One of my favorite things to do is go to concerts. This weekend I am going to see Thursday , Touché Amoré , Basement and Wax Idols at The Fillmore in Charlotte. Just for fun I entered their drawing to win tickets even though I bought tickets February 2nd. This morning I received an email notifying me I did not win. No big deal, I already have tickets. But the annoying part to me was a mention in the email about DISCOUNTED tickets still available. Curiosity got to me and I checked the price of the same tickets to see the difference. It would have been HALF the price if i waited to buy them now. Of course waiting increases the risk of a show selling out. These tickets are being sold through Live Nation. I wonder how much money they get from the sale of tickets. How much does the venue get? What about the artists? This is not the first time I have seen this happen. Last year when I went to Wreckingball, I could have waited and got my weekend pa...
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