Fans and artists hit by concert scams
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Music superstars rarely make it   to Hardeeville, S.C.
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More than 1,000 Barbra Streisand concert tickets are invalidated after being bought with a stolen credit card.
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Fake phone contest scandal resurfaces with another alleged case of viewer deception.
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'Tis the season for multi-act, radio-sponsored concert extravaganzas.
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A lawsuit seeks to discover how ticket brokers manage to snatch up a high proportion of tickets for big-name concerts to resell them at inflated prices.
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Glastonbury tickets appear on eBay, despite claims by festival organisers that re-sales had been foiled.
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Some performers are finding that early success online can turn into an album contract.
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Actors who turn out albums have instant name recognition but face automatic public skepticism.
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Security experts believe that the entity or people behind Rock Phish are the rock stars/innovators of most new evil phishing scams.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Along with several large concerts in  the planning stages, artists around the world are putting on  their own benefit shows or donating to funds for the victims of  the recent tsunami in Southern Asia.
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Unsigned and indie artists for  years have sold CDs and tapes from their merchandise table at  live gigs to earn a little extra scratch while on the road.
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Travel restrictions aimed at terrorists are snagging top musicians who carry on their instruments to protect them.
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At a time when much of the mainstream music business is desperately trying to connect with consumers and sell albums, the bluegrass music community has seen its fortunes rise.
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Disguised con artists want your personal information -- and you may be offering it to them.
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Organizers of Barbra Streisand's first U.S. tour since 1994 said Tuesday that at least 1,000 tickets - purchased with stolen credit cards and then put up for sale on various Internet ticket resale sites - had been invalidated.
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By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 4--Fans win. Artists win. Poverty loses.
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Glastonbury organisers consider issuing festival-goers with photo ID cards in an attempt to foil touts.