The article said "later this year" so it will be interesting how the artists respond to it. This article indicates they're not going to see any of the extra money and it's TM attempt to take the auction business away from Ebay. The scalpers will get the second best seats and the fans will get the scraps. The promoters aren't going to see a dime of this extra money either, it seems it's all going to TM.
It will be interesting to see what the fanclubs do and if the artists put up a fight. This also means that seats released at the last minute can go to auction too, so those seats won't be available to the fans at face value anymore. TM can sell those right up to the last minute and arrange pick up at wil call windows.
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