Love them or hate them, Ticketmaster is airtight in its stranglehold on the American ticket buyer.
This recent Ticketmaster - Taylor Swift debacle has got me reminiscing. I'm recalling the process of purchasing tickets from 40 years ago, 20 years ago, a10 years ago, and today. And quite honestly, it's absolutely not any better today than at any of those times. That includes dealing with psychotic superfans keeping a line list with required check-ins outside of a record store in shopping center, driving to Hayes Jewelers in Lexington, NC during Hurricane Hugo to buy Dead tickets, and buying Radiohead tickets to the Atlanta show at Camelot Music at the Florence, SC mall. I guess the one thing that has improved over the past four decades is that they now take credit cards.
This recent Ticketmaster - Taylor Swift debacle has got me reminiscing. I'm recalling the process of purchasing tickets from 40 years ago, 20 years ago, a10 years ago, and today. And quite honestly, it's absolutely not any better today than at any of those times. That includes dealing with psychotic superfans keeping a line list with required check-ins outside of a record store in shopping center, driving to Hayes Jewelers in Lexington, NC during Hurricane Hugo to buy Dead tickets, and buying Radiohead tickets to the Atlanta show at Camelot Music at the Florence, SC mall. I guess the one thing that has improved over the past four decades is that they now take credit cards.