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Contrary to claims that ticket sales to the Rolling Stones’ “50 and Counting Tour” are sluggish, tour promoter John Meglen, co-president of AEG Live subsidiary Concerts, says the reports are inaccurate, their “flex pricing” strategy is working in keeping tickets out of the hands of brokers, giving more revenue to the artists while the tour on a pace to gross close to $100 million from 18 shows.

Some of the most powerful touring artists in the world, including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, One Direction, McGraw, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Foo Fighters, and Neil Young, will unite behind the Global Poverty Project through the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, a new program launched May 2 designed to incentivize social activism with concert tickets.