Advisory Board Herdygerdy Posted February 17, 2012 Advisory Board Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I hear Iron Maiden is doing this and Springsteen has done this a while... I LOVE this idea, however it will be a pain in the ass to do so, and there are some complications if you can all go into the show at once, but anything to curb the scalpers and the secondary ticketing agencies is well worth it in my opinion!! Iron Maiden continue to be actively dedicated to ensuring their fans always have full access to the best possible tickets in the fairest possible way. Manager Rod Smallwood comments: “We are trying to ensure that our fans get the tickets they want in the prime positions without paying over the odds to ticket scalpers. Maiden get infuriated with the way fans sometimes have to pay more than the ticket price to get good positions at our shows. So we will, wherever possible (Festivals excluded), with the assistance of the Promoters, arrange a paperless ticketing system at least for the front sections to try to eliminate as much of the ticket scalping and exchanges as we can. We put this into practice on our North American Tour in 2010; it worked well and we received many positive comments back from our fans, so we intend to increase this where feasible. With paperless ticketing, only those who actually pay initially for the tickets will get into the show so scalping is generally avoided (please see the comments from Ticketmaster below). We are also doing everything we can to avoid any drain of prime tickets going to the Secondary Ticketing sites which we feel make unfair profits from music fans. As we consider all our fans to be VIPs, no tickets will be held specifically for VIP use. At some venues, the Promoter may provide the option for fans to pay extra for “VIP Parking”, early access, access to “VIP Bar” etc. But these will be purely optional for ticket holders only and will not be tied to ticket locations – the ability to get the best tickets should be the same for everybody outside of the usual presales. Finally, we are of course once again arranging exclusive ticket pre-sales for our fan club members so they can be quick off the mark for great tickets and will also continue to run the contest in appropriate venues for fan club members so they can be ‘First To The Barrier’ prior to the show. We hope that these measures will help our fans as much as possible and ask that they keep checking for details on our website.” ___________________________________ TICKETMASTER comments: Where possible the North American Iron Maiden shows will operate a paperless ticket policy. Select tickets will be sold via Ticketmaster’s Paperless Ticket delivery, which means fans will not receive a physical concert ticket for their entry into the event. Buying paperless helps ensure fans have secure and convenient access to event tickets at the intended original sale price. On the day of show, concert goers just need to bring the credit card they used for the ticket purchase and a government-issued photo ID to the concert. All members of the ticket purchaser's party must be present at the same time to enter the venue. The venue’s ticket usher will swipe their credit card upon entry and present each person in their party with seat locator slips for quick access into the show. To purchase paperless tickets or for more information, fans should visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/paperless or call the Ticketmaster charge-by-phone number at 1-800-745-3000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrapinJen Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 good idea! anything to prevent the outrageous scalper prices. one problem though that i see is looong lines if everyone has to go to the box office to swipe their credit card. but its good to see bands recognizing this problem and actually working to fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP cm_hayden Posted February 18, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Now if ticketbastard would do something about their grap you by the balls fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evergr8ful Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Miley Cyrus did this and Widespread Panic did for their recent wood tour as well. Definitely still kinks, but a step in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP kdubfan Posted February 24, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Phil is the biggest scalper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advisory Board Herdygerdy Posted February 24, 2012 Author Advisory Board Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Phil is the biggest scalper. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subcooler Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 +1 Maybe he'll start handing out free tickets to the "Goverment Cheese " crowd . Seems unlikely though ! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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