Metallica Fans Obtain Ticket Price Reduction in Israel Using FaceBook

For those still underestimating the power of social networking, here’s a Facebook fact.

Hetfiled & Trujillo firing up the crowds

Metallica’s fans from Israel who haven’t had the chance to see their idols since the tour in 1999 and feared the possibility of losing the upcoming concert of the band due to the high price of the tickets took the matter into their own social hands.

It seems that a real army of headbangers launched a campaign on Facebook to try obtaining a more reasonable ticket price for the concert scheduled for May 22, 2010. And they did succeed! From the actual price of the ticket – way too high – $159, the fans lowered it to around $80.

The power of many, right? – While initially the group included 600 followers, in less than 4 days more than 6,000 users joined the noble cause. To be honest with you, the news makes me glad, especially since I can easily remember the desperate joy at spending the few bucks I could afford back in high-school on my first ticket to a Metallica concert.

Now, I can’t help but wonder what inspiration will be drawn from this?