Irving Azoff Personal and/or Professional News

[sodascouts]

If there are auctions for the tickets, I think I may have bought my last up-front seat. No way will I be able to compete with the more well-heeled fans.

ETA: Does this mean that one will not be able to buy tickets at the box office until the end of the online auctions?

[TimothyBFan]

When are they going to stop this man? That is insane. I'm with ltlh-- do it the old way and let the common schmo have a chance!! This just makes my blood preasure rise!!

[Prettymaid]

This is a bunch of (insert your favorite curse word)! What can we do? Write our legislators?

[sodascouts]

I say if you've toiled hard and long in the alley, you're entitled to make the dough. That's your choice, charge up the yin-yang.

Easy for this rich guy to say. He'll be the one front and center.

[sodascouts]

PM - I dont think there's anything we can do. We live in a capitalist society and they can charge whatever the market will bear (or more, if they don't mind a lot of empty seats). All we can do is hope they take pity on us....

But don't hold your breath.

[Prettymaid]

They are completey forgetting the fans! Fans come in all sizes, shapes, colors and tax brackets!

[sodascouts]

Auctions will have us all hoping that no one wants to see our favorite bands but us. Heck, we'll be bidding against EACH OTHER.

[Prettymaid]

I just don't understand how all of this can be legal!

[luvthelighthouse]

I just don't understand how all of this can be legal!

Thank you!!! That's what I was getting at yesterday! How the f is this legal??? How? It's scalping your own ticket!

I guess I'll go back to seeing house bands and enjoying the big bands via youtube or videos they'll likely release.

It's total crap IMO!

[sodascouts]

I think the false advertising they've been doing should be illegal, but auctions are fairly straightforward. "Here's a front row ticket. Bid for it."

They'll probably sell this move as totally fan friendly, dontcha know, 'cause it's transparent and that's all we REALLY care about right?

Yeah. Right.

The reason we didn't like scalpers was because the prices were so high, not because we were upset more money wasn't going to the band or that charges were hidden! We care about that total we see on our bank statement. So if their way to cut out scalpers makes the tickets cost more, are we supposed to be happy about that???

Government can't restrict this because this isn't gas. It's not insurance that we're forced to buy. It's a luxury that we can do without, so why should they step in? As long as Azoff is up front about it, they're not doing anything wrong LEGALLY.

Now, the Eagles can CHOOSE to make good tickets available for a lower price, but they have shown no desire to do that. And what is a "good price" really? Is $100 too much to ask for a top tier seat? $90? $80?

I admit I can see the problem from their side a little, but it's out of control. The auction format will leave us all behind, though, and that makes me sad.