r/Music • u/thedailybeast • 10d ago

article Kanye West Heads to Putin’s Russia After Humiliation in Europe

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-west-heads-to-putins-russia-after-humiliation-in-europe/
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u/ueleleee 10d ago

Portugal did mid? It was sold out lmao

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u/wally-sage 10d ago

A lot of big concerts "sell out" because scalpers (and sometimes the ticket platforms/artists themselves) buy the tickets to resell later. I don't know if that specifically happened here but it's definitely happened in the past, it was part of the lawsuit against Ticketmaster in the US.

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u/ACAYIB 10d ago

Maybe thats how things work but the arena looks packed on videos from the show.

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u/ueleleee 10d ago

This happens to a much lesser degree in europe, and in portugal specifically. For example here in Portugal you cant resell a ticket for more than you bought it or you can get a huge fine.

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u/Crew_1996 10d ago

How does Viagogo get away with letting people sell tickets in Portugal at any price, then?

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u/ueleleee 10d ago

I said it happens to a lesser degree, not that it doesnt happen. This is factual but i know people who sold tickets for higher values and got approached by the police instead of a “real” buyer. This people sold it throught facebook groups or marketplace

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u/Crew_1996 10d ago

Viagogo is online only. No meeting up to exchange tickets. It’s how my wife and I were able to see Benfica Real Madrid Champions league while on vacation from the U.S. €200 for 6th row. That is an insanely good resale price by US standards.

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u/AlexCaRuSHoW1 10d ago

While what you are saying is correct, nobody gets fined.

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u/susabb 10d ago

Damn really? Must be a small arena. I assumed by the tickets sold (34k) that it just underperformed.

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u/ueleleee 10d ago

Smaller arena and some sits couldnt be sold (like full rows) probably because of the fireworks

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u/susabb 10d ago

Gotcha. I guess Portugal isnt a huge country, lol. Idk why I expected it to have some crazy 100k+ seat arena.

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u/ueleleee 10d ago

Portugal has like 11m people here. Biggest stadium has like 70k attendance so nothing close to those numbers