TM - 10-20% for Fan Club? Says Who?

smithnic wrote:

I would love to see PJ at a small hockey arena! What do you think MSG is used for?
If they went at it with small venues and only their fanclub, how awesome would that be? Sure it'd be a lot of work, but wouldn't we all feel better paying near $100 a ticket knowing that A) it was at a tiny venue and that it was done all by Pearl Jam and TenClub, not some big corporation?

I AM WITH YOU BROTHER. I just hope all these new ideas does not kill PJ's way of trying to help us out. If it gets too complicated maybe they'll pull the plug. What I still don't understand is how there are no bands powerful enough to work with venues without TM or Live Nation or whoever. Bands like PJ, Dave Matthews, Tool, etc., should get together finacially and make their own ticket service for fans. You know and say we won't use your venues unless you sign our contracts.

My biggest fears is this is killing rock music like MP3's sort of already half way did.

HoP wrote:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/60260-ticketmaster-buys-ticketsnow-for-265-million

This is exactly what I heard that I mentioned earlier. Thanks HoP. This has got to be illegal. They are basically scalping their own product. NOOOOO!!! I am losing faith in everything music related. Someone in a high place please open your eyes. This is very bad. Along with all the other articles you guys found. We have to stop going and supporting this. But we won't. We as a people don't stand up for anything anymore. We take it like the numbed society we've become. Ed has been trying to wake us up for years. But you guys that bash Ed for getting political this is what happens. Special groups taking care of each other in tall buildings, making deals. Is this how our parents raised us?? Damn!