Bruce Springsteen's latest album features songs about life on the streets. But you won't find a song about this: 100 homeless people who camped out for tickets to his concert.
The homeless were shuttled to nine locations around Austin Friday night to buy the $30 tickets for companies that resold them for as much as $400. The homeless people were offered as much as $50 each to stay in line overnight and buy the tickets in the morning."I think it's wrong because I don't think the homeless people understand how bad they're being used," attorney Steve Boney, who waited for tickets Friday, told the Austin-American Statesman.
Jay Hill, who works for Ticket City, said his company paid about five homeless people to stand in line for tickets. "It's free enterprise. That's what America is based on," he said.