Justin Bieber claims he values his fans more than anything, but he routinely scalps his “Beliebers” on tickets to his concerts, forcing them to pay a huge mark-up for seats. His management team, and apparently, he gets a cut of the profits.
The practice is highly controversial. Artists such as Green Day, Tom Waits, the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Maroon 5 and U-2 are vehemently against scalping fans. But Bieber isn’t alone.
Katy Perry also includes a rider in her concert contract that sets aside a block of tickets that she can sell on the secondary market at a huge mark-up, in effect double- or triple-dipping her fans.
Phil Williams, chief investigative reporter for NewsChannel 5 in Nashville, Tenn, discovered that members of Bieber’s management were withholding tickets from the public on Justin’s Believe Tour and selling them on the secondary market for a huge mark-up.
Tickets for Justin’s entire U.S. tour sold out in just one hour, but seats at several shows were never made available to the general public at regular mark up, according to Williams.
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