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Hey Ticketmaster, fuck right off
Darkbluerabbit:
That doesn't work if the gig is two or three hours away. It may be worth the trip once to see a band you really like, but twice is a little excessive. The gas would probably cost more than the convenience fee.
BlahBlah:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 05 Feb 2009, 10:17 ---I found out the other day that Nils Lofgren is in the E Street Band.
The dude played blues guitar on Tonight's the Night, for shit's sake. What a career arc.
--- End quote ---
Ha, I just looked him up to see what else he's done, and according to wikipedia:
"In September 2008, Lofgren had hip replacement surgery for both of his hips as a result on years of playing basketball, performance "flips" on stage and age."[5] . He was recuperating in an effort to return in time for Springsteen and the E Street Band's appearance at Super Bowl XLIII. And he's live, and man is he rockin!"
That's a pretty huge change though, from Tonight's the Night (and am I right in thinking he played on On the Beach too?) to Born to Run.
Just to drag this off-topic even more, does anyone know of any albums that are as desolate, yet brilliant, as Tonight's The Night? It's possibly my favourite record but I've never found anything else like it.
Anyway, is it just me or are these Ticketmaster fees worse in the USA? I know they still charge them in the UK but I've never noticed them being that large.
Also, http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148966-clash-of-the-titans-springsteen-vs-ticketmaster
RedLion:
Now, I happen to love Springsteen. I'm seeing him when he comes to Chicago in May. When I tried to buy tickets, it first send me to ticketmaster, of course. They claimed they were all sold out, except for some seats behind the stage, at nosebleed level. To be helpful though, Ticketmaster directed me towards Ticketsnow where I could find "Great deals" on already sold seats! This was, of course, 200 dollars more than they would normally have cost, and it was pretty much all the tickets that weren't available on Ticketmaster. So, basically Ticketmaster bought their own tickets and put them up on Ticketsnow at exorbitant prices.
I would up getting my tickets on eBay, which actually proved to be 200 dollars cheaper than the original Ticketmaster seats would have been, and they're in the lower section, near the front.
It's sad when eBay, a place notorious for scalping, is a better source for tickets, both in terms of place and price, than a ticket company.
tania:
it doesn't really matter whether you like bruce springsteen or not because he's done a pretty awesome thing in causing a massive ruckus about this situation and making it very loud and clear that ticketmaster fucked over his customers and are a bunch of sleazy assholes. nobody's going to listen to me if i say ticketmaster are assholes, but they'll probably listen if bruce springsteen says it. with any luck, this will draw ticketmaster a lot of unwanted attention and hopefully result in more people being informed about their ridiculous business practices and deciding not to support them.
mooface:
this isn't the music forum, geek
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