Having little entree to the world of high-end showmanship, we did not know it was a Thing for music stars to
put some tickets for their own shows up for resale at higher-than-face value and pocket the profits. Nonetheless that's what the
Wall Street Journal reports, but the only star they really nail is Neil Diamond, who made a quick buck on more than 100 seats from his MSG shows last summer. The
Journal tracks other stars but is rebuffed. Bruce Springsteen's people are overtly against the practice in general and have been
saying so loudly since Ticketmaster
pulled this stunt to their own apparent benefit on the Boss' recent tour. Some other stars have taken to
cutting Ticketmaster out of the deal. We suppose if you're going to support millionaire recording artists, you may as well pick the ones who return the favor.
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