Led Zeppelin Promoter Launches Venomous Vendetta Against Inanimate Web Interface

Brace yourself for some news that could not have been foreseen by any human or supernatural agency: Led Zep reunion tickets have in fact made their way to secondary resellers on eBay, who may be jacking up the price. In a brutal response to this impossible turn of events in the otherwise above-the-board world of hot concert tickets, Zep show promoter Harvey Goldsmith had the following to say: “I wish eBay would drop dead and die… I have begged them to take [the tickets] off and they have basically told us to fuck off. So I will do everything I possibly can to ruin their lives.” Seemingly forgetting that eBay is a faceless corporation/Web site, and therefore can not drop dead (and then die, after dropping dead) in the normal fashion. So I guess the stringent security measures are out now that legitimate ticketholders are offering up their personal info along with their tickets? Meanwhile there’s more bad news for the lucky ones who scored their tickets through non-eBay/evil means:

The promoter’s harsh words follow the news that fans who purchased tickets to the gig, taking place November 26 at London’s 02 Arena, on someone else’s credit card may be refused entry. Those fans who won the right to buy tickets were issued with a password to validate their purchase, but it was announced at the weekend that they may be cancelled if the password holder’s name did not match the credit card holder’s name.

Harvey Goldsmith has responded to criticism of this policy on his blog: “I am fully aware that there seems to be concerns about people who became winners in the ballot and then decided to use somebody else’s credit card to pay for the ticket. However, I am convinced that those who are bleating the loudest seem to be protesting too much for other reasons.”

Goldsmith added, however, that there may be a way around this problem for bona fide Zep fans. “Of course there are a few people who genuinely want to come but may not have had a suitable credit card to pay for them,” he wrote.” The answer to those people is very simple; if you are genuine you will contact us and give us a justified explanation.”

Is it cruel to make a “well, if the legitimate tickets they purchased don’t work out, at least there’s always eBay” joke here? It is, isn’t it?

Led Zeppelin Promoter Wishes eBay Would “Drop Dead And Die” [Guardian]