Paradoxically, I'm sure the only people this will inconvenience are regular folks trying to get two tickets to a show. Scalpers will have a way to update their ticket spinners and bypass any form of verification, resulting in shows STILL being sold out 1.3 seconds after they go on sale.

I'll watch the neighbours kids do a backyard "concert" before I would pay ticketmaster to see a show. Local gigs and community theatre will be making a big comeback down the road. Ticketmaster can't sustain their iron grip on venues and touring artists forever. In the meantime though it's morphed into a service for the elite and the "monied".

"Let's see how much abuse they'll take. You know, for science."

I guess i'm getting too old for these shows anyways.

And ew, they use persona.

This community is less „mildly infuriating“, and more „watch the US become a fascist‘s dreamland“

100% will not ever do this for any company for any reason.

I saw this when trying to find my tickets for a concert a month ago. If they ever required this I'd just be done with concerts. Not worth trying to find concerts that don't use them, or to find ways around it.

time to support your local music scene instead

Done with live nation and ticket master.

What happens when you select “Continue Without Verifying”? Does it lock you out of your account?

This is the same company that lost half a billion customers personal and financial details. And how they want government IDs. Fk that.

It's sad how quickly the public forgets and normalises this type of behaviour by companies.

And thats the motto of the world: authoritarianism.

Stubhub is better. Albeit sometimes slightly more expensive. Last time I bought from them (admittedly years ago) I didn't have to show them anything except a credit card number.