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Tired of inflated ticket prices, Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/world

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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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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Here's the core unresolvable issue with concert tickets... there is a lot of demand and venues have limited space. If you allow open ticket bidding the prices will be insane - but if you don't then people will work around the system. If someone offered you 30k for an eras ticket you'd be an idiot not to take that deal... and those rich folks might just hire people to make sure they get one of the first tickets anyways.

I don't know if there's any solution to this problem that doesn't feel shitty but one salve is not obsessing over global celebrity, there are, in every corner of the world, interesting local bands that cost nothing more than the price of a beer to see. Three billion people won't see Taylor Swift in her lifetime no matter what she does - her live, in person, performances are a limited resource.

[–] AstridWipenaugh 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Smaller venues with smaller names is where it's at!

[–] jeffw 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s fine until your favorite band goes to too small of a venue and you can’t get a ticket

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

That often has more to do with the promoter not limiting ticket sales per person/credit card than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Same thing with brands. Do you know how much it costs to make a shirt or pair of pants? It's a few dollars for a quality item. There's no "clothes shortage" that would keep prices high. People want brands so they pay extra for them.

[–] 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fyre festival/Woodstock 99 type documentary scheduled for 2027.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON (AP) — 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).

Joining him on the bill are Lil Yachty, duo Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, Lola Young and Jazmin Bean.

The British star is also offering a “Make a Friend” option for fans attending alone.

You can either chat before on a Discord channel, or go to the designated tent and meet people in person.

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