where you’re required to go through a full KYC process (full name, address, email address, etc.); just to purchase a ticket.

Woah, wtf.. I’ve not been to a large concert or game in ages, so I guess I’ve become out of touch with some of the oppressive tyranny that the pushover masses are enabling with their obedient unconditional patronage. I could not find a good source for what you’re saying, but I found this apparently bot-generated page: https://smarteventspayment.com/the-role-of-kyc-in-event-ticket-sales/

At 1st I got the impression it was so the ticket seller could mitigate scalping, but then the article mentions “compliance”, which implies there are now laws to spread the KYC tyranny beyond banks (considering how easily masses of plebs went along with it) -- even if the ticket seller wants to respect people’s human rights¹.

The perverse irony is the nonsense claim that KYC /reduces/ identity theft. Surely it’s the other way around. Identity thieves need not penetrate a bank when they can simply exfiltrate the data from a poorly secured ticket seller.

In any case, the existence of KYC between a bank and customer does not in the slightest justify having KYC between Bob Dylan and his fans. In fact, it’s the contrary. Because banks know their customer and also sees their purchase of concert tickets, who can then alert authorities if appropriate, there is no need for redundancy. As well, if the ticket seller is doing their own KYC, there is no justification for excluding unbanked people from the event.

Crazy that email address would be required. That would also effectively exclude my friend even if he could buy a ticket over the counter.

¹ Regarding human rights, there is a human right to privacy, autonomy, self-determinism, and a right to have access to culture and works thereof. Making a concert exclusive for people who are banked and also online violates all these human rights.