Rage Against the Machine Fans are Pissed About the Band’s Charity Tickets, Tom Morello Responds
Among Rage Against the Machine’s initiatives to combat scalpers on their recently-announced tour included an effort that saw the band buy 10% of all tickets themselves, then re-post those for above face value with 100% of the profits going towards charity. That tactic alone has resulted in over $3 million raised for charity as of yesterday, February 15, according to guitarist Tom Morello.
But many of the band’s fans either did not get the memo about the special charity allotment, don’t understand it, or don’t care, resulting in hundreds of them flocking to social media to direct frustrations for high ticket prices at the band (despite the rest of all tickets on all dates going for $125 flat with no “dynamic pricing” enabled on Ticketmaster).
Morello has been particularly active on Twitter over the past couple of days responding to those fans with clarifications, pointing out that any tickets not listed as “charity ticket” that are selling for above $125 are being sold by scalpers, and that 85% of the tour’s tickets have been kept away from resellers.
Below, have a look at some confused/angry tweets by fans accompanied by Morello’s responses.
Here are the tour dates:
03/26 El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
03/28 Las Cruces, NM – Pan American Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
03/30 Glendale, AZ – Gila River Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
04/10 Indio, CA – Coachella [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
04/17 Indio, CA – Coachella [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
04/21 Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
04/25 Portland, OR – Moda Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
04/28 Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/01 Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum at the PNE [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/03 Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/05 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/07 Winnipeg, MB – Bell MTS Place [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/09 Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford Premier Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/11 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/12 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/14 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/16 St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/19 Chicago, IL – United Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/20 Chicago, IL – United Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
05/23 Boston, MA – Boston Calling [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
06/19 Dover, DE – Firefly [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/10 East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/13 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/15 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/17 Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Bluesfest [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/18 Quebec City, QC – Festival d’Été de Québec [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/21 Hamilton, ON – FirstOntario Centre [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/23 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/24 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/27 Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/29 Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
07/31 Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/02 Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/04 Washington DC – Capital One Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/05 Washington DC – Capital One Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/07 Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/10 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/11 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/13 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/28 Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
08/30 Reading, UK – Reading Festival [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
09/01 Paris, France – Rock En Seine Festival [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
09/04 Stradbally Laois, Ireland – Electric Picnic Festival [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
09/06 Berlin, Germany – Lollapalooza Berlin Festival [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
09/08 Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
09/10 Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena [Ticketmaster / StubHub]
