According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield says that the band is frustrated with the current state of ticket scalping — or the more legitimate "secondary market" sales — and would like to see more action taken to curb it. Speaking with The Canadian Press, Hetfield remarked: "There's always going to be someone who has an agenda. They're going to scoop up as many as they can. Technology can help for sure. It's hard to believe something more can't be done." Hetfield added in a reference to ticket resellers: "There's legal scalping out there too, which is frustrating. 'Hey, wow, we just sold 10,000 tickets — and where did they go? To one place? Interesting.'" METALLICA has just released its tenth album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", and plans to spend the next two years touring the world, so ticket scalping will be an issue. Hetfield said about the problem: "We're aware of it and doing what we can. At the end of the day, the fans get screwed and we get screwed. It shouldn't happen. I would just say, 'Fans, beware. Be smart about it.'" Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that the business side of touring has gotten harder for the acts too. "For some reason, touring is really difficult, and that was the answer to, you know, 'everyone just download, you'll make your money on tour!'" he said. "And now, well, guess what, you don't. Groups are gonna, they have to join together as packages to go out, and it's a struggle, and I'm really grateful that I'm not a band starting out right now. It'd be very difficult." "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" went to No. 1 in 57 countries around the world after it was released on November 18. METALLICA plans to tour extensively behind the new disc starting in early 2017.
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