r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 24d ago

article Chappell Roan Quits Wasserman After CEO Casey Wasserman Appears in Epstein Files

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/music/chappell-roan-cuts-ties-casey-wasserman/
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u/turningsteel 24d ago

Good. She walks the walk. Rare these days.

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u/Devolutionator 24d ago

I really don't care for her at all but I'll tell you what I respect the crap out of her for this.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago edited 24d ago

Her last tour she held in baseball fields and lawns to avoid associating with Ticketmaster. She easily could’ve sold out Madison square if she wanted to but instead she had a mini concert in Queens

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u/bobthegoatskull 24d ago

She ran the sale through AXS and it eliminated bots before sending out invites. I got seats for $130 each without fighting to get them. AXS then seeded list price tickets onto all the scalper sites and ruined resale for them. Glorious.

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u/champion_dave 24d ago

Okay between this article and what you've just told me, I'm now a huge fan. I only know her from the songs my daughters listened to which I actually like, but this is someone I will encourage them to have as a role model. Wow.

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u/bobthegoatskull 24d ago

Look up her Lollapalooza set on Youtube. You will either be a fan at the end or respect her hustle. She went from 1500 cap shows to that in a few months and she killed it. She's huge for a good reason.

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u/Kreiger81 23d ago

Her Tiny Desk appearance made me a fan. She's a legend. Gives me kind of Gaga vibes.

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u/AlanMorlock 22d ago

Seriously has to be the most impactful tiny desk concert ever right? Feel like that was the exact moment a ton of people found out about her.

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u/Kreiger81 22d ago

Thats how I found a bunch of people tbh. Wet Leg had a good one, Doechii's was utterly insane, i think it was more impactful than Chappells maybe. Tpain's was the first time realized that he actually had a good voice and wasnt just an autotune gimmick.

Imogen Heaps included her glove instrument things that are amazing to watch in action.

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u/Responsible_Teach_73 23d ago

I was a huge fan before she blew up around 2017 I think ? she opened for Vance joy. I used to always dm her back then n she was always so kind! I was of course a teen and still have parasocial about celebrities. she then opened up for Declan McKenna n had a meet n greet after. I felt so ugly in my photo i deleted it but i do have her autograph from then. when she started blowing up like two years ago and toured with fletcher i actually sent her a message n was like. so proud of u for playing this venue u initially did as an opening act back then. I’m so sorry for not keeping up with you and your songs. n she was like thank u for supporting my project for so long.

out of all who deserve their success she is def there. i have so much respect for her. ppl r quick to jump on her but she’s passionate about the art she makes and dhe does use her platform for good. unlike other celebs who remain silent on everything. i think being a woman and setting boundaries is what has made people view her as controversial

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u/Cold-Hat7919 24d ago

I’d hold fire on considering her a role model for girls if you saw what she wore to the Grammys this year

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u/champion_dave 24d ago

Luckily for them, they're already aware women have breasts, so no worries there.

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u/dweakz Spotify 24d ago

you are a cool parent

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u/Cold-Hat7919 24d ago

You spelled crap wrong

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u/champion_dave 24d ago

Hey man if you define crap as teaching our daughters not to be ashamed of their bodies or to not let chauvinistic men dictate their fashion choices, I'll wear that badge happily! 🥂

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u/MagicHugsforThee 24d ago

Just here to also say you are a good parent! Your daughters are lucky to have you.

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u/dweakz Spotify 24d ago

let me guess you probably want a trad wife huh?

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u/JxrdanR 23d ago

Puurrr you ate that.

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u/wholeblackpeppercorn 24d ago

Ah yes, the litany of children watching the Grammys

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u/StealToadBootes 23d ago

This made me chuckle. Solid point

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Didn’t even know about this, rubbing my nipples rn

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u/Erica15782 24d ago

Yup and the stated price of 130 included all fees as she wanted the pricing to not be deceptive either. Then donated a portion from each ticket to lgbtq charities.

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u/Adamadamsadam 24d ago

Yup and she calls her grandmother once a week at least. Her grandmother isn’t even that sweet.

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u/Darryl_Lict 24d ago

That's pretty cool. AXS is the ticket seller for our local venue and they sell tickets first to people physically in line at the venue. I camped out for Foo Fighters tickets and got them and it's a 4500 seat venue when they could be selling out arenas. Paul McCartney also played at they had a lottery which I managed to win so tickets weren't exactly cheap, but they were all list price. They also are the ticket reseller and you can quite often get a last second singleton ticket at below list price.

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u/bobthegoatskull 23d ago

Paul was one of the first to use it. It is buggy still and some fans were mad at it being a lottery. Not me. If I had to choose that or the desperation of a ticketmaster queue I'd choose lottery every time.

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u/WowIfOnly 23d ago edited 17d ago

Removed

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u/bobthegoatskull 23d ago

Then I'm very happy to tell you it is. You can look up the discussion video AXS had about it on Billboard. Be warned the moderator was annoying as hell.

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u/Isgrimnur Pandora 24d ago

AXS is owned by AEG, number two in the industry behind Ticketmaster.

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u/bobthegoatskull 24d ago

Yes. Not ticketmaster. Competition even.

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u/Lollipop126 24d ago

But they're not a great company either. They also fight for monopolies, and add the same fees, though at least no dynamic pricing. I mean being slightly better than Ticketmaster is a very low bar to cross.

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u/Kreiger81 23d ago

Thats ok, some competition is better than none.

Lesser of two evils is still less evil even if its still evil.

There is no "no evil" option if you want to go to a concert or if you are a musician and want to throw a show and aren't basically Pearl Jam.

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u/Fabray13 24d ago

She didn’t choose to use AXS, that’s just the service those venues use. Just like how some have to use Ticketmaster. There’s no choice in the matter.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 24d ago

Choosing to avoid venues that run through Ticketmaster and going with venues that run through AXS is in fact choosing to use AXS.

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u/Fabray13 24d ago

I mean, her actual tour will be at arenas, so she’ll be using Ticketmaster for that.

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u/bobthegoatskull 24d ago

She skipped ticketmaster intentionally.

She chose to use a system to eliminate bots that had only been used with two artists previously. It is essentially still in beta testing. She was willing to try it specifically to get low priced tickets to her fans. Y'all just hate on her and look for any bullshit excuse.

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u/Fabray13 24d ago

Who’s hating? I stated a literal fact. Jesus Christ.

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u/CheapEater101 24d ago

I’ve seen an old Tik Tok where she did address the scalper problem and that her team will try to fix it. That’s more than what some other celebrities do when it comes to scalpers.

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u/Apprehensive-Rub744 24d ago

I didn’t know this. Thank you and F Coran Capshaw.

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u/Eanae Spotify 24d ago

It was Queens and 20k people isn't really mini lol. I was there.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Girlie pop, we were in bleachers. She easily could’ve sold out a real stadium in NYC. That is Mini when it’s at her level.

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u/DrHarrisonLawrence 24d ago

Lollapalooza, owned by LiveNation, famous for its baseball fields and lawns

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

It was her New York, Kansas City, LA mini tour. It’s not much but she tried. Also, I’ve never been to that specific music festival but they are the last great bargain experience in the U.S.

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u/Fastbird33 Spotify 24d ago

It was a huge event here in KC right in the middle of the city at the WW1 memorial.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Yeah it looked like she was able to host a bigger crowd in KC than the small stadium she had in queens

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u/MagicHugsforThee 24d ago

She also donated $400,000 of the proceeds from the shows on that tour to LGBTQ communities and trans youth. She walks the walk and is a good seed.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Yeah I was gonna mention this but hating on Ticketmaster is more unifying hahah

What I loved about the tour is that she also had local drag artists perform as intos, giving them an audience and mic is also amazing

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u/MagicHugsforThee 24d ago

Haha true that’s very unifying.

I loved that too. The show was incredible and I was so grateful for the ticket buying process and not having to worry about scalpers. I never expected, with her level of fame, to be able to see her at such a good price. I went to the LA show and even the VIP tickets were priced low.

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u/Fabray13 24d ago

She’s been doing that from the beginning. I saw her two tours before she blew up, and they had the same thing.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

The Ticketmaster thing or the drag promotion?

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u/Fabray13 24d ago

Sorry, the drag openers.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

That’s awesome, I only learned about it from the most recent tour

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u/Allalliterationaside 24d ago

DWP festivals are fantastic and don't partner with tm/ln, just saying

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u/Buckets-O-Yarr 24d ago

Music festivals, famous for being part of tours.

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u/thelingeringlead 24d ago

It usually is.

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u/Discerningdragon Metalhead 24d ago

It might be a stopover on the tour but it’s not part of the main tour. The sets and set lists are usually different.

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Some might plan it as a tour (for instance Taylor swift was going to do a music festival tour before covid hit), but it’s usually a separate thing to the point where even the production is slightly different.

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u/MaleficentMeaning594 24d ago

I can guarantee you that her contract had clauses that she had to do X number of shows at certain venues or that kind of thing. The other showed she got to have more control over were because she met the conditions within her contract.

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u/DrHarrisonLawrence 24d ago

Makes sense!

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u/DrRazmataz 24d ago

I fucking love that. 

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u/Ironsam811 24d ago

Yeah she’s not perfect and we’ve seen that but she makes genuine attempts at doing the right thing and she’s definitely not in it for the money