.
It is harder and harder to find $10 at the door in cash, but they are out there.