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From: rickt@well.UUCP (Rick Thompson)
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Subject: Re: l-h outreach
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Date: 5 May 91 02:07:55 GMT
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Richard Caldwell writes:

>And add to that some sort of pre-tour ticket sales through fan
>organizations.  This should definitely be the highest possible 
>priority.  I've haven't got a clue what size venue Kate would play 
>(hopefully nice little 'intimate' places) but there's every possibility 
>that word will get out that it is _the_ show of a life-time and
>true-believers could be left outside as the infidels snatch up all 
>the tickets. <I awake in a cold sweat>

   Richard, I wouldn't bet on "nice little 'intimate' places, however
nice it might be!
   Still, what I worry about isn't so much the "infidels" _per se_,
but rather about commercial ticket agencies. After all, these people
are in the _business_ of snatching up the best possible tickets in
the largest possible quantities, and they're already very heavily
connected to accomplish that -- often to the point where the artists
themselves have difficulty establishing control over it. I'm not all
that concerned that the tickets won't be there at all, but I do worry 
that they're going to be available only through these people, and
at astronomical prices. Worse, given the fact that these folks are
already positioned to grab them, I haven't got the vaguest idea of
what to suggest to do about it.
   Anybody out there got any ideas?

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