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theonion.com • 23 hours ago

Report Finds Ticketmaster Controls 80% Of Nation’s Middle School Talent Shows
https://theonion.com/report-finds-ticketmaster-controls-80-of-nations-middle-school-talent-shows/

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muskyknot.bsky.social•10 hours ago

sonofabitch! I knew it!

jasonthephotog.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I've got 2, for the ABC Middle School performance of The Dark Side of the Moon on kazoo. Only $250, obsvu only.

ellisonx.bsky.social•23 hours ago

on the plus side, they aren't constantly doing Man in the Moon Marigolds anymore

wondra1984.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Sorry I can't go to see Seusicall. Scalpers bought all the tickets.

canadianbacon66.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The other 20% is stubhub

aaronthorpe.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I fuckonh knew it

jayfsee.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This probably accounts for the steep decline in parent attendance.

craigdodge.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Something something I thought The Onion was supposed to be satire something

gabepuratekuta.bsky.social•17 hours ago

And soda companies control 100% of middle school plays.

normgal.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Shut Ticketmaster down!! It’s a monopoly…and, we all pay!!

radicallyliberal.bsky.social•23 hours ago

If they could, they would.

johnignatiusriley.bsky.social•19 hours ago

And here I thought the kids these days just lacked any real talent…

workingstiff1900.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Who does the other 20%.

klearnote.com•23 hours ago

It's not for lack of trying, I'm sure. Ticketmaster will be lucky to survive Trump's massive economic downturn. Discretionary spending is the first to go and the last to return.

I wouldn't be surprised to find TM refunding many events as people get hard up. Bankruptcy looming? 🤷‍♂️

linkfreeman1998.bsky.social•22 hours ago

considering people hating the company so much, I guess its for the better, idk.

klearnote.com•22 hours ago

The world doesn't technically need Ticketmaster or anything like it. Box offices at the venues have done just fine selling tickets to their events in the past. Ticketmaster and similar are unnecessary mark-up ticket sellers that don't really need to exist.

speedway22.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Someone bring Pearl Jam into this chat

jbraden2008.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I've gotta know what show is depicted in the pic! It looks like "Tevye and the Pirates of Penzance"!
Given that it's middle school (what we oldsters called "junior high school"), the concept isn't too out there...