Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008SLM7Y0 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Great for Concert Fans" according to Robert J. Lewis. This book provides a great history of the rock concert business. It covers more than just ticketing. If you are intersted in the concert business this book is for you. However a warning, you may end up being annoyed at everyone involved in the business when you are done!. Excellent inside view of the ticket industry Martin Hardee A fascinating history of the sports and concert ticket industry, going back to the 1960s. Bill Graham and Grateful Dead inside stories, computer history, boardroom intrigues, scalper and broker scuttlebut -- this booo has it all.
With over 100 exclusive interviews along with many previously unreleased documents, this character-driven book explores the actions and impact of the iconoclasts guiding these companies while folding in related tales of scalping syndicates, old-school music promoters and would-be Internet tycoons along with the bawdy business decisions of such world-renowned groups as the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam and the Rolling Stones. Like no other previous book, Ticket Masters sheds light upon the complex relationships between artists, promoters, ticketing agents and the public. Ticket Masters chronicles the as-yet-untold story of the modern concert industry, revealing the origins, development and ongoing strategies of companies such as Ticketmaster, Live Nation and StubHub and the efforts of numerous independent competitors. Whether it's Michael Cohl nabbing the Stones from Bill Graham, Ticketmaster's defeat of Pearl Jam or the silent efforts of music superst
--Bill Flanagan, author Evening's Empire, A&RIf you wonder why you're paying ten times as much for overblown, cross-promoted spectacles that are one-tenth as satisfying as the rock and roll of your youth, you need to read this book. -- Steve Silberman, editor, Wired magazineFor anyone who's ever suffered rock concert sticker shock -- and we all have -- Dean Budnick and Josh Baron's Ticket Masters is the best seat in the house to the show behind the show. For everyon