Filed under: Apple Corporate, iTS, iTunes
iTunes Chili Peppers promo angers some fans
Ok, everyone just settle down. A couple of weeks ago, the iTunes Music Store offered a deal to fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Pre-order the new album [iTunes link], and receive a special code that would grant you access to a special Ticketmaster pre-sale for the upcoming tour. The codes were scheduled to be distributed yesterday, May 9 (tickets go on sale to the general public on the 13th), but so far many customers haven't heard a peep from Apple. Call me an optimist, but I'm sure everything will be OK. I know it stinks on ice when it seems you aren't getting what you've been promised, but you've still got three days before John Q. Public can get his mitts on your tickets. Patience, grasshopper.
Of course, if the 13th comes and goes and leaves you ticket-less, then all bets are off.
Thanks, Adam.
It's great to see that when the Peppers (finally) decide to commit to something, they really dive in: iLounge is 
You may
remember the Red Hot Chili Peppers as being among those who were quite opposed to the sale of downloadable music. A
couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to see some of 
Do you remember
when Napster was huge (about ten years ago), and digital file sharing was on everyone's minds? Metallica and The Red Hot
Chili Peppers were sort of leading the anti-p2p charge. Several years later, when the iTunes Music Store demonstrated
that the online distribution of music could be accomplished successfully, the Peppers refused to participate, stating
that (among other things), they didn't like that customers were able to purchase individual tracks, as it interrupted
the flow of the album, or some other artsy thing like that.
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