..and yelled at Ticket buyers

I am not an idiot.

We music fans are not idiots.

Actually most music fans are not idiots but i digress.

I can see what you did there.

You,the idiot buying his Garth Brooks tickets through stub hub,what the hell. Why don't you just go to the front of the arena,club,hayfield or ballgame and just but the tickets from a scalper?

Or you,Idiot,who claims to love Dokken but yet when you go to Ticketmaster it as sold out but directs you to its "sister" site called "Tickets Now" ...But each ticket is three times as much...

Smart move? NO!

In this technological advanced age its easy for scalpers to hide themselves behind legit websites and people all over are falling for it.

I encountered this myself last year. I wanted to get pre-sale tickets to a small club show in Atlantic City and I logged on to Ticketmaster for what was supposed to be 60 Dollar tickets-of course there was high demand for the tickets and i was linked from Ticketmaster to a site called "Tickets Now" and they had tickets for 2oo each!
a. How did they get tickets so fast?
b. Who is the rube actually willing to buy tickets?

Seriously- this is legitimized scalping. Instead of the creepy guy standing outside of an arena discreetly asking you if you are selling or need tickets its now a cleverly disguised and dressed up.

Well i'm sorry: You can dress up a pig in a dress but its still a fucking hog...

Don't get ripped off by these parasites. Check your favorite bands website for details regarding upcoming ticket sales.If your favorite band doesn't address these issues-perhaps its a good idea to skip their concert all together...

..I'm looking at YOU U2

Yea i am talking to you. What happened to you? Did you let Bono's head get so big that now it can only be contained in ARENA tours.

Arena's have shitty acoustics and even shittier seats. Its not fair that some hard working joe to spend some money for a concert only to sit way up in the rear mezz.

What happened to you guys?

You guys use to have a good band with great songs. Your last album sounds like tyopical overblown corporate rock that has plagued mainstream radio.

Don't lose your artistic integrity because you have been around so long that you should be showing how its done..

I refuse to be sucked into this corporate scheme of making money at all costs.I refuse to spend more money then i have to on a concert ticket opting instead to either pay legitimate through ticketmaster or through a bands fan club presale. If i am desperate to see a concert then i rather check Craigslist for a fan that perhaps can't make it and needs to get rid of a ticket-below price.

Thats the difference between a scalper and a fan needing to get rid of a ticket-the price. A scalper can go on ebay and sell a ticket above what its worth. But a fan would rather take the loss then to let the ticket go to waste.

But ultimately its about supply and demand-if people don't get sucked into these schemes then perhaps these sites will not exist...

..and don't get me started on Merchandise...


Edit:

Here is what Trent Reznor says about ticket scalping:
http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?9,548515,page=1