Adele - ticketmaster in general!

[Green Fields]

Gits now I have to try for Justin Bieber - these I hope I dont get 

[blewuporstuffed]

If only all other artists had joined Pearl Jam 20 years ago in going after ticketmaster...

Exactly, unfortunately no other big act were willing to make a stand. Ticketmaster are now bigger than ever and ticket prices are through the roof.

[Green Fields]

Sorry but what did Perl Jam do or try to do?

[blewuporstuffed]

Sorry but what did Perl Jam do or try to do?

They filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster as they felt they held a monopoly on concert tickets and where charging exorbitant fees. the band wanted to be able to offer more affordable tickets to fans and they felt ticketmaster where restricting them from doing that.
When they tried to organise their own tour without ticketmaster they found that ticketmaster had 'allegedly'  warned off any of the venues against taking a PJ show without their involvement.

In the end the band had to give in and ended up going back to tickemaster to distribute their concert tickets, so you could say they gave in/ lost the battle.

I have been to see them several times though and even now they are always a lot cheaper to see than a lot of big stadium rock acts, Typically around £30-£35 a ticket

[Green Fields]

No Justin Bieber tickets but suspected nothing else - their sister resell site will have hundreds though at 800 euros a pop.

[foxcommander]

Sorry but what did Perl Jam do or try to do?

They filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster as they felt they held a monopoly on concert tickets and where charging exorbitant fees. the band wanted to be able to offer more affordable tickets to fans and they felt ticketmaster where restricting them from doing that.
When they tried to organise their own tour without ticketmaster they found that ticketmaster had 'allegedly'  warned off any of the venues against taking a PJ show without their involvement.

In the end the band had to give in and ended up going back to tickemaster to distribute their concert tickets, so you could say they gave in/ lost the battle.

I have been to see them several times though and even now they are always a lot cheaper to see than a lot of big stadium rock acts, Typically around £30-£35 a ticket

They realised if they continued down the path they were going they'd be finished as a band. As much as I admire their stand I'm glad they chose to let it go.

It's a real joke how ticketmaster have such a monopoly. The seatwave stuff though is mind-boggling legalised touting..