- by Scott Colothan
- Wednesday, October 03, 2007
- Photo by: WENN
- filed in: Rock
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Gigwise has been inundated with messages from Led Zeppelin fans who are angry with Harvey Goldsmith’s announcement that no-one will be able to attend the o2 Arena without positive ID matching their sign-up name.
The promoter seemed un-phased by news that unique ticket codes given to successful ballot entrants were being sold for over the odds prices, claiming anyone who buys one won’t be able to attend.
However, Led Zeppelin fans have now turned on him claiming that it’s the fans who are the victims here and not the touts organisers are apparently trying to clamp down on.
One wrote: “Why are they making this so hard for everyone? True fans will fork out thousands and travel all over the world for these guys but they are being shafted by this fat git!!”
Another disgruntled fan added: “Unfortunately this policy will hurt the fans who bought the codes not the seller who has already been paid.”
While in a direct letter to Gigwise, Led Zep fan Felix Carassco who has bought a ticket code, said: “I find it a disgrace that Harvey Goldsmith is going after the real fans after he is only selling 10,000 tickets for a 20,000 seater arena. I am sure that the other half will be going to his company and friends and a good few thousand ‘guests’!
“I hope that you can start to suggest that he does something about tackling those selling the codes and not those buying them!”
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- how can the fat git distinguish between those who bought a passcode and those who were given one by a friend/relative? mine was a gift off my step-dad. i tell you, if i can’t go, this will turn legal.
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- Goldsmith needs to change the policy now, He is hurting the real fan.
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- The codes were legally bought and sold under the original terms and conditions. Changing the terms after allocation is impossible, buyers and sellers of the codes should sue for damages. What a mess
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- there are no touts - just one and that is Mr Goldsmith. Who really believes that his company is not giving the tickets to ”touts” in order to drive maximum exposure to this event.
On the other hand, it would easy for Led Zeppelin to counteract and organise a small tour. Obviously Led Zeppelin have done nothing rwong but sometimes you wonder why playing a few more gigs is such a big issue. See Prince or the Spice Girls. Fans had the choice and prices fell quickly after m
- The worst part is the terms of the contest were changed after the passcodes were given out. The tickets have always been non-transferrable, the passcodes had no such stipulation attached. It is a fraud to change the rules now, and Harvey calls the touts unscrupulous???
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