The Boss For Sure!

In Rhetoric, March 11th, I discussed the offensive ticket scalping situation. Following up, TicketsNow, a Ticketmaster subsidiary, has oversold a Springsteen concert, in spite of the stand Bruce attempted against their practices. Non-existent tickets were sold to scores of fans, now unable to attend the venue of their choice. I continue to be outraged. Please read copied text and/or visit Bruce'sWebsite:

ON PROBLEMS WITH TICKETMASTER AND TICKETSNOW May 14
The Washington Post and NJ.com have been providing excellent coverage of the latest Ticketmaster and TicketsNow outrage, this time at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. Here are the full quotes given to the Washington Post's editor by manager Jon Landau:

"1. We would like our audience to know that this is a problem caused entirely by Ticketmaster and its wholly owned subsidiary TicketsNow. Neither Bruce nor his management have any control whatsoever over these two troubled entities but we deeply resent the abuse of our fans.

"2. There are what now appear to be chronic problems with how Ticketmaster uses its secondary market ticket reseller TicketsNow. For example, the abuse of our fans in New Jersey by these two interlocking companies required the aggressive intervention of the State Attorney General Anne Milgram.

"3. I feel that these chaotic, continuous, and extremely curious system malfunctions deeply and adversely affect our audience and are all the more reason why the proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation should be blocked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission."

Jon Landau