Jon Landau Makes Statement

Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager has just responded to a TicketsNow mishap that occurred involving the May 18 show at the Verizon Center in D.C.

“1. We would like our audience to know that this is a problem caused entirely by Ticketmaster and its wholly owned subsidiary TicketsNow. Neither Bruce nor his management have any control whatsoever over these two troubled entities but we deeply resent the abuse of our fans.

“2. There are what now appear to be chronic problems with how Ticketmaster uses its secondary market ticket reseller TicketsNow. For example, the abuse of our fans in New Jersey by these two interlocking companies required the aggressive intervention of the State Attorney General Anne Milgram.

“3. I feel that these chaotic, continuous, and extremely curious system malfunctions deeply and adversely affect our audience and are all the more reason why the proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation should be blocked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.”

Jon Landau
 

The statement can be viewed at Springsteen’s website