Many music fans
complained Friday because of the tickets from the Benefit Concert for Hurricane
Sandy victims. Many scalpers bought a good percentage of the tickets in attempt
to resell the tickets at a higher value than their original value. The profits
from the tickets were going to charities like the Robin Hood Foundation, who
plan on helping rebuild homes for victims in New York and New Jersey. It is
unfortunate that people take advantage of something that was meant to be a beneficial
project, and turn it to something that is ugly and money hungry.
James
Dolanm, producer at Madison Square Garden, and Harvey Weinstein, producer of
Clear Channel television urged people “to stop buying tickets from secondary
ticket websites.” “It’s despicable,” Mr. Weinstein said. “Don’t buy them.”
Every dollar should be contributed to the charity that would go in rebuilding
lives for victims. The tickets sold out on Ticketmaster.com shortly after it
was posted on Monday. The tickets from the floor in front of the stage jumped
from $550 to almost $48,000 while those in the upper level went from $225 to
$3,000.The concert is said to be the largest rock band in a long time. It will be
featuring artist like Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Dave
Grohl, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, the Who and Paul
McCartney, among others.
It is sad that
big businesses are taking advantage of music fans. I believe that what they are
doing is unmoral. The concert will be televised over 100 national and global
stations. They encourage people to donate from their homes as well. I believe
the event will be successful and the people that got the tickets will enjoy the
show. Unfortunately for the other people who tried to get the tickets weren’t
able to get them because of the scalpers.
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