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Ticketmaster & SeatGeek pledge to switch to "all-in" pricing following "junk fees" outrage
Livenation, Ticketmaster and SeatGeek all committed to show ”all-in” pricing up front at a White House roundtable meeting on ”junk fees.”
From Cure tickets to turtles, 20 amazing things Robert Smith recently tweeted
Yesterday was World Goth Day, today is World Turtle Day, and we know just the guy to tie these things together.
Paramore's Hayley Williams says Ticketmaster "needs to get their shit together"
Paramore also covered The Cranberries’ ”Dreams” at their tour-opening Dublin show.
Neil Young talks Ticketmaster fees & The Cure's ticket issues: "CONCERT TOURS are no longer fun"
”Artists have to worry about ripped off fans blaming them for Ticketmaster add-ons and scalpers,” Neil writes.
Robert Smith gets Ticketmaster to lower service fees for Cure tickets
”Ticketmaster have agreed with us that many of the fees being charged are unduly high,” Robert Smith told fans today, getting the ticketing giant to lower service fees on some tickets and offer (small) refunds…
The Cure's Robert Smith comments on Ticketmaster services fees: "I am as sickened as you"
“TO BE VERY CLEAR: THE ARTIST HAS NO WAY TO LIMIT THEM,“ Robert Smith says of Ticketmaster service fees which in some cases appeared to be more than the tickets themselves.
Long-running Bruce Springsteen fanzine shuttering following $5000 ticket controversy
”Six months after the onsales, we still faced this three-part predicament: These are concerts that we can hardly afford; that many of our readers cannot afford; and that a good portion of our readership has lost interest in as a result.”
Barclays Center reportedly dropped SeatGeek as ticket seller due to "recurring tech issues"
Less than a year into a seven-year contract, Barclays Center dropped SeatGeek as a ticket seller and went back to using Ticketmaster, who was just called a ”monopoly” in a high profile Senate hearing.
Taylor Swift releases statement about "excruciating" ticketing fiasco
”It’s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets,” Taylor writes, ”but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them.”
Bruce Springsteen talks Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing & $5000 tickets
”Ticket buying has gotten very confusing, not just for the fans, but for the artists also,” Bruce said in a new interview. ”And the bottom line is that most of our tickets are totally affordable.”