The federal government has announced it will ban dynamic pricing, a controversial tactic which drives prices up when demand increases, following a Four Corners' investigation.
It's also committed to outlawing hidden fees in concert tickets and drip pricing where extra costs are "added throughout the stages of a purchase".
Four Corners revealed that Live Nation's ticketing arm Ticketmaster and its competitor Ticketek are charging music fans hidden fees for concert tickets that are included within the overall cost price.
Live Nation has also used "dynamic pricing" in Australia â most recently for Green Day's tour, where some fans paid up to $500 for a ticket â and has flagged plans to expand its use of the practice.
Australian artists told Four Corners those extra fees are not trickling down to them, as many musicians struggle to make a living from live touring.
The federal government has announced it will ban dynamic pricing, a controversial tactic which drives prices up when demand increases, following a Four Corners' investigation.
It's also committed to outlawing hidden fees in concert tickets and drip pricing where extra costs are "added throughout the stages of a purchase".
Four Corners revealed that Live Nation's ticketing arm Ticketmaster and its competitor Ticketek are charging music fans hidden fees for concert tickets that are included within the overall cost price.
Live Nation has also used "dynamic pricing" in Australia â most recently for Green Day's tour, where some fans paid up to $500 for a ticket â and has flagged plans to expand its use of the practice.
Australian artists told Four Corners those extra fees are not trickling down to them, as many musicians struggle to make a living from live touring.
why is it weird? because the price isn't higher? (i haven't bought tickets in years, so i'm just wondering if this is why it was so weird, or if it's something else.)
i must be missing something, but that's cool. i've seen him before and he puts on a great show.
Zero additional fees! Ticketmaster, or others, usually add $10-20 per ticket, so when you see $60 tickets you know that really means $75.
I just bought tickets to see Lyle Lovett for $59.50 and for 3 tickets the total came to $178.50.
That was so weird.
why is it weird? because the price isn't higher? (i haven't bought tickets in years, so i'm just wondering if this is why it was so weird, or if it's something else.)
i must be missing something, but that's cool. i've seen him before and he puts on a great show.
We were able to score pretty good seats for Ann Wilson, Paul Rodgers and Jeff Beck earlier in the season. I was pretty happy about it. They were all awesome!
I bet, Paul Rodgers is one of my favorite vocalist.
We were able to score pretty good seats for Ann Wilson, Paul Rodgers and Jeff Beck earlier in the season. I was pretty happy about it. They were all awesome!
Damning report claims the Live Nation subsidiary has been working with ticket scalpers all along
The scam sees scalpers purchasing tickets from Ticketmaster, then reselling them at a higher price on Ticketmasterâs own secondary market platform TradeDesk. Under this scenario, Ticketmaster successfully inflates ticket prices and successfully profits not once, but twice â first on the fees of the initial ticket sale to scalpers, then on the fees captured during the pricier resale transactions made on TradeDesk.
