Blink-182 tickets going for hundreds of dollars thanks to Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” model

Blink-182 recently announced their reunion with frontman and founding member Tom DeLonge. They’ve recorded a new record, and will be embarking on a world tour next year. But things are not all sunshine and roses in Blink-182 land. Ticketmaster is starting to launch ticket presales for the band’s world tour, and the monolithic event ticketing empire is taking full advantage of the hype surrounding DeLonge’s return. For those who don’t know, Ticketmaster has a little thing they call “dynamic ticket pricing”. Basically what that means is the list price of event tickets can fluctuate quite rapidly based on the current demand for those tickets. Supply and demand, baby! In situations like this one – Blink-182 announcing a world tour the same day they end...

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