Ticketmaster claims their "dynamic pricing" system, which has some Springsteen tickets for his upcoming tour hitting $5k, is designed to stop scalpers, and that most tickets fall between $59.50 to $399.
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End of the Road happens September 2-5 in Larmer Tree Gardens, with Stereolab, Jonny Greenwood, John Grant, Whitney, Arlo Parks, The Comet is Coming, Tinariwen, Arab Strap, and tons more playing.
The lineup includes Four Tet (live), Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten, IDLES, Broken Social Scene, Stereolab, Big Thief, Richard Thompson, and much more.
“These unscrupulous speculators and their underhanded tactics have manipulated the marketplace and often leave New Yorkers and visitors alike with little choice but to buy tickets on the secondary market at an exorbitant mark-up,” Governor Cuomo said.