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@forcemm @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster its absolutely rich seeing Randy, who gets exuberant and elated at the prospect of honest, hard working brokers going out of business but showing sympathy for the gajillionaire out of touch artists who have 0 awareness of their own relevance and put on a rancid tour.

@ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster So poor performing tours are bad practice? What’s worse cutting a fan in line to resell tix at a markup or supporting talent and their teams to support their brand and fans?

.@Michael_Rapino better charge $75 for a lawn chair rental and $500 for VIP parking for @ThePussycatDoll to make up for horrific ticket sales. Or better tell Mr. Baker! ℹ️@Ticketmaster

@Ticket_Help2022 Not to mention for the most part nobody gives a flying fuck about this dude or his band and is evident by the early traction of the tour. Complete garbage and certainly a #paystowait from what I’m seeing. Dude thinks he’s putting Led Zeppelin back together.

Sign up for the best way to kill bots? Hey Jack, why were the codes generic? Don't think that is the best way to kill bots at all. Everyone just lies in this industry.

@BFW in minneapolis....we haaaaaaate the twins these days. if this question is for how the fans feel at the moment, Minneapolis absolutely qualifies. the wild are a big deal.

I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city. Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit. Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.

@GlobeEyeNews please replace them with israel.

Iran will not participate in the 2026 World Cup in the US.

@Ticket_Help2022 @kanyewest @Ticketmaster oh, now it's official, eh?

The @kanyewest queue is over one million on @Ticketmaster Insane how many people are running queue bots for this. Ticketmaster queue system is officially garbage

@SunsAreBetter a free throw would be nice...

Man, has Amir Coffey ever give the Suns bad minutes since he’s gotten here? Play this man more. PLEASE.

@TheTicketTruth the bots who are able to sit there for an hour and continuously search on a zillion threads may hit some, but yes.

Fans must love this to fight for 500 tix. Reality is only the top 0.0001% of that line is getting tickets.

@Ticket_Help2022 @Ticketmaster logical, cheap, and easy. it's almost like the stubhub folks are making these types of decisions for tm. sad, really...

Queue for Metallica for a legacy fan club presale is over 300k. Hundreds of thousands entered the queue without the code. Maybe next time @Ticketmaster can make people enter the code in first so it doesn't clog up for real fans. Something very logical for Ticketmaster to do.

@Ticket_Help2022 @forcemm @NATB_org It’s not even a criticism. I get it to an extent. But there has to be a better way for Randy to max his earning potential w/o targeting hard working honest people hoping/rooting for, and reveling in their loss of livelihood. Regardless, let’s not act like its about anything else.

@Ticket_Help2022 @forcemm @NATB_org Talk about “admit the truth.” Randy can go on all day about how he was spurned when he was 12 trying to get tix and it’s for the fans and on and on. But at the end of the day, he wants more money. He sees brokers profiting and thinks that money belongs to him. Plain and simple.

We have to stop allowing primary markets to take advantage of well-meaning artists and everyday fans by directing artists down manipulative paths of “face value” resale services. Read more about the dangers in the thread below:

@forcemm @NATB_org Randy, why does people being put out of business excite you so much? There's people out here just trying to make a living. we all agree bots and bad actors need to go, but you seem so gitty about hard working folks going under. i don't get it...

@NATB_org This is laughable, admit the truth. It kicks you out of business & protects fans. If all artists use facevalue exchanges you’ll be looking for a new line of work and fans will not be ripped off by the $10 Billion a year ticket scalping industry. You’re fighting for your life

@mz_2388 team usa has "USA" on the front of their jerseys.

Wish Team USA and Team Slovakia would have better coordinated their jerseys for this game!!! At first glance you wouldn’t know which one is which!! #TeamUSAHockey #OlympicsHockey

@forcemm @TheTicketTruth By that logic, you’re saying you think a primary ticket price decrease would be the result? If the goal of the bill is to minimize or eliminate resale, and resale drove up primary prices, you’re saying we’d see a decrease in primary ticket prices, yes?

@TheTicketTruth How and why would it raise primary ticket prices? Secondary is what drove the increases. Your side took advantage of what they called our pricing inefficiency. What in this bill would drive a cost increase?

A price cap on ticket scalping was introduced in California yesterday, and today a bill was introduced to cap resale prices in New York, too! The momentum is moving in the right direction! hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-in…

@forcemm @TicketsData …we’re simply predicting this tour will be #paystowait. Sure, a dud or hit album effects his next tour schedule, but it’s not unreasonable to predict an album release having little to no effect on what is sure to be an already very expensive ticket.

@forcemm @TicketsData No need to talk down to me and tell me “how the biz actually works.” I have plenty of experience and knowledge as well as first hand insight from an artist perspective. I know how it works. You’re talking about 2 different things…

I predict Noah Kahan will be a perfect example of a pays to wait tour. Ticketmaster will do major shenanigans to prop up the markets for his shows during the presales. If I was a fan, I would buy in the parking lot walking into the venue.

@forcemm @TicketsData I wouldn’t even say he’s “newer.” He’s almost 30 and has released 3 full albums. But you’re right, it’s not fully predictable. maybe it’ll be huge. I hope it is. But given various factors, the more strict delivery methods, etc, it makes sense to predict this being #paystowait

@TicketsData @CheoffreyRoth It depends, he’s still a newer artist that can see significant growth. He’s not a club act but only at year two in arenas far from fully predictable at this point

@forcemm @TicketsData Brother, he’s doing baseball stadiums, not arenas. Could that album be huge or somehow produce a mega hit that goes viral on TikTok or something? I guess. Even then, probly not effecting a stadium tour where floors will probably be $250-300+ already.

@TicketsData @forcemm not to mention the manner in which music is released today, no album is going to impact a tour that dramatically. if he were in clubs, maybe? i guess? but for a stadium tour where tix will already be insanely expensive, an album release will likely have little to no impact.

@forcemm Not at all. I make a living doing these exact type of predictions. Artists frequently don’t release album until tour has already been on sale.

@StubHub shows that had presales 2 days ago still don't have updated maps. how is that even possible? get your shit together. it's really not that hard. @ScottFriedman3 @Ticket_Help2022 @TheTicketTruth

@Saxyprince @mz_2388 what is with y’all and Jaden? You act like he’s Pippen in his prime. Hes a nice player but he’s not even the #2 option on the team. You say you get it’s Giannis. Clearly you don’t. ITS FREAKING GIANNIS. You trade literally anyone in the org not named Ant to get him. 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

I really dont want to trade way Jaden. I get its Giannis, but I believe if the #Wolves trade Jaden and they dont win, this may be the moment Anthony Edwards decides he wants to finish his career elsewhere.