Concert Promoters Replacing Paper Tickets With Smart-Chip Wristbands

Live Nation, the world's largest concert promoter, is on the case of paper tickets. The firm has been trialling smart-chip wristbands in an attempt to cut down on ticket fraud, and it is expected that the promoter will roll out the scheme at British festivals this summer.

Although this can only be good for gig-goers--a twelfth of them in the U.K. claim to have fallen victim to ticketing scams, according to a government report--don't expect environmentalists to be particularly chipper about...