M. Shadows Has A Lot To Say About The Ticketmaster Drama!

It seems everyone has an opinion on the Taylor Swift v. Ticketmaster controversy.

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M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold took to Twitter to give his opinion.

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“If you think Ticketmaster sets the price of tickets… you’re wrong - the artists does,” he tweeted.

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He said that the website’s Ticketmaster pricing tool is just a matter of supply and demand.

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He tweeted, “you don’t automatically deserve a ticket because you are a fan.”

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He also stuck around to answer questions and complaints from fans.

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He told one user, “Music seems to be the only industry where it's not fair to charge what people are willing to pay.”

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Another user asked if it was “reasonable” to pay $68,000 for a ticket.

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“If they actually sell that ticket for 68k then it was in fact the right price,” he replied.

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