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Service fees got you down? Promoters finding ways to sidestep Ticketmaster

Chicago Sun-Times

BY JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic

June 17, 2007

“When purchasing concert tickets through Ticketmaster, service charges can add as much as 30 percent.“ 

“”A percentage of service charges is often kicked back by Ticketmaster to promoters and venues, giving them a vested interest in keeping service charges high,” alternative rockers Pearl Jam charged in a memo to the Justice Department written in 1994, during the height of their battle with Ticketmaster. In 2003, Rolling Stone reported that the convenience fee is divided with 30 to 40 percent for the venue, 25 percent for the ticket outlets and the rest after expenses as profit for Ticketmaster.” READ MORE>>

10 July, 2007 at 4:58 pm Tim Roberts ARTS Australia Leave a comment