“A Little Too Accurate”– Woman Dresses Up As Ticketmaster For Halloween, & It’s Hitting Too Close To Home

Scariest Halloween costume I've ever seen... Ticketmaster's functioning monopoly on a large portion of the entertainment industry is a topic of conversation that has been going on for years. Artists everywhere recognize that the platform is beyond frustrating. Zach Bryan said it best with his live album, All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster, and many artists have attempted to move away from the ticketing platform, but given that Live Nation owns them, that leaves a slim number of platforms to distribute tickets. After complaints from consumers and artists about the platform increased significantly over the last year, the Justice Department finally took action. They officially sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for running a top-to-bottom monopoly. "It controls at least 80% of primary ticketing at major concert venues, it directly manages more than 400 artists, and controls more than 60% of concert promotions across the country. And it owns or controls more than 60% of large amphitheaters in the United States. We allege that to sustain this dominance, Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct… The result is that fans pay more in fees, artists have fewer opportunities to play concerts, smaller promoters get squeezed out, and venues have fewer real choices for ticketing services.” https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1779995085557637431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1779995085557637431%7Ctwgr%5E48b1c6de1bcffbd180fb39a29aaad55f21fd3b4b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F04%2F15%2Fthe-justice-department-is-officially-suing-live-nation-ticketmaster-for-running-an-illegal-monopoly%2F But until this plays out in court, music fans will still suffer as they try to snag tickets for their favorite shows at jacked-up prices with absurd processing fees. This leads us to the beautiful Halloween costume that one woman sported last year in 2023, and it's genuinely terrifyingly accurate. Dressed as the Ticketmaster app, the woman sported an interactive costume holding up a list of concerts one might be interested in attending. From Adele and Bruce Springsteen to Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, she chose various artists, highlighting that all genes are affected by Ticketmaster's corrupt ways. While that might have been an unintentional choice when selecting costumes, it still makes one. "Any concert, pick a concert, any concert." She told the woman behind the camera filming how folks at a Halloween party would interact with the costume. The woman picks Bad Bunny as the show she'd like to attend, to which the Ticketmaster woman flips the sign shes' holding to reveal a "f*ck you" written on the back of the poster board. "Get f*cked. Get f*cked." She says, which scarily represents how many feel when Ticketmaster sells tickets in their cart to other fans, has a long queue of thousands of fans, or when their bots buy up all the tickets and re-sell them for an outrageous price. The costume is creative genius while hitting home on something any music fan has experienced when trying to snag tickets. Bravo to this woman for hitting it out of the park with this costume. https://twitter.com/intofakesmile/status/1851344468664041657 Check out some of our favorite comments on the original post. "The immediate aggression deserves an award!" "I'm sending this to my cousin who works for Ticketmaster." "Me seeing a ticket for $25k on Ticketmaster last night." "Realest costume ever." "Tell me why I just paid them $30 in fees for one ticket." "This costume is a little too accurate." "Ok, you win Halloween; the accuracy is too real." "Honestly, I love this. Idc, this is the best costume I've seen on this app." "As someone who works box office. Ticketmaster is the WORST." "You just triggered me." "Yeah, girl, you just made me relive an EXPERIENCE." "A Ticketmaster ad just came up after this LMAO." "She wins. Immediately." "That will be $4000 (+service fee)."