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One of those monopolies ive never understood, why do no artists use any other ticket service?
Because Livenation/Ticketmaster have a hand in almost every step between the artist and their fans.
They either have exclusive deals already in place, or they even outright own parts of it.
The artist's manager has contracts with them, they have contracts for concert promotion, and overall the vast majority of venues have exclusive ticketing contracts to only use Ticketmaster.
There are very few large venues that will even give artists the option of using a different ticketing service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpl_AT7of5Y&t=136s
It doesn't even end there. Live Nation has been buying up major venues all over the country.
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I may be misunderstanding how it all works, but the venues choose the ticket service, not the artists.
Because they like their kneecaps too much. The DOJ hasn't exactly been on top of this. The power live nation has accrued makes cable and telecom companies look like total sissies. This is casino bosses in early Vegas level shit they are pulling on a huge scale.
What other service?
Pearl Jam tried this on the 90s from what I've read on the web but unfortunately it didn't work out because the monopoly was already too strong.