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Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University

Too sick to attend, too bad: why the live music ticketing market is broken

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I recently had an urgent surgery to have a malignant growth removed. Unfortunately, this meant I was too immobile to attend the Melbourne event of the annual hard rock festival Good Things, this year headlined by the greatest band of all time, Tool.

I explained my situation to OzTix, Good Things’ ticketing provider, and requested a refund for two tickets – but was denied on the grounds I hadn’t purchased “refund protection”.

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