Singer/rapper EVE has heaped praise on R&B star FRANK OCEAN for 'coming out', insisting he was "ridiculously brave" to open up about his sexuality in an industry where homophobia is widespread.
Ocean announced his homosexuality to his fans last July (12) by posting a blog on his Tumblr account, detailing a love affair with a man, and Eve is hopeful more stars will be inspired to follow his brave example.
The Let Me Blow Your Mind hitmaker admits she expected more of a backlash towards Ocean after his revelation and is convinced his positive treatment is an indication of the industry's changing attitude towards gay stars.
She tells Gigwise.com, "Frank Ocean was ridiculously brave, to do what he did, to be true to himself that way. In hip-hop, there are a lot more people that probably should come out.
"I was pleasantly surprised by the reaction of people, because it was mostly positive. I was shocked and happy about how people were (towards him) and it made me think maybe things were changing and people are more accepting of things."
This Bitch Story:
At the time of writing, eBay user estella598743987 is selling "2 X Frank Ocean Hardcopy GA Tickets Sydney Horden Pavillion" with the peak bid currently sitting at $405, and a pair of GA floor tickets to the Melbourne Festival Hall show are going for $396. Note that these prices are significantly higher than the retail sale price of tickets, which was around $89 including booking fee.
The problem here isn't the people who are on-selling the tickets, but with the purchase policies of the organisations like Frank Ocean concert promoter, Live Nation, that don't protect their customers - the genuine fans seeking tickets through legitimate means - from turning to scalpers time and time again.
Splendour In The Grass has worked with their ticketing company of choice, Moshtix, to ensure every ticket is distributed legitimately, making the process as democratic and fair to fans as possible. They have successfully prevented the illegitimate resale of tickets through a great system whereby each ticket is allocated to individual buyers using their personal details.
The Splendour ticketing policy states: Remember! You can only purchase legitimate Splendour tickets via our official ticketing provider, Moshtix. Do not buy tickets from unauthorised sellers - they CANNOT change the name and date of birth details on tickets, no matter what they tell you.
It's a proven system that sets a precedent. Why don't more concert promoters do the same?
We contacted Live Nation to ask what processes they have in place to prevent scalper re-sales from occurring and they didn't reply. YOLO.
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