Entries tagged with: Live Nation
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Ticketmaster / Live Nation merger scrutinized
"Regulators in the United Kingdom and United States appear likely to impose conditions on the merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. now that British authorities came out against the deal yesterday." [AP]...
Posted on October 11, 2009 4:27 PM
Why was the Lady Gaga & Kanye West tour canceled?
"Fame Kills canned by Live Nation because tickets were not selling" -thehausofgaga "@gagadaily creative differences!!!" - Laurieann Gibson "Lady Gaga/Kanye West tour canceled due to "creative differences" (via Laurie Ann Gibson)" - thehouseofgaga "Lady Gaga still appearing on SNL tomorrow...
Posted on October 2, 2009 2:06 PM
Live Nation's 'No Fee Wednesday' expands to clubs today
Live Nation is running its weekly "No Fee Wednesday" promotion today, but for the first time it also includes clubs. For NYC that means Roseland Ballroom, Irving Plaza, and The Gramercy Theatre, in addition to Jones Beach and PNC Bank...
Posted on August 5, 2009 10:08 AM
Live Nation selling tickets for cheap, and giving them away (sometimes dressed as santas outside Irving Plaza)
Live Nation santas outside Irving Plaza - 7/14/2009 (Jason DeCrow/AP Images) Live Nation has been dealing with the recession, or at least their recession, by putting tickets on sale like crazy this summer. They've been continuing week after week with...
Posted on July 16, 2009 10:16 AM
Live Nation expands No Service Fee Wednesday (today)
"Live Nation announced that it is expanding its "No Service Fee" program to every single available ticket in each of its amphitheaters this Wednesday, June 10th, for 24 hours only, exclusively at LiveNation.com. Last week's debut of "No Service Fee...
Posted on June 10, 2009 8:51 AM
Live Nation dropping fees on lawn tickets Wednesday
Today, Live Nation announced that it's dropping service fees on more than five million lawn tickets and hundreds of concerts, helping add value and save money for fans throughout North America. The 24 hour event makes June 3rd the biggest...
Posted on June 1, 2009 9:50 AM
Barry Diller on Ticketmaster charges & Live Nation merger
"Barry Diller is currently the Chairman of Expedia and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp, an interactive commerce conglomerate and the parent of companies including ServiceMagic, Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Match.com, Citysearch, LendingTree and Connected Ventures, home of...
Posted on May 1, 2009 10:53 AM
Live Nation trying to get rid of the Gramercy Theatre?
"Live Nation is hoping to dump the lease for the Gramercy (Blender) Theater on 23rd Street, just a few years after completing a hefty renovation of the space. The 600 seat space is a choice of last resort for most...
Posted on May 1, 2009 8:35 AM
Bay Stage at Jones Beach opening in June
"Live Nation is planning to open the area's largest general admission venue this summer as part of its Nikon at Jones Beach Theater complex, with Long Island's own Taking Back Sunday set to christen the new stage. The Bay Stage,...
Posted on May 1, 2009 8:02 AM
Trent Reznor: thoughts on ticket re-sellers / scalping
NIN @ the 2009 Virgin Fest (more by Bao Nguyen) A letter from Trent below......
Posted on March 16, 2009 7:52 AM
Bono, Billy Corgan, No Doubt, Bob Lefsetz, AEG, others chime in on Live Nation & Ticketmaster
"Yeah, we're getting really good at mergers and acquisitions at this point, so we've had a lot of companies that we've acquired and had to integrate. But we're working on our ability to do this much quicker. We have...
Posted on March 11, 2009 3:37 PM
Gramercy Theatre losing the "Blender"?
Opened in 1937 as the Gramercy Park Theatre, a name it kept into at least the early 1950's. The Gramercy Theatre was recently used for the Museum of Modern Art's films. It was also the location shoot used in the...
Posted on March 9, 2009 1:31 PM
What happened at the Ticketmaster/Live Nation hearing?
As pointed out this morning, there was a hearing on Captiol Hill today to discuss the Live Nation / Ticketmaster merger. Jim DeRogatis tuned in:All of the senators voiced strong skepticism about the merger--including traditional foes Orrin Hatch (R-UT,...
Posted on February 24, 2009 7:21 PM
NJ settles w/ Ticketmaster, Live Nation hearing today
"Ticketmaster faces a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday about its plan to merge with Live Nation, but at least the company managed to resolve its conflict with the state of New Jersey just before the hearing takes place. Bruce Springsteen's...
Posted on February 24, 2009 10:06 AM
head of AEG Live On the concert business (Live Nation, etc)
FORBES: Then what are the challenges for the next five to 10 years? AEG's Randy Phillips: In 2009 and 2010, our biggest challenge is the economy. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I put two tours on this...
Posted on February 10, 2009 3:55 PM
Live Nation officially to buy Ticketmaster!, faces scrutiny
The world's largest concert promoter Live Nation Inc plans to buy Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc for about $400 million in stock in a bid to create a company with dominant holdings in concert promotion and ticket sales. But shares of both...
Posted on February 10, 2009 12:22 PM
Tom Morello, the NY Times & Chuck Schumer weigh in on Live Nation & Ticketmaster, more angry fans come forward
If the prospect of a single company mounting a Guns n' Madonna tour worries you, it also concerns some in the business. Via e-mail, Tom Morello, the guitarist in Rage Against the Machine, told me that a Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger...
Posted on February 9, 2009 10:22 AM
Bruce Springsteen Ticketmaster controversy! letters from the Boss, a congressman & CEO + Live Nation, TicketsNow
alternate headline: Bruce Springsteen fans more mad at Ticketmaster than Phish fans were at Live Nation... You may have noticed that sometimes when you try to buy a ticket at Ticketmaster, you are instead redirected to TicketsNow which is a...
Posted on February 5, 2009 11:13 AM
Ticketmaster also considering merge with AEG
"Ticketmaster Entertainment, the ticket-selling giant, is in talks with Live Nation and the Anschutz Entertainment Group [AEG] over a potential merger with either music promoter, people briefed on the talks said Tuesday night." [NY Times]...
Posted on February 4, 2009 3:20 PM
"Ticketmaster, Live Nation Near Merger" !?
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. are close to a merger, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would consolidate two of the most powerful forces in the music industry under one roof. The combined company...
Posted on February 4, 2009 2:00 AM
Phish too big for LiveNation.com to handle
"Former Live Nation executive Michael Cohl made news last week when according to Pollstar, he reportedly sold about forty percent of his shares in the company worth an estimated $1.73 million. The move comes after a $19 million loss Live...
Posted on January 30, 2009 10:42 AM
Live Nation officially selling tickets without Ticketmaster
"Live Nation Ticketing is live. The bulk of the world's largest promoter's 10-year contract with Ticketmaster has expired and the company has now launched its in-house ticketing company. "Anytime you have a major rollout, you hold your breath and hope...
Posted on January 14, 2009 7:05 PM
Asbury Park's boardwalk & Wonder Bar (a Live Nation venue)
Yes, it is something of a bummer. Three or four decades of stops and starts -- mostly stops -- in this legendarily faded and ill-starred stretch of the Jersey Shore and finally, finally, things seem to reach a critical mass....
Posted on November 19, 2008 2:36 PM
Live Nation making ticketing deals w/ venues like Roseland
My Bloody Valentine @ Roseland Ballroom (more) Live Nation, the Los Angeles-based concert promoter that's moving into everything from recordings to merchandise, has signed up its latest ticketing partner, the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Live Nation's first big...
Posted on October 16, 2008 9:04 AM
Live Nation selling $10 tickets to Motorhead, Bad Brains, Of Montreal, GZA, VOD, Killing Joke and lots more!
Live Nation is running a back to school special. Tickets to many shows at Roseland Ballroom, Hammerstein Ballroom, Fillmore Irving Plaza, Blender Gramercy Theatre & Warsaw, are now only $10 at LiveNation.com. That includes Bad Brains, Motorhead, Of Montreal,...
Posted on September 10, 2008 2:57 PM
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