4 Points For The Cause Of Concert Ticket Sales System Considered Harmful To Musicians And Spectators

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JAKARTA - A total of 280 US musicians have also voiced improvements to the practice of selling music concert tickets. They asked the Senate Committee for Trade, Science and Transportation to help fix the problem by supporting the First Act Fans.

There are four points that are trying to be conveyed in the letter. The first point highlights the phenomenon where there are parties who buy tickets to sell them at a higher price. They are referred to as predator retailers'.

The relationship between artists and fans, which is the backbone of the entire music industry, is cut off. No one cares more about fans other than artists. When a predator retailer takes a ticket worth first from fans to resell it at a price that soars in the secondary market, artists lose the ability to connect with their fans who are unable to attend," reads the first point in a letter written on Thursday, April 25.

In the second point, the musicians highlighted the ticket sales system with a sales strategy that was considered to deceive buyers.

Fulners are captivated by fraudulent URLs and advertising tactics that disguise re-sales and trick consumers into paying up to 20 times the nominal value - tickets are often displayed when they are still available," reads the third point.

Then, in the third and fourth points, it is discussed how prey retailer sells unauthorized tickets, it can even generate greater money than performing artists.

"Spectulative tickets. When a predator retailer registers a ticket for a show even before the ticket starts selling or doesn't have a ticket in hand. It's intentional to cheat and cause fans to appear somewhere without a legal ticket."

predator retailers do not invest in creating extraordinary live experiences or developing live music ecosystems. They only take advantage of the hard work of artists, venues, and crew. In fact, retailers and secondary ticket platforms often benefit more from the artist's work than the artist himself.

Meanwhile, the musicians who signed the letter included Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, Diplo,ria G, Duran Duran, Fall Out Boy, Finneas, Graham Nash, Green Day, Nile Rodgers, ODESZA, Chappell Rosan, Cyndi Lauper, Indigo Girls, Jason Mraz, Sia, mine Esso and Lorde.