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Concert sites slam agency's levy
Band managers behind 400 artists from Robbie Williams to Radiohead and KT Tunstall have formed a new rights society that hopes to collect a slug of the takings from concert tickets resold over the internet on sites such as eBay, Viagogo and Seatwave. (05/12) Read
Keyword(s) : Brass-band, Concert
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