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Originally Posted by mondeo 
If you sell out the show, you're charging too little. Let's face it, it's a business to everybody involved.
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I think certain musicians perspective is different though. Some don't want to see their fans ripped off. More people saw the Grateful Dead live than any other band in history. They were selling out all their shows right up to the end. In 1995 I think I paid $48 for tickets, the most I had ever paid to see one of their shows. So, that would probably be around $80 in todays market. I want to say most Phil and Friends shows today are around $60 and Rat Dog maybe $45.
I'm sure the band was well aware that other sites were selling tickets for double and triple face value back then, but they weren't going to be the ones trying to rip people off.
I'm completely against scalpers and scalping agencies. I think the bands should dictate 100% what the cost of their performance art is. Same goes for sporting events.