Even though this represents a Justin Bieber concert, I'm sure it's probably the same for any or most acts.

http://www.fanfreedom.org/2012/09/biebertickets/

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This Is Why Concert Tickets Sell Out in Seconds

09/25/2012

Ever wonder why concert tickets sell out in seconds? Now we know. An investigative report by Phil Williams in Nashville uncovered the ticket manifest (the document showing where all the tickets went) to an upcoming Justin Bieber concert. The manifest showed that of 14,000 available seats in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, only 1,001 (7%) were actually available to fans like you. Here’s where the rest went:

What’s more, Williams discovered that Justin Bieber’s management scalped their own share of the tickets on the secondary market for well above face value.

This isn’t the first time an artist’s management team held back tickets, and Justin Bieber is far from the first artist to scalp his own tickets. In 2009, Keith Urban promised fans affordable tickets at $20 a piece, but only 389 of the 15,000 were offered at the $20 price. And only 1,600 seats were sold to the general public for Taylor Swift’s 2009 show at Bridgestone Arena. Most recently, the Smoking Gun posted a leaked copy of Katy Perry’s California Dreams Tour rider, which showed that Perry reserves the right to scalp her own tickets on the secondary market at inflated prices.

Every fan deserves to know exactly how many tickets are available for sale. And when artists scalp their own tickets, fans should know that too.

If you want to see more transparency in concert ticketing, send a tweet to Ticketmaster and Justin Bieber and sign our Fan Bill of Rights.

Watch the full report by Phil Williams and News Channel 5 here:

That's some screwy math. Fans aren't in the fan club or using American Express?

I think Jagger bought Justin Bieber's hat off the secondary market.

I was able to score great tickets from the Stones fanclub a few years back. It was a great service.

I got front row in Sydney for $90 thru fan club on Bang tour.
:retarded

so if you got a great deal someone else got screwed perhaps......IRS have any oversight on this?

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 28^th, 2012 at 8:11pm:

so if you got a great deal someone else got screwed perhaps......IRS have any oversight on this?

There's not enough room in the front row for everybody

That article makes no sense.  Facts are absent.  Absent are facts.

I scored $100 club show tix in NYC and London on the Licks tour through the fan-bash.  I'm sirmoonie, and I know how to drink.

As George Sr would say...It's just FUZZY MATH...

What I see is that 70% of the fans get the tickets...the Amex people can be fans...the FAN CLUB people are fans...the General Public who tries to buy tickets are fans...

I don't get it...where is the problem?

I choose not to own an AMEX card because they are expensive...I will not pay Fan club premiums for fluff...I am a VIP only on my world...and i do not
own the O2, MSG or the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro...

You cannot tell me that every AMEX card holder at the show is there while not being a fan...that is a perk you get for paying an annual fee...like the fan club fee...

Or is it that i don't get it???