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He will now make the boys, and 99 percent of touring artists, cry.
It was easy to set ticket prices, but you better be pig-headed, he explained.
But most artists hide behind management.
Oh, we didnt know, they say.
If they say they do not, theyre either fucking stupid or lying.
Its just driven by greed.
Having a moral backbone, Smith notes, will pay off through other means.
You dont want to charge as much as the market will let you.
If people save on the tickets, they buy beer or merch, he says.
There is goodwill, they will come back next time.
It is a self-fulfilling good vibe and I dont understand why more people dont do it.
Smith also made Ticketmaster cancel about 7,000 ticket sales due to suspicions of scalping.
Now that hes shown us how todo that trick, everybody better use it.
