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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Scalpers, Promoters, Artists, & Fans: Who?s Burning Whom? A 'Deep Throat' Insider Tells... (The Daily Swarm)

Consequence of Sound:

> "The LCD Soundsystem ticketing debacle for their final show at Madison
Square Garden raised the hackles of an entire music community, from the fans
who were bested for tickets, on up through various press outlets and
commentators, all the way to James Murphy himself?

>

> Now that the dust has settled, fans mostly pacified by the addition of four
shows at Terminal 5, and Murphy back out of the internet?s limelight, there
still hangs an unnamed bad vibe over February 11th?s general on-sale date for
the MSG show, and no clear verdict of what went wrong?

>

> Spurred on in part by a letter penned by Bob Lefsetz ? the music community?s
man behind the curtain? a speculative case started to build against The Bowery
Presents who promoted the MSG event for LCD Soundsystem? Looking for clarity
on this issue, Consequence of Sound reached out to Lefsetz. He declined to
comment. However, another member of the music community spoke candidly on the
topic. An independent promoter, who asked for their name and company to be
withheld, talked with us at length on this issue and many others concerning
the state of the ...

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