&gt; No, fans have no choice. Entertainers allow it by using Ticketmaster.<p>Disclaimer:  Ex-Ticketmaster employee.<p>This doesn&#x27;t quite hit it.  Entertainers <i>encourage</i> it as they get paid to do so.<p>Ticketmaster is basically paid to be a bad guy.  If you hate Ticketmaster, then all is working to plan.<p>Because what you&#x27;re <i>not</i> doing is hating the actual decision maker on those fees -- the artist, the promoter, &amp; the venue.  Ticketmaster splits those fees.  Ticketmaster wants to get paid of course, but the deal can be structure those fees any which way.<p>Want a low (or no) fees with Ticketmaster?  If that&#x27;s what the artist, promoter &amp; venue want, that&#x27;s what will happen.<p>Want a low ticket price for advertising &amp; high fees to increase your profit?  Ticketmaster can do that too.<p>At the end of the day, the artist &amp; promoter own the tickets, not Ticketmaster.