Rage Against The Machine on How They’re Fighting Ticket Scalping/Bots

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

February 13th, 2020 9:40 AM

Rage Against the Machine will be releasing tickets for their “Public Service Announcement” tour today (February 13) at 11 AM local time, and the band has addressed how they will do their part in battling scalpers and ticket bots.

In a post to their Instagram, the band wrote, “Since the announcement of our tour, scalpers and broker sites have been listing fake tickets for RATM. We want to do everything we can to protect our fans from predatory scalping and, at the same time, raise a substantial amount of money for charities and activist organizations we support in each city.

At many concerts, up to 50% of the seating is scooped up by scalpers and then resold to fans at much higher fees. We are doing everything we can to protect 90% of the RATM tickets from scalpers, and then WE are holding in reserve 10% of the seating (random seats throughout each venue) to sell at a higher ticket price (but low enough to undercut the scalpers). We will donate 100% OF THE MONEY over the fees and base ticket price to charities and activist organizations IN EACH CITY. We are confident this will help many more fans get tickets at face value and put a big dent in the aftermarket gouging.

WE HATE SCALPING AS MUCH AS YOU DO and will continue to try to find ways to combat it. Additionally, we are donating all profits from our first three shows to immigrants’ rights organizations and will be supporting multiple charities and activist organizations throughout the tour.”

Fans can buy tickets for the  “Public Service Announcement” tour at RATM.com.

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Musician Tim Commerford (L) and singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Musician Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Musician Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Musician Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Musician Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: Singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine performs at L.A. Rising at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on July 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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