I am ticked off. Sincerely.
The Arcade Fire just released news that they would do 3 back-to-back NYC shows, one of which was at Radio City.
Of course, I got held up in a meeting until 1.5 hours after they went on sale, and they are COMPLETELY sold out.
Most of this due to them being amazing.
However, I also wag my finger at StubHub, for encouring people to be their own scalpers. My understanding was that previously, you could only set a ticket's price up to its face value (or is this an eBay rule?). However, StubHub lets you set it anywhere.
How many people snag these ticketsonly to resell them for a profit? Does the artist or venue see any of this markup? No. And now, there are many seats gobbled up in sets of two, which makes it difficult for several friends to go and sit next to each other.
Perhaps I'll give this encouraged scalping a try to feel some sort of revenge, but it's really irritating and discouraging - sometimes I don't even try to see bands I'd love to see anymore.
Concertgoing is now for the affluent.
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