bruceNewsImage.jpgHave you been Bosscocked yet? No? Well, if you watched Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl performance, you were Bosscocked when Bruce did his now-famous Slide Into America. If you'd like to relive that experience, the internet would like to see you Bosscocked.

But many Bruce fans who tried to purchase tour tickets when they went on sale Monday morning were Bosscockblocked when Ticketmaster's site went crazy, timing out fans who were near the end of the purchase process, and also sending other customers on a dubious journey to online reseller Tickets Now.

The fans may be pissed, but Bruce, despite what he looks like in that photo to the left, is furious. Seriously, he says so in this open letter to his fans that is currently front and center and above the fold and everything on his site:

We know there was much confusion regarding Ticketmaster and TicketsNow during last Monday's on-sale dates. We were as confused as you were, as we were given no advance notice of the major changes in the Ticketmaster-TicketsNow world. (Bear in mind that we are not clients of any ticketing company, and that all those arrangements are between venues and ticketing companies.)

Last Monday, we were informed that Ticketmaster was redirecting your log-in requests for tickets at face value, to their secondary site TicketsNow, which specializes in up-selling tickets at above face value. They did this even when other seats remained available at face value. We condemn this practice.

The abuse of our fans and our trust by Ticketmaster has made us as furious as it has made many of you. We will continue to do our utmost now and in the future to make sure that these practices are permanently curtailed on our tours.

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