Why Concert Tickets Are So Expensive

<p>Have you tried going to a concert recently? What about a stadium show for a popular comedian? What did it cost? How was the Ticketmaster experience? Like everything else, the price of live event tickets is on the rise.</p><br><p>But the reasons why aren’t as simple as inflation and the economy. Outrageous ticket prices are all about a business monopoly using an algorithm to outflank the secondary market.</p><br><p>It’s a surreal story and here to tell it is Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gx34/blink-182-tickets-are-so-expensive-because-ticketmaster-is-a-disastrous-monopoly-and-now-everyone-pays-ticket-broker-prices" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Blink-182 Tickets Are So Expensive Because Ticketmaster Is a Disastrous Monopoly and Now Everyone Pays Ticket Broker Prices</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgxqb8/the-man-who-broke-ticketmaster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on </strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitch</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p><br><p><strong>Hosted on Acast. See</strong><a