Ticket Masters
The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
Published on 24. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-452-29808-8 (ISBN)
Description
"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 pre-sale? 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, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more-and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox-Ticket Masters will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.
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, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more-and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox-Ticket Masters will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.
Reviews / Votes
"Ticket Masters takes you behind the box office and explains...the real reasons a good seat costs so damn much." - Alan Light, former Editor-in-Chief, Vibe and Spin"Fascinating." - Rolling Stone
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-452-29808-8 (9780452298088)
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Additional editions
Dean Budnick | Josh Baron
Ticket Masters
The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
E-Book
04/2012
Plume
€16.99
Available for download
Persons
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.
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.