Sebber wrote
Hold on a second though, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to dis Bieber that don't make the disser "look like a homophobic, woman-hating advocate of murdering kids": his pitching up 2 hours late for one of the London shows (10pm on a school night), his behaviour and outburst(s) in front of the press, illegally trafficking a pet monkey across international borders... add to that the fact that the whole Bieber industry is a cynical marketing ploy to extract pocket money from kids...
All big name acts have a marketing team that seeks to separate somebody from their money in return for CDs, concert tickets and various bits and bobs.
Indeed, there's more of it than ever. I see artist after artist having golden circles, premier booking, club membership etc etc. Even relatively purist, low-profile acts (like somebody surnamed "Thompson") are doing this now because you need to do that to make money because other revenue streams are not as remunerative as they once were. You can buy a regular show ticket or you can buy a package("premium" or "gold" or whatever) that gets you a meet and greet afterwards, a signed souvenir blah blah blah.
The Stones have been at it for years. No! For
decades. In the early 70s they were under fire in the USA for systematically and unashamedly squeezing every last drop of blood from the stone.
