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

by Budnick, Dean; Baron, Josh

• ISBN13: 9780452298088
• ISBN10: 0452298083
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-24
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

"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 presale? 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, Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more-and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox- Ticket Masterswill transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.

Author Biography

Dean Budnick is the executive editor of Relix magazine and the founder of Jambands.com. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Josh Baron is the editor in chief of Relix magazine and contributes to a variety of media outlets including New York City–based radio station WPUV, where he serves as a music reviewer.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Summer of Their Discontent	p. ix
A Few Reservations	p. 1
Put Your Seat in Our Hands	p. 27
Master Class	p. 55
"A Bunch of Wooly Freaks"	p. 91
Rumble in the Jungle	p. 114
Rock and Roll's New Bottom Line	p. 154
Bigger Bangs for Your Bucks	p. 193
e-Ticket	p. 226
A Quiet Victory	p. 251
Secondary Education	p. 272
It's a Live Nation	p. 304
Epilogue: Full Circle	p. 331
Endnotes 355 Source Notes	p. 371
Glossary	p. 387
Acknowledgments	p. 397
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