Picture this…camping out under the stars under the beautiful Hollywood Forever Cemetary at 12midnight, in the morning Bon Iver performs as the sun rises over the horizon…sounds intriguing right? Well, dream on! Problem is no one can get tickets!
I was so pissed off that Bon Iver tickets were hard to get for the Sunrise Show at Hollywood Forever Cemetary for Sunday, September 27 and scalpers have upped the value for who should be a low key artist. I mean seriously, who the hell does his managing team think he is, Bob Dylan? Well, **** that; he’s not. And thank God for that! Indie/Folk is about enjoying good music in a low pressure atmosphere, but this concert is stirring up unneccessary controversy and… ticket scalpers! Wake up people! It’s Bon Iver not the L.A. Kings. Below is a copy of the email I sent to Bon Iver’s booking agent, please feel free to send him more **** mail. adam@billions.com
Adam Voith,
I’m not sure if you are aware but the tickets for the Bon Iver show at the Hollywood Forever Theatre are being sold by scalpers for $100 and up while I happen to know that the face value is only $25. Tickets that are hard to come by lead to scalping which is counter intuitive to the whole indie/folk genre (low-key, underground, good vibes)!
When asking Hollywood Forever for these tickets, I was told for about two weeks that tickets to this event weren’t yet available, that I should wait until they become available, and that they would definitely not sell out. I searched several different websites, none of which sold these tickets and a few even stated that Bon Iver was not confirmed for the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I even emailed the special events department at Hollywood Forever and my inquiry never received a response. When I was finally directed to www.ticketweb.com two weeks after I began searching, the show was already sold out.
Mr. Voith, as the person in charge of booking Bon Iver’s shows, I am very surprised that an event of this kind was not advertised better or that the tickets were not more accessible. Perhaps my ranting in unimportant to you since the demand for these tickets has increased the popularity of this artist while also boosting his value. But please let me remind you, the whole point of the indie genre is about having an artist who does not attract the trendy crowd who’s willing to pay $100 or more for a concert that is so maxed out that the music becomes only secondary to the massive event.
Furthermore, tickets that create this kind of demand also go against the Folk culture and I am sure that Bon Iver will loose a few fans if he becomes similar to a mainstream artist. I’m not sure that he is entirely marketed in this way, but again, I am very surprised that the high demand for these tickets was not predicted. Now scalpers are preventing Bon Iver’s true fans from enjoying great music while the sun rises on that Sunday morning.
Thanks a lot. Great way to ***** us over!