Buy a ticket, get a free iTunes song

Ticketmaster has announced this morning that for every concert ticket purchased at ticketmaster.com, you will receive a free iTunes song. Guess that helps with the very high fees that TM charges per ticket. They will also offer iTunes customers who purchase selected artists' songs the chance to buy concert tickets ahead of everyone else. I wonder if this will still be after the online scalpers get their tickets?

"By providing direct links to iTunes, the world's most popular online music and video store, we're giving iTunes and Ticketmaster customers the opportunity to buy concert tickets, and explore and purchase great music," said Sean Moriarty, president and CEO of Ticketmaster. "We're thrilled to be working with iTunes to offer concert-goers even more ways to connect with their favorite artists."

"Our exclusive digital album pre-orders have been extremely popular with iTunes customers," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "We're thrilled to be teaming up with Ticketmaster again to give music fans free music and the ability to buy concert tickets on Ticketmaster.com before they go on sale to the general public."