Controls on Tickets for Boss

Tickets for a second Bruce Springsteen-Bonnie Raitt-Jackson Browne benefit concert at the Shrine Auditorium will go on sale Saturday under a “restricted” system that concert sponsors hope will make it harder for scalpers to get tickets.

Proceeds from the 8 p.m. performance on Nov. 17 will benefit the Washington-based Christic Institute, an interfaith nonprofit center for law and public policy.

Tom Campbell, director of Avocado Productions, said his office received complaints about ticket scalping last month when seating for the Nov. 16 date at the Shrine sold out in 45 minutes. At that time, tickets were sold at the Shrine box office, 80 Ticketron locations and also by phone.

Tickets for the second concert--priced at $25, $50 and $100--will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday exclusively at Tower Records’ Ticketron outlets in Anaheim, Brea, El Toro, Hollywood, Lakewood, Northridge, Panorama City, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, West Covina and Westwood. A strict 4-ticket limit will be enforced.

This time, no tickets will be available at the Shrine Auditorium box office and no phone orders will be taken. Priority number wristbands--200 per outlet--will be distributed randomly at 8 a.m. No one will be allowed to line up at any Tower Ticketron location before 7 a.m. Extra security will be at all locations to monitor sales and to make sure that no favoritism is shown and that the tickets go to people in line, Campbell said.