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Eric Church Angered By Scalpers
Eric Church is enjoying his first run as a headlining act on his “Blood, Sweat & Beers” tour, but he admits that being the biggest name on the marquee has its drawbacks. Church has had to face the ugly side of selling tickets – ticket scalpers – and has harsh words for those who try to make money from fans who just want to attend a great show. “Scalpers piss me off,” Eric tells Billboard. “I’ve never encountered this in my life, we’ve never been at this level, and, quite frankly, we were unprepared.” Eric says he always makes affordable tickets and preferred seating available first to members of his fan club, dubbed the Church Choir. But that gesture has backfired, as scalpers purchase those tickets first, forcing Eric’s most devoted fans to pay a higher price in order to get closer to the star. Eric says he is doing everything he can to make affordable tickets available to fans first, instead of a brokerage company, but it has been an ongoing battle.