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I guess I won't see a concert tonight. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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I wanted to go see a concert tonight for the first time ever. The venue offered tickets online through ticketmaster (henceforth referred to as ticketbastard) with a note that any remaining tickets are available at the box office once the show starts. Checking their website more, I found that they sell tickets in-person during posted hours, so I figured I could just go buy a real ticket and avoid the ticketbastard garbage.

Two hours later I'm realizing that A) The in-person ticket is like 25% cheaper than if I bought it online B) It's still through ticketbastard despite me showing up in person C) I can still only get in by getting a barcode through the fucking ticketbastard app. They have no web portal. D) They offer no refunds.

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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, I just won't go to the one or two venues in my metro area that use it anymore.

If it's something that I really want to see, there's a couple of other cities nearby that have decent large venues (they operate their own actual box office) so I just have to hope that they play at one of those and I can get off work early enough.

I normally just go to small places where you can pay on the door though - fortunately I'm not too bothered about most of the people in those tb-only, venues.

Missed Jethro Tull recently though because of tb, sucks, more than 'mildly' for me though.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Jethro Tull are still going? Bloody hell.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Back in the 90's, I saw them play and Ian Anderson was rolling around in a wheel chair on stage with a broken leg. I'm convinced the man won't stop playing until his death

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think the voice is a bit weaker now, but the flute's still decent and he gives it all he's got. I saw them at a festival a few years ago. They've released a few new albums recently.

    Looks like about 40 dates across Europe over the rest of 2026.

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