๐ซ In 2016, Placebo joined forces with the managers of Arctic Monkeys, One Direction, Mumford & Son and PJ Harvey to try and find a solution against online ticket touting, with the ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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| Marco Vittur (Brian) / Unknown / Edit by Laetitia |
๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ก๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ." This is what the FanFair Alliance website header says.
http://fanfairalliance.org/
๐ซ Acting in the interests of fans, FanFair Alliance is fighting to ensure that concert tickets are not sold at exorbitant prices, whether through professionals or individuals.
๐ซ For Brian, it's all about making sure that fans and artists don't suffer at the hands of profiteers. and "๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐" he says.
๐ซ Brian is very eloquent in the following short interview. The welfare of everyone (artists and audience) is his driving force. The cause is noble and altruistic. Not surprising coming from Placebo ๐
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| Photo credit: Bastien Kolod |
We grabbed five minutes with him at the FanFair launch to learn more... ◾
๐ธ ๐ผ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ค’๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง 20 ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ?
I think the brazen profiteering of these corporations is absolutely scandalous. I can only speak for myself and my band – Placebo certainly do not want our fans to be victims of this unethical profiteering. It appears to be institutionalized, the laws against this aren’t enforced and music fans are unaware that they’re being ripped off by fat cats in suits.
๐ธ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ?
To educate myself, to speak to other artists and try to get them involved in the campaign and to use whatever platform I have to spread the message.
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It gets to a point where people in difficult economic times can’t afford to go to shows, so this practice impacts both the fans and the artists as well. Not solely on a financial level, but, as an artist, you want your venue to be filled with people having a good time. That’s what you live for. It’s the kind of energy that feeds your soul, it affects us that way.
This situation affects new bands too. If a ticket costs £30 but is offered on a secondary ticketing site for £60 and someone buys it, they won’t have the spare cash to spend £10 on seeing a smaller band. It makes it more difficult for up and coming artists.
๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ?
No, not at all. I think it’s just the beginning. I’m passionate about this and I intend to make as many people as possible aware of this scandalous behaviour. Hopefully this is a movement that can go global, eventually.
✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ (๐น๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐บ, ๐ธ0๐ท๐ผ)
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| Photo credit: Bastien Kolod |
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น, ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ... ๐
๐ต Let's conclude with this absolutely breathtaking performance of ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 29 ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 2016 ๐ต (๐๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ )
๐ธ https://bit.ly/3P9RewS ๐ธ
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