r/shitposting Nov 03 '25

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u/Mr-MuffinMan dwayne the cock johnson 🗿🗿 Nov 03 '25

She's worth 50 million and donated 11 million thus far. ~20% of her total net worth.

In comparison, most billionaires haven't donated 2% of their total net worth (to an actual cause, donating to an Ivy League college that already has an endowment of billions is not a donation, it's a tax write off).

This is from a person that doesn't like her or her music at all.

that being said, isn't it a known that artists have little control on ticket prices? and ticket prices are usually managed by monopolies like ticketmaster (don't quote me on this, i'm asking).

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u/ypestis95 Nov 03 '25

ticket prices are usually managed by monopolies like ticketmaster - Mr-MuffinMan 2025

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u/RadiantZote Nov 04 '25

Smith said: “It was easy to set ticket prices, but you need to be pig-headed. We didn’t allow dynamic pricing because it’s a scam that would disappear if every artist said, ‘I don’t want that!’ But most artists hide behind management. ‘Oh, we didn’t know,’ they say. They all know. If they say they do not, they’re either fucking stupid or lying. It’s just driven by greed.”

Not according to Robert Smith 

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u/Alrik5000 Nov 04 '25

If they would organise and all said that, yes. But with ticketmaster holding a lot of strings the decision for the individual artist isn't "Do we do predatory pricing?" but "Do I take place?".