Eric Church vs. Scalpers

Eric Church does not like scalpers. The country singer wants his fans to be able to come to his shows and have a great time for a reasonable price - not get taken to the cleaners by scalpers who grossly inflate the prices. Rather than just talking about it, he's actively doing something. His management team is canceling tickets that look like they've been bought by scalpers. How do they do it? By the numbers!

Church set a ticket limit. A fan can purchase up to four tickets during pre-sale and a total of eight tickets for a concert. Church's fan club presale tickets and the best 1000 seats to his shows are also will call only.

Thompson Boling Arena Director Tim Reese and Church's management team have been looking for purchase violations for his October show. "Multiple addresses with single names and multiple use of a credit card so those were things we were looking for," said Reese.

So far, about 400 tickets have been cancelled for the Knoxville show. Those tickets go back on sale to the general public through Thompson Boling Arena.

Fielding Logan, who is on Church's management team, says Eric feels strongly about getting tickets to his fans at face value. "He has a reasonable ticket price for his show and that's the price he wants his fans to pay."

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