{"id":87016,"date":"2018-05-03T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-thought-i-was-buying-tickets-for-aretha-franklin-and-stevie-wonder-but-it-was-a-tribute-act\/"},"modified":"2018-05-03T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T07:03:29","slug":"i-thought-i-was-buying-tickets-for-aretha-franklin-and-stevie-wonder-but-it-was-a-tribute-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-thought-i-was-buying-tickets-for-aretha-franklin-and-stevie-wonder-but-it-was-a-tribute-act\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought I was buying tickets for Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder \u2013 but it was a tribute act"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nViagogo didn\u2019t make this clear, while Live Nation and Ticketmaster didI paid \u00a3287.46 for a ticket to see Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin in concert on the Viagogo website. Later, when checking the website of the concert venue, I discovered that it was a tribute performance by other artists. There is no mention of this on Viagogo, whereas other websites, like Live Nation and Ticketmaster, make this clear. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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