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Article: Bowing to Ticketmaster, Pearl Jam loses its edge.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- June 16, 1995
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Pearl Jam, which has long hyped an image of ``us against them,'' is looking more and more like one of ``them.''
Rock's best-selling act gave in this week to Ticketmaster and its service charges, saying it will use the agency to fill seats on several stops of its planned East Coast tour.
So ends a much-publicized 18-month battle between the Seattle rockers and the ticket giant, the highlight of which came last June, when Pearl Jam canceled a tour because the agency refused to cut its per-ticket service charge from $3.50-plus to $1.80.
In making the announcement Wednesday, Pearl Jam said it must comply with Ticketmaster because the agency's exclusive ...