Are you concerned and/or annoyed by the rising ticket prices of concerts? Then you’ll want to join the upcoming panel discussion about “the evolution of concert ticketing and how ticket prices have grown so expensive for everyday consumers.” Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped will be held on Thursday, November 17 at Drexel University’s Mitchell Auditorium in the Bossone Research Center (3140 Market St.). It will start at 7pm, and is FREE and open to the public. This event is presented by The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the Kal & Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies in partnership with the LeBow College of Business, and will feature industry experts like moderator Tom Moon (author and former Philadelphia Inquirer music columnist), Sean Agnew (concert promoter – founder of R5 Productions and partner in Union Transfer), Josh Baron (co-author of Ticket Masters and editor of Relix), David Cooper (founder of Pearl Jam tour ticketing, ETM, FT&T and Direct to Fan), and Jim McCafferty (Ticketing Director of the The Mann Center). Come join the roast of Ticketbastard and their conspirators (however, we doubt it will be all in good fun)!