One of the issues for me was their "news updates"...that site was printed on albums and advertised as Meat's official site, and therefore is the place that any new fans will go to to get the latest information. Unfortunately due to the upkeep of that site there will be fans out there who either travelled to shows that they did not know were cancelled, or didn't get tickets to shows because they simply didn't know he was playing. I appreciate it's an American-run site and we have to allow for the time difference (especially back in 2007 when the UK second-leg shows were being confirmed as cancelled by the minute) but surely if you are running the official website then you make sure that info is up there as soon as is humanly possible, because that is the responsibility you accept when you take on the role - a responsibility to the fans and a responsibility to the artist.
Thankfully over the past few years I think fans have got the best tickets and the best news, but sadly not provided by .net
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