No Doubt sticks it to ticketmaster

By Music Lover on 11th March, 2009

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: No Doubt (via last.fm)

Late last month I managed to secure tickets to one of No Doubts summer concerts. I KNEW how lucky I was to even get a chance, let alone BUY the tickets!!! here is what they say in response to the event. Recently reunited No Doubt are taking a note from The Boss and are attempting to cut out ripoff-extraordinaires Ticketmaster from their tour!

Tickets went on sale for the band’s upcoming tour last Saturday, but the group gifted fan club members with first dibs on the best seats in the house!

No Doubt were granted 10% of the tickets for each show and sold them directly through their website, completely bypassing Ticketmaster’s outrageous service charges.
“The impetus is to have people who want to be in the building to be the people buying the tickets — not speculators,” Jim Guerinot, No Doubt’s manager, tells reporters. “We’ve done it before and it works.”

Fan club members were required to pay a $15 dollar fee, but with the charge came access to the band’s entire digital audio catalog as well as stickers, magnets, and iron-ons promoting the new tour!

I hope more bands take notice and stick it to the ticket monopoly!