<DIV><p style="line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal">“A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business.” —<I>The Wall Street Journal</i><B> </b></p><p style="line-height: 150%;" class="body">Your favorite band has just announced their nationwide tour. Should you pay to join their fan club and get in on the pre-sale? No, you decide to wait. But the on-sale date arrives, and the site is jammed. You can't get on—and the concert is sold out in six minutes. What happened? What now?</p><p style="line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal">Music journalists Dean Budnick and Josh Baron chronicle the behind-the-scenes history of the modern concert industry. Filled with entertaining rock-and-roll anecdotes about The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more—and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox—<I>Ticket Masters</i> will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.   </p></div>