Tickets Canceled for the Barbra Concert

Despite Barbra Streisand's last two 'farewell' concerts, last month the actress turned singer announced that she will be going on tour again, to raise money and awareness to various environmental and social issues.

The star's national tour has been causing problems ever since it was in its initial planning phase. First, the fans who paid a lot of money for the so-called 'farewell' performances felt cheated and asked to have their money refunded. Word has it that they were even thinking to boycott Barbra's next gig.

Eventually, things settled down and the organizers started scheduling the event meant to bring a lot of money to charitable institutions. But yesterday, Ticketmaster released a 'ticket warning', saying that more than 1,000 people will find themselves in the position of holding a ticket in their hand and not being allowed entrance at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

It turns out that a great number of tickets have been purchased using stolen or false credit card information and then sold to 'unknowing consumer victims'. While no details about the persons who committed the crime in the first place were released, the warning goes to all those unlucky persons who got their tickets from the resale websites.

'Fans who have purchased or who are considering purchasing Barbra Streisand tickets on those sites are not guaranteed admittance to the venue. The "buyers beware" adage applies here more than ever', Streisand's publicist said in a statement. He then added: 'With the Streisand tour the unusually high number of incidents of fraud has prompted us to issue this specific warning'.

Nevertheless, both the performer's people and the organizers of the concert sent a word of advice to all those who fell victims to the ticket fraud. After checking to see whether their tickets are valid or not (on the Ticketmaster official website), they would better contact the sites from where they purchased them or the local authorities for refunds.