John Scher is an American concert promoter. He was one of the organizers of Woodstock '99.[1][2] (wikipedia)
It's a great shame that this happened because in so many ways it was so uplifting. It puts a permanent blemish on what happened here. I think the kids made a mistake. They did not intend for this to happen.
I can't give you an explanation. I guess they were kids blowing off some steam and it got out of hand. In this case, my sense is that it was a mistake. These kids did not intend to do what happened.
Certainly there have been occasions where people buy off or pay off people who work in box offices and at outlets. I think . . . the rule of scalpers, brokers is (to get tickets) any way you can.
We felt we had to do something to make sure this never happens again.
was an aberration, not only in a general sense but with what happened here this weekend. There will be an evaluation of why it happened.
