Why Does Everyone Hate Ticketmaster?

Ticketmaster is the service that music fans love to hate, blaming the industry titan for exorbitant prices and concert tickets that are impossible to get. We get into how things got so lousy for would-be concertgoers with Andy Cush, a music journalist and former contributing editor for Pitchfork. GBH News' Gal Tziperman-Lotan returns with the latest edition of her “Four Things to Know” newsletter. And Jean-Luc Pierite explains the concept of a “sneckdown,” the natural pathways that emerge when people and cars travel through fresh snow. Pierite is Board President of the Native American Indian Center of Boston and a former visiting scholar for MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.

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Ticketmaster is the service that music fans love to hate, blaming the industry titan for exorbitant prices and concert tickets that are impossible to get. We get into how things got so lousy for would-be concertgoers with Andy Cush, a music journalist and former contributing editor for Pitchfork. GBH News' Gal Tziperman-Lotan returns with the latest edition of her “Four Things to Know” newsletter. And Jean-Luc Pierite explains the concept of a “sneckdown,” the natural pathways that emerge when people and cars travel through fresh snow. Pierite is Board President of the Native American Indian Center of Boston and a former visiting scholar for MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. --------- Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.