Trent Reznor On Scalping And The Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger
"be suspect of artists singing the praises of the… merger"
"I assure you nobody in the NIN camp supplies or supports the practice of supplying tickets to these re-sellers because it's not something we morally feel is the right thing to do. We are leaving money on the table here but it's not always about money…"
"My guess as to what will eventually happen if / when Live Nation and TicketMaster merges is that they'll move to an auction or market-based pricing scheme – which will simply mean it will cost a lot more to get a good seat for a hot show. They will simply BECOME the scalper, eliminating them from the mix."
"Nothing's going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem – which of course they don't see as a problem. The ultimate way to hurt scalpers is to not support them. Leave them holding the merchandise. If this subject interests you, check out the following links. Don't buy from scalpers, and be suspect of artists singing the praises of the Live Nation / TicketMaster merger. What's in it for them?"
Heaven forbid concert promoters, bands, labels, venues, and whoever else charge what a concert is actually worth for a ticket. How outrageous!
….and maybe if things keep going like this we can get back to the way it was in the late 1800’s, when tenement housing provided the poor with a full 36 years of slave life before prolonged death from a curable disease whilst robber barons drank fine wine out of gold plated skulls….do you know about the boxes at the new Yankees Stadium?….respectable people will no longer have to mingle with those filthy working class slobs….It’ll be just grand!
Monopoly’s are bad….and just because there are currently enough rich baby boomers to conjure a gilded market for Streisand and Eagles tickets, that doesn’t mean the live music economy is sustainable into the future.
Don’t sweat it though…if you work for AIG or CITI you’ll have tix to every major gig care of John Q Taxslave.
bbb
wheatus.com