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Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival.

Bludfest takes place on Aug. 11 in the iconic Milton Keynes Bowl, which in the past has hosted the likes of David Bowie and Green Day in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of London.

Yungblud, whose real name is Dom Harrison, thinks that currently festivals are “unrepresentative of people” — so he’s fixing the price point of Bludfest at 49.50 pounds (around $63).

And he hopes to expand it out of the U.K. if it goes according to plan, taking the concept to different regions across the globe.

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[–] ALilOff 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The only work around I can think of at 2am, is that tickets were ineligible for sale as to have access to original email presented/ID used for purchase.

This method would be very difficult to enforce as majority of people wouldn’t agree to it as it’s very aggressive unless it’s a 21+ show (in the US) where you have to show ID for entry.

[–] diviledabit 8 points 3 months ago

This is exactly what Ed Sheeran does.

[–] Rambomst 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tickets could be sold in person at the venue or at least a portion of them.

[–] charles 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is how it used to be and scalpers would line up as early as needed while the common person would be out of luck.

[–] Rambomst 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You would at least have a chance and could line up as well rather than competing with bots that can purchase tickets faster than any human.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just have it be a door entry fee. Pay at the door, walk in. No resale opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'd be fine with that but then I remember how people can be and I think this would lead to riots at the door.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

That deals with scalping - but a rich person can still game the system by contacting out buying the tickets.