Congrats to the team at OPEN Ticketing Ecosystem for hitting the milestone of 7 million tickets sold 🎉 This is how blockchain technology achieves mainstream adoption. Utility first and foremost.

theguardian.com/money/2024/sep…

10 Wembley Stadiums 🤯 Rumour was Oasis wanted to set that record. Looks like Coldplay have beaten them to it.

"The faster you make things, the less time you have to think, and the more likely it is that you'll capture the spirit of whatever it is you want to come through." - Mk.gee

Another major tour on sale, another ticketing disaster... This is a consumer nightmare that WILL get solved, one way or another.

Let's hope so! "Sneaker kid" scalpers are an under-appreciated factor in the disastrous on sales we've seen recently. Totally unashamed to use bots or do anything else to hoover up tickets to flip, acting in swarms, told which events to target and how to do so in paid groups.

You could learn a lot about how concert ticketing actually works by reading this article

"It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable" 🤔 Not sure how "widely accepted" that really is...

For those confused... FanFair Alliance is an industry body supported by artists, managers, promoters, venues and ticketing companies aiming to prevent for-profit ticket reselling Fair Ticketing Alliance are touts aiming to protect their ability to resell tickets for profit

'If you want control of that you have to be at the meetings that decide ticket prices' Singer songwriter Paul Heaton told #BBCBreakfast musicians need to be actively involved to stop fans being hit by expensive concert tickets and dynamic pricing bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

26% service fee 🤯 $10 facility charge per ticket 🤯 'Order Processing Fee' on top of egregious service fee 🤯 All very grim

"Lots of yes people" is a real problem. When you have an entourage of people that surround you, and make money from their proximity to you in one way or another, it's easy to cast aside anyone that might express concern for you. The yes people want things to stay how they are.

VIAGOGO HAVE NOW REMOVED ALL BUT 2 SINGLE TROXY TICKETS, WHICH WE HAVE ASKED @DICEFM TO LOOK INTO. AFTER FURTHER CHECKS, DICE HAVE ALSO CANCELLED SEVERAL TICKETS AND THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WAITING LIST. PLEASE REMAIN VIGILANT!

They don't need to be banned. Good events just actively cultivate an atmosphere that doesn't encourage standing still with your phone in the air.

Actively praying this isn't a Live Nation driven comeback 🙏