The state of ticket-buying is in flux as bots and third-party sellers enrage music fans

The state of ticket-buying is in flux as bots and third-party sellers enrage music fans

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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/04/26/ticket-buying-tips-guide-summer-concert-season-tickemaster-axs-red-rocks/

Scoring tickets to concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, is harder than ever, music fans have complained. And a statement fired off last week by ticket-seller AXS — which peddles the majority of tickets to Red Rocks shows — did not chip away at that perception.

“We’re trying to prevent rampant scalping and rampant re-selling and get these tickets into people’s hands,” said Don Strasburg, co-president and senior talent buyer at Denver-based promoter AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, whose parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group also owns AXS. “But what happened with the Skrillex show is relatively rare.”

The state of ticket-buying is in flux as bots and third-party sellers enrage music fans

Apr 26, 2023, 11:14am UTC
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/04/26/ticket-buying-tips-guide-summer-concert-season-tickemaster-axs-red-rocks/ > Scoring tickets to concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, is harder than ever, music fans have complained. And a statement fired off last week by ticket-seller AXS — which peddles the majority of tickets to Red Rocks shows — did not chip away at that perception. > “We’re trying to prevent rampant scalping and rampant re-selling and get these tickets into people’s hands,” said Don Strasburg, co-president and senior talent buyer at Denver-based promoter AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, whose parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group also owns AXS. “But what happened with the Skrillex show is relatively rare.”