So far today, I've come across this three times on different social media sites. I don't know where it's from but it feels like it's true. I hope it's true…
Singer Billy Joel was disappointed that the best seats at his concerts were always full of unimpressed rich people.
"The guy's there with the girlfriend…'Okay, Piano Man, entertain me,' and they don't do anything. It was a drag and you'd hear all the kids yelling in the back and you know they didn't get a shot at those tickets," Joel explains.
That is why he decided to create a new policy for those front seats. He now holds the tickets and sends his road crew to the back of the room to bring people from the worst seats to the front rows.
"This way you've got people in the front row that are really happy to be there, real fans," he added.
Assuming it's true, good for Billy Joel. It's especially impressive when you consider what those seats in the front could sell for.