Ticket Masters The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped

"A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business." -The Wall Street Journal Your favorite band has just announced their nationwide tour. Should you pay to join their fan club and get in on the pre-sale? No, you decide to wait. But the on-sale date arrives, and the site is jammed. You can't get on-and the concert is sold out in six minutes. What happened? What now? Music journalists Dean Budnick and Josh Baron chronicle the behind-the-scenes history of the modern concert industry. Filled with entertaining rock-and-roll anecdotes about The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more-and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox-Ticket Masters will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.   

ISBN:	9780452298088
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:	Plume
Published date:	24 Apr 2012
DEWEY:	338.4378078
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	398
Weight:	362g
Height:	215mm
Width:	141mm
Spine width:	24mm

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