hello from the other side >> reporter: from adele to bruce springsteen. dancing in the dark >> reporter: -- thousands of frustrated fans shut out or forced to pay as much as $9,000 a ticket to their shows. the new york attorney general says the system is rigged against the consumer. >> middlemen, brokers, ticket vendors and more who really use any means they can, some legal, some illegal, our report uncovers what's really a shadowy network. >> reporter: finding the majority of tickets go to presales and music insiders, leaving less than half reserved for the public. and even then, ordinary fans have to compete with resellers, some who may use special software, known as bots, to buy up blocks of tickets at lightning fast speeds, often marking them up to astronomically high prices on the resale market. >> and that's what we call a rigged system. >> reporter: investigators say this crack down is just the tip of the iceberg. this question and talk to lawmakers about really cracking down on those bad actors who drive up ticket prices. rebecca jarvis, abc news,

from adele to bruce springsteen?thousands of frustrated fans shut out? or forced to pay as much as $9,000 for a ticket to their shows? tonight, the new york attorney general says the system is rigged against the consumer sot eric schneiderman middlemen, brokers, ticket-men and more who really use any means they can: some legal, some illegal // our report uncovers really what's a shadowy network. finding the majority of tickets go to pre-sales (38%), and music insiders (16%)?leaving less than half (46%) reserved ordinary fans have to compete with re-sellers? some who may use special software? known as bots? to buy up blocks of tickets at lighting fast speeds, often marking them up to astronomically high prices on the resale market" sot eric schneiderman: and that's what we call a rigged system. mayor john lee is laying out an optimistic year ahead for north mayor john lee is laying out an station.. lee said north las vegas has made some enormous economic strides. he also says the city is diversifying.. and highlighted the billion dollar deal with electric

here's abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: from adele to bruce springsteen -- dancing in the dark >> reporter: thousands of frustrated fans shut out or forced to pay as much as $9,000 a ticket to their shows. tonight, the new york attorney general says the system is rigged against the consumer. >> middlemen, brokers, ticket vendors and more who really use any means they can, some legal, some illegal, are in a shadow network. >> reporter: the majority of tickets go to presales and music insiders, leaving less than half even then, ordinary fans have to compete with resellers. some who may use special software known as bots to buy up blocks of tickets at lightning fast speeds, often marking them up to astro no, ma'amicly high prices on the resale market. >> and that's what we call a rigged system. >> reporter: and investigators say tonight this is just the beginning of creating a level playing field in the ticket industry. they will be working with lawmakers next to target those bad actors, david. >> so, people aren't just imagining this. this is real? >> repor

rebecca jarvis reports. 3 from adele to bruce springsteen?thousands of frustrated fans shut out? or forced to pay as much as $9,000 for a ticket to their shows? , the new york attorney general says the system is rigged against the consumer sot eric schneiderman middlemen, brokers, ticket-men and more who really use any means they can: some legal, some illegal // our report uncovers really what's a shadowy network.finding the majority of tickets go to pre-sales (38%), and music insiders (16%)?leaving less than half (46%) reserved for the public? and even then ordinary fans have to compete with re-sellers? some who may tickets at lighting fast 3 speeds, often marking them up to astronomically high prices on the resale market" sot eric schneiderman: and that's what we call a rigged system.3 3 pattie plasma still to come on good morning virginia... taxpayers in halifax county aren't happy right now...thanks to the huge price tag that's come with a major renovation in the town. details in the next half right back. 3 3 3 today, central and southside virginia will see sunshine; mountains

. >> reporter: from adele to bruce springsteen springsteen. dancing in the dark >> reporter: -- thousands of frustrated fans shut out or forced to pay as much as $9,000 a ticket for their shows. the new york attorney general says the system is rigged vendors and more who really use any means they can, some legal, some illegal, our report uncovers what's really a shadowy network. >> reporter: the majority of tickets go to presales and music insiders, leaving less than half reserved for the public. and even then, ordinary fans have to compete with resellers, some who may use special software known as bots to buy up blocks of tickets at lightning fast speeds, often marking them up to astronomically high prices on the resale market. >> and that's what we call a rigged system. >> reporter: investigators say this crack down is just the tip of the iceberg. they will continue to look into this question and talk to lawmakers about really cracking down on those bad actors who drive up ticket prices. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >>> they said try,

adele. christie made no sec cleft love of bruce springsteen admits to singing along hello while traveling to campaign events much to the delight i am sure of >> on brand. the late david bowie turning down request to the duet of cold play because he didn't think the song was this good according to the been a member and despite being shot down. that guy champion who is in cold play respects the fact that bow buy would not put his name on anything. so it is a cool story. >> yeah. >> abc lie. delikable. >> very likeablele. >> okay. call is the listen cage of the short order cook. >> we have three for three. >> three rippers? is that what he is calling for i never heard of that one before. he will translate lingo for us. >> a winter storm could be head org way. you want to check out the fox 5 weather app to track it if you don't have it yet. get etherred headline and storm alerts to download today. search fox 5 and dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. find your sw

to protest a candidate using his or her songs on the stump. remember bruce springsteen getting mad at chris christie, adele, saying this isn't happening. reince priebus on this. he's asked to take a position. i don't care about the trump thing. the adele thing, where do you stand on this? >> neil, i was general counsel of the rnc before being chairman and the copyright stuff comes up i think every campaign so it's actually more common than people realize. it happens all the time. >> wait a minute. so you are saying governor huckabee has to stop doing this? >> no, i'm not. i'm just saying these controversies over music and videos and campaign stops are very common. >> but this is adele. do you like adele? do you like her music? i love her music. >> i like her music. i don't think anyone -- i don't know too many people who don't like her music. i think it's more of a compliment that the governor wants to use her music and her song to make his case. >> that's what i was saying. she needs to sell albums. i mean, hello, here's a way to sell quite a few in iowa. >> right. >> if she's not going to listen to me, that's her business. >> right.

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