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Cheap concert tickets appear to be getting more common in the secondary market making it tough for Ticketmaster to sell full priced seats at the last minute. Ticket brokers have been dropping prices on a variety of concerts throughout the country including the Bruce Springsteen concerts at Giants Stadium.

It didn’t help that Bruce has a five day run there, but ticket brokers have already cut prices in the upper level to $25 a seat and lower level seats for $50 each for tonight’s Springsteen concert. Concert ticket prices across the country are way down this year and many artists are feeling the pinch including Barry Manilow, Jamie Foxx, Ron White and Rascal Flatts.

In the secondary ticket market, many of these artists are barely selling for face value for the premium seats that used to go for double that. Ticketmaster is having a tough time because customers are turning to ticket brokers to buy these last minute cheap tickets at a discount, usually face value or less for a poor selling artist.

It’s no wonder Ticketmaster is pushing the paperless tickets so they can have a monopoly on the resell of concert tickets. Then there wouldn’t be any competition for last minute tickets because nobody but Ticketmaster would be able to resell the tickets. How often do you get a good deal from a company that has a stranglehold on the market?

Barry Manilow is getting out of Las Vegas for a few shows on the road this year and bringing all of his hits with him. Barry has been holding court at the Las Vegas Hilton Theater but he has been adding dates outside of Vegas through December of this year.

Barry Manilow Breaking Out!

Barry will be bringing the “ULTIMATE MANILOW: The Hits… and then some”, including Copacabana and Can’t Smile Without You, to the PNC Bank Center and the Mohegan Sun this month, then the Arco Arena, Spokane Arena and Hollywood Bowl in November, followed by two nights at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois.

Barry was recently the featured artist on YAMAHA All Access 360 magazine! Barry Manilow concert tickets for the Las Vegas shows and on the road can be purchased online at PreferredSeat.com