The Man Who May Have Defeated Ticketmaster

[Kazuki Dash]

...and it's not Eddie Vedder.

Earlier this week, Louis C.K. announced his upcoming tour as well as the fact that he would be selling the tickets exclusively from his website.

http://buy.louisck.net/news/im-going-on-the-road

Every ticket, regardless of seating or venue, would be priced at $45 and any reselling or marking-up of the price could result in a ticket being revoked.

While this does seem like quite the task to do, the results so far have been quite promising: over 100,000 tickets have been sold and with many shows sold out, he plans to add more shows.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/louis-ck-ticketmaster_n_1634343.html

I gotta say I was stoked when Pearljam first tried to do this and disappointed that it kinda fizzled out, but if (and granted that's still a big if) ol' Louis has found a way to make it work then it could mean great news for all of us regular folks who like seeing live shows but can't exactly spring for the ass-rapingly high prices that decent seats demand.

 

[Tacitus]

...and it's not Eddie Vedder.

Earlier this week, Louis C.K. announced his upcoming tour as well as the fact that he would be selling the tickets exclusively from his website.

http://buy.louisck.net/news/im-going-on-the-road

Every ticket, regardless of seating or venue, would be priced at $45 and any reselling or marking-up of the price could result in a ticket being revoked.

While this does seem like quite the task to do, the results so far have been quite promising: over 100,000 tickets have been sold and with many shows sold out, he plans to add more shows.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/louis-ck-ticketmaster_n_1634343.html

I gotta say I was stoked when Pearljam first tried to do this and disappointed that it kinda fizzled out, but if (and granted that's still a big if) ol' Louis has found a way to make it work then it could mean great news for all of us regular folks who like seeing live shows but can't exactly spring for the ass-rapingly high prices that decent seats demand.

Louie is a genius... standup, tv show, business.

 

[Loopz]

Louie is a genius... standup, tv show, business.

Agreed. It's a fantastic thing when an artist can truly control their own fucking enterprise in that manner.

 

[SonGohan]

I remember him talking about doing this on Opie and Anthony. Glad he's going through with it. Him releasing his Beacon Theater show on his site and it doing extremely well was a big reason for trying this. It was amazing hearing him tear into Ticketmaster and Stub Hub.

 

[Hot Chocolate]

Awesome news, the start of season 3 for his show is off to a great start

 

[MilkManX]

That is great. The problem is some venues are controlled/and or rent the ticket machines/registers from Ticketmaster. So that leaves a lot of venues out.

 

[trenog]

What payment service does he use? Cause I know that there are evangelists against Paypal for example that would love it if the ole CK showed them the door as well in the sale of his tickets.

 

[subcons]

What payment service does he use? Cause I know that there are evangelists against Paypal for example that would love it if the ole CK showed them the door as well in the sale of his tickets.

According to his site, for tickets to shows, he uses eTix which accepts credit and debit cards.

I may try to see him in Baltimore in December.

 

[abasuto]

Ticketmaster can suck a bag of dicks.

 

[OrochiEddie]

Ticketmaster can suck a bag of dicks.

I love paying the price of the ticket in ticket fees....it's my favorite part of the concert going experience

 

[Tyshalle]

Props to him. Although I am bummed I missed out on tickets. I saw them the first night but I was waiting to see if other people were going to go as well and ended up missing out. I did not think they would sell out as fast as they did but I guess media outlets picked up the story about tickets being on sale. Still though good for him! I'll have to be quicker next time.

 

[norton9478]

I love paying the price of the ticket in ticket fees....it's my favorite part of the concert going experience

That's because you get cheap ass lawn seats.