You need to report what you paid for the tickets so you can lower your tax liability. The threshold for a 1099 used to be $20,000! Now it's only $600. And you can't escape that by using StubHub or Vivid Seats. They are all issuing 1099's now.
Cheektowaga girl.
Growing up on the east side we used to refer to VMA as the "academy of the crosseyed virgins." Terrible, I know. But we were young and stupid.