The Guardian Unlimited is reporting that promoter Harvey Goldsmith has branded eBay the “biggest rip-off merchants in the world” after tickets to the forthcoming Led Zeppelin gig appeared for sale on the online auction website. Goldsmith, who helped persuade the band to reunite for a one-off show this November, told Kerrang! Radio yesterday: “I wish eBay would drop dead and die… I have begged them to take [the tickets] off and they have basically told us to f**k off. So I will do everything I possibly can to ruin their lives.”
The promoter’s harsh words follow the news that fans who purchased tickets to the gig, taking place November 26 at London’s 02 Arena, on someone else’s credit card may be refused entry. Those fans who won the right to buy tickets were issued with a password to validate their purchase, but it was announced at the weekend that they may be cancelled if the password holder’s name did not match the credit card holder’s name.
