@ibaklanov @packyM You think the Metallica ticket buying audience is the same as the Daft Punk ticket buying audience?
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Jack Stephens
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Jack Stephens
@iamjackstephens
Building https://t.co/xULwbGDe9n | Formerly @spotify, @songkick, @AWAL, artist mgmt & more | Music, tech, ticketing, culture
London เข้าร่วม Eylül 2010
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@iamjackstephens @packyM Everyone that wanted to see Metallica at that same arena? There is a dance floor as well
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the fred again / thomas bangalter set has to be a little teaser for daft punk at the sphere right?
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Warner Music Group have announced they're acquiring @GetRevelator - one of the last remaining bits of independent music distribution infrastructure
With FUGA now part of UMG, truly independent distribution solutions are now few and far between
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controversy of the artist booking aside, this is the first time I've seen a 'PayPal presale'. Interested to see how that works...
Wireless Festival@WirelessFest
YE LIVE AT WIRELESS. FINSBURY PARK. LONDON. THREE NIGHTS… 10 JULY 11 JULY 12 JULY ★ 48hr @PayPalUK presale: 12PM BST Tue 31 March* ★ Wireless presale: 12PM BST Tue 7 April - Sign up in our bio for access ★ General onsale: 12PM BST Wed 8 April @PepsiUK
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@AD48828231 @grok what song is playing in the background
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🚨New from the trial: in emails to TM head of ticketing, Live Nation CEO:
☑️says Verified Fan only exists to "tell artist agent that you tried to stop scalpers,"
☑️complains about artists who wanted TM to do more to protect fans
☑️asks "why do we care what ends up on secondary?"
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Ticketmaster finally gets an Apple Music integration, having been in Apple's Maps, Photos and Shazam products for quite a while already.
Increased discovery surfaces for concerts is only ever a good thing.
TechCrunch@TechCrunch
Apple Music partners with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/app…
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@TicketsData @forcemm whilst this has happened in an underhand manner before now, I believe that if an artist is eager to charge what they can for their tickets then they should be empowered to do so*. But then they also have to own the backlash.
(*Issues around strengthening incumbents aside)
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@TicketsData @forcemm Thanks, I appreciate the compliment, and the fact we can have a proper back and forth without mudslinging.
My response to that would be that primaries performing price discovery is fundamentally different in that the artist is directly participating in the true market value...
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In ticketing, brokers often understand the market better than promoters, because brokers are punished faster for being wrong.
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NFTs / POAPs were meant to solve this.
Still an opportunity here if someone can get it right.
DailyCA MCQs@DailyCA_MCQs
She's running a super common side hustle in China 😂 People who couldn't get tickets (or just want the clout) pay her to take a photo of their WeChat/Weibo/Twitter profile on her phone at the actual venue. Then they post it like "me at ZB1 concert " with the stage in the background. Fake attendance for the timeline, zero effort. Mind-blowing how creative the gig economy gets😭
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Jack Stephens รีทวีตแล้ว
The most corrupt administration in American history continues to screw the American people in favor of corporate profit.
nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opi…
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Jack Stephens รีทวีตแล้ว
Trump personally intervened to pardon Ticketmaster over its monopoly.
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@thesamparr ticket scalping being a perfect case in point
"it'll just happen on the black market if it's made illegal!"
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Don’t piss on my back and tell me it’s rain. Just own it.
“This is a shitty thing but fuck ‘em, I just wanna get paid.”
John Wang@j0hnwang
That's a false dichotomy Putting money on sports isn't going away The only question is whether it happens on a neutral exchange or through a predatory house that profits directly from your losses Defending the status quo means defending casino monopolies. Supporting prediction markets means supporting better consumer protection.
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by the way the blog post still exists and, despite being 11 years old, is still one of the best things written about live nation's business
punchcardblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/liv…
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it's not like Michael Rapino previously shared a blog post titled "Live Nation Entertainment: An Unregulated Monopoly?" internally with top execs along with the commentary "Very smart assessment"
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller
No Live Nation is not a monopoly why would you say that it's not like they have internal presentation materials saying they are a monopoly that's crazy storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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@TheeZiggyStar @Cryptofr33dom @TheWapplehouse Keith died. Liam Howlett made the music. They still tour without Keith.
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The amount of people referring to “that background song” is surprising but I’m old. Anyway, it’s Breathe by Prodigy.
Kristi Yamaguccimane@TheWapplehouse
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Multiple vendors for the same event naturally leads to lower ticketing fees. That's how competition works.
At the risk of repeating myself, the end of exclusive venue ticketing contracts would be one of the best possible remedies from this whole thing, for a number of reasons.
New York Times Music@nytimesmusic
The Live Nation antitrust trial resumed on Monday with the chief executive of AEG Presents, the concert giant’s biggest rival, testifying about competing against a company that puts on three times as many concerts and sells 10 times as many tickets. nytimes.com/2026/03/16/art…
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Say you don’t know how concert ticketing works without saying it.
Artists don’t have the choice to boycott. Try to do a North American tour without selling tickets via Ticketmaster.
A band tried it a long time ago. They’re called Pearl Jam. Look up how that went for them.
Yesjulz@YesJulz
It’s time for a boycott From both the artists/touring agents & the fans
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@cranston1944 @Ticket_Help2022 The rare occurrence of an artist that really cares about his fans! And is willing to back that up with action
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@Ticket_Help2022 @iamjackstephens We don’t talk about the one success story enough, doesn’t need to be a boycott.
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@musicben_eth @crackintheroad No I get it, and wasn’t meaning to knock the original tweet. Mostly curious as I’m writing something about aggregators vs platforms at the minute and this is very relevant to that!
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@iamjackstephens @crackintheroad the meaningful part is there's no distributor so it's not like selling downloads via a dsp. not like itunes. you upload straight to tidal, set your price, get the money straight. I don't think it's the biggest game-charger but definitely a step in the right direction.
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For those keeping score. Direct-to-fan options:
• TIDAL ✅
• Soundcloud ✅
• Bandcamp ✅
• [Untitled] ✅
• EVEN ✅
Not direct to fan:
• Spotify ❌
• Amazon ❌
• Apple Music ❌
jack@jack
sell your music direct on @TIDAL starting today
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