(Via LiveDaily) Tom Petty and his camp nipped ticket re-sellers in the bud this week when they cancelled all tickets that were being re-sold at marked up prices. According to Petty's manager, a number of tickets were made available for pre-sale to members of the fanclub, Highway Companions. However some people decided to make it suck for everyone by violating the rules and re-selling the tickets at inflated prices.
"Those tickets have now been canceled along with the associated Highway Companions Club memberships," Dimitriades wrote on the website. "We will make these tickets available to club members who comply with the conditions of club membership and are willing to pick up their tickets at a special fan club Will Call window on the night of the show. In order to accomplish this, a new Internet on-sale of these tickets, open only to fan club members, will be announced shortly."
In an oversaturated market like the music business, it is exceedingly important for bands to make special effort to reward their true fans if they want to have successful tours. It is ashame that a few fans (or more likely scalpers posing as fans) tried to take advantage of this kind gesture, but I'm glad to see Petty was able to catch it early. I'd hate to see these special fan perks eliminated.
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