This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Walden Green, writing for Pitchfork: The conversations are between Ben Baker, now head of ticketing for Venue Nation, and Jeff Weinhold, currently a senior director in the ticketing department. Baker and Weinhold joke about overcharging and price-gouging fans—“Robbing them blind, baby,” Baker brags in one exchange pertaining to a Kid Rock show in Tampa Bay—as well as being able to raise prices on ancillary services such as parking seemingly at will. “These people are so stupid,” Baker writes. “I almost feel bad taking advantage of them BAHAHAHAHAHA.” more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos and other embedded content.
It's puts everyone in such a terrible position. Want to boycott Live Nation? Kiss goodbye to pretty much all concerts not to mention the blowback that ends up hitting artists too. Artists want to boycott live Nation? Good luck finding a good place to play. To loosely quote Austin Powers: "Fook mi, Fook yu" And this is why Monopolies are bad...
This is like not thinking politicians don't do this themselves to us after trying to look hard towards each other on the floor while they go back and laugh about their insider trading deals.