Randy Nichols

@TicketNews A few more of these price caps and the company who funds you on scalping tix will be forced to shut you down

Ontario premier Doug Ford says the province will ban ticket resale above face value - regulating resale after blaming a "monopolized" market for fan outrage over the ticket prices seen during the Blue Jays' World Series last fall. ticketnews.com/2026/03/ontari…

@ScottFriedman3 @zaralarsson @NCAA @SeatGeek “Robbing them blind’

It’s expensive to get good seats at @zaralarsson or @NCAA wrestling tonight in Cleveland, OH! What are we in NYC? Maybe I’ll stop by Zara’s show instead of wrestling! ℹ️@SeatGeek

@whereisdabeef @LiveNationON @fordnation @saumil This would be ideal and the global artists community would support this as soon as resale caps are instituted and enforced

@LiveNationON @fordnation all for this law too. Prices have gotten out of control! BUT if this passes NO dynamic pricing (that way fans all will know the TRUE face value) and no platinum etc other tactics to gouge the fans @saumil this ensures a level playing field for everyone

@PeterCooper @ArmChairMaestro @LiveNationON That is simply untrue,in every country in the world with proceed caps significantly less fans have been harmed. Price caps work and that’s why they are quickly spreading based on success

@ArmChairMaestro @LiveNationON People may be getting scammed that way now but it will increase exponentially. People re-sell tickets to make money and if legit resale sites are no longer able to accommodate that the vast majority of sellers will go elsewhere.

@PeterCooper @kiefsherwoodlvr @LiveNationON Are the “legitimate resale sites” the same ones selling ghost tickets daily? You call them legitimate but they regularly sell tickets people don’t possess. You scalpers will do anything to convince politicians to allow you to continue ripping off fans

@kiefsherwoodlvr @LiveNationON It will not stop resellers. You honestly think people will just stop reselling tickets?? It will force them off legitimate resale sites that offer protection to buyers.

@FaceValue_TO @LiveNationON We won’t need Platnium when the law blocks you from buying all their ancillary revenue tickets. Platnium exists to stop you from taking advantage of what you used to call our “pricing inefficiencies”. We fixed the problem and you cry about the law and blocking your profit

@LiveNationON Capping resale is one piece, but what about original prices? #pitbull_2026-09-05" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">facevalueto.ca/price-index/#p… $2000 for a "Platinum" ticket to see Pitbull in Toronto?!

@TicketProfitHax @FaceValue_TO @LiveNationON Which is exactly what your business supports and why price caps are changing the game

@FaceValue_TO @LiveNationON Think about if you went to the grocery store and one day the price of ketchup was $1 but hours later that same day the same bottle was $3. The public would go crazy.

@TicketProfitHax “Robbing Them Blind”

What are some of your worst / best ticket flips of the year?

@WJ1one @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @LiveNation Thankfully you can’t run a $10B a year industry with a few unretired street hustlers. It will shrink to a tiny biz

@ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @LiveNation A lot of street hustlers are about to unretire.

Congratulations to @Michael_Rapino & team! Best W of the week by far for @LiveNation camp!

@ScottFriedman3 @CheoffreyRoth @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster It will be a more open market when fans can buy from primary & not compete with scalper operated bots What you call open & transparent is 1000s of companies building tools to dynamically price, distribute & allow scalpers to sell tickets they don’t posses. Thats not open!

@forcemm @CheoffreyRoth @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster The problem is the bad actors that bot and break the rules, plenty of value having an open market otherwise. I am righting the wrongs on tickets via both sides. Nobody else is doing that!

.@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

@NATB_org @ethankingdotcom Glad to see you’re progressing to using AI to fleece fans, artists and promoters. You are robbing them blind every day all day

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@ScottFriedman3 @CheoffreyRoth @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster lol, then why are there no problems in every country with price caps and the number growing quickly? I understand you think you’re on the right side but the facts are when you remove the profit in exploiting fans, less fans are exploited. It’s that simple and works globally

@forcemm @CheoffreyRoth @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster 🇨🇦 & California will be begging us to come back.

@CheoffreyRoth @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster I feel for brokers who will need new careers when they can no longer steal from artists and fans. Most of you believe you’re on the right side and it must be tough to see the end of the grift coming soon.

@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.

@TicketPolicy Yes, the scam artist you represent will still look for new ways to scam fans. In no country in the world with price caps have they seen an increase in scams. When it’s made illegal for you to sell tickets that don’t exist is when the scams end. Give up and find a real issue

“Make no mistake: under this proposal, ticket prices will continue to rise and scams will increase." Read more: thestar.com/news/ontario/o…

@TicketPolicy Shut up with your lies! This doesn’t change access, same amount of tix still available. It removes the bad actors who fund you’s ability to rip off fans. Price caps put you out of business and allow fans to get cheaper tickets. It will also keep tax $ on tix in the province

Earlier today, the Ontario government introduced a proposal to cap prices on ticket resales. Read here for Ticket Policy Forum Executive Director Brian Berry's statement: ticketpolicyforum.org/?p=987662

@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?

@forcemm @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster We will always share the worst practices in ticketing including tours that can’t move tickets.

@UnderFaceValue @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster Can we call them performers? They are onstage putting on a show, if the tour isn’t canceled due to unforeseen events. While I’m not a fan, all who get on stage and entertain are artists of some kind It’s hard to feel interlopers should get an opinion but I support free speech

@forcemm @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster Also, calling PCD "artists" is a bit of a leap.

@UnderFaceValue @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster Is it a miscalculation or an agreement to maintain and grow relationships with their agent, manager and label? We’re invested in an ecosystem, scalpers have one goal, extracting value from a system they aren’t a part of.

@forcemm @ScottFriedman3 @Michael_Rapino @ThePussycatDoll @Ticketmaster I think it's the scale of promoter miscalculation that's shocking but also predictable. Someone could consult someone like Scott and ask if PCD in sheds was a good idea and I bet he'd have a pretty solid answer on that beforehand. NO!

@UnderFaceValue @doj @LiveNation I’ll let the false narrative go for today that secondary overall saves fans money vs it being a great side effect of it. I’ll have to pick @HofstraU which I’m guessing has the worst odds, not sure they have ever been in it? but I teach there and will support our students.

@forcemm @doj @LiveNation You know my position. I like a well stocked a secondary market yielding great deals after primary onsales. End. Stop badgering me please. Have a good day. Who do you like in the NCAA Men's tournament?

.@Ticketmaster queues intentionally slowed to dynamic price customers while they wait in arbitrary line. That's very scandalous. The old tech allowed you on the purchase page almost immediately and everyone had a legitimate shot. Did the tech get worse or the primary more greedy?

@UnderFaceValue @doj @LiveNation Ticket is a license to see a show not a possession you own forever You’re not worried about a $10B a year biz that exists only on markups & think the biz that puts legitimate tickets in fans hands is a problem. If scalpers stop selling tickets they don’t have fans will get in

@forcemm @doj @LiveNation Ok. I'm not going to lose a lot of sleep about that. I just want an ecosystem where things are legitimate. Where a purchased ticket is owned and not cancelled retroactively by overscrupulous middlemen worried about a few bucks while penalizing fans and sellers. It's petty.