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Zimbra | 29.11.2004 15:20 | The "Real Fan" Hassle I don't quite understand all the arguments about "true fans", "concert tickets going to a real fan" and similar. Tickets are sold in (obviously) limited number, so there will always be true fans that will not have the chance to go to the shows. Also, touting has been always of this world, as well as complimentary tickets for press and VIPs. I find quite pretentious to claim that the tickets shall go to "real fans": how shall they be assigned? By giving a test ("Could you please quote the first two lines of Fumblin' with the Blues?"). By showing all the cds, together with relevant receipts and scratches that testify he listened to them more than once? What is all this hatred toward people paying on e-bay twice or three times the face value? Do you think someone spends 300€ for a show if he is not a real fan? I personally attended all three berlin shows, I have spent an average of 200€ for each of the six tickets I got through e-bay, I consider myself a fan of TW (even if I don't spend my life listening only to his records - btw I cannot remember the first two lines of Fumblin' with the Blues): shall I feel myself guilty that I may have stolen the seat to six TW fans who were "more true fans" than me? Of course this comment refers only to those people hitting always the same "true fan" chord. When I get angry for something that went wrong, my girlfriend tells me "that's life, sweetheart" Cheers Zimbra |