Music

Bruce Springsteen fans object to ‘money-extraction scheme’ as official ticket prices soar to $5,000

Triumphant US fans showed up in Ticketmaster’s queue with special codes only to encounter ‘dynamic pricing’

Bruce Springsteen: the singer was furious when, in 2009, Ticketmaster tried to nudge his fans into its proprietary, StubHub-like resale system featuring scalperlike prices. Photograph: Bryan Derballa/New York Times
Bruce Springsteen: the singer was furious when, in 2009, Ticketmaster tried to nudge his fans into its proprietary, StubHub-like resale system featuring scalperlike prices. Photograph: Bryan Derballa/New York Times
Ron Lieber
Thu Jul 28 2022 - 13:04
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