Ticketmaster

Songkick shutting down; Facebook now scans Bandsintown for events

Songkick “will bow to pressure from Live Nation and Ticketmaster and complete the shutdown of all ticketing operations,“ its founder said in a statement. Facebook is now also officially scanning Bandsintown for concert listings.

Ticketmaster released tons of more free tickets

Last year, it was revealed that Ticketmaster was giving away millions of free tickets to compensate customers, after a $400 million class-action lawsuit that dates back to 1999 was settled. Now another huge batch of free tickets are being given away.

SiriusXM bought a $480 million stake in Pandora

Not only did Eventbrite buy Ticketfly from Pandora, SiriusXM has bought a $480 million stake in Pandora. This gives Sirius XM around 16% ownership of Pandora…

SiriusXM buying Pandora would make Ticketfly and Ticketmaster cousins

Liberty Media-backed SiriusXM is once again in talks to buy Pandora, according to sources at various media outlets

Live Nation selling $20 tix to tons of shows (Deerhunter, Future, Kings of Leon, Dead, Deftones, more)

Live Nation is selling $20 tickets to several shows for one week only, including Kings of Leon/Deerhunter, Future/Young Thug/A$AP Ferg, Dead & Company, Jean-Michel Jarre, Maxwell, Primus/Clutch, Yes, Deftones and more.

lots of NYC shows now available for those free Ticketmaster vouchers

NYC shows you can use those vouchers for include Soul Asylum/English Beat, D Generation, Marduk, The Proclaimers, Mac Sabbath, Tiffany, Midge Ure and more

Ticketmaster posts initial lists of concerts available for free vouchers

No voucher-accepted shows in NYC, but lots of NJ amphitheater shows for acts like Steely Dan, Hall & Oats, and more.

Ticketmaster giving away millions of free tickets as part of lawsuit settlement over service fees

If you’ve thought Ticketmaster’s wide array of service fees and handling charges have been exorbitant over the years, you are not alone. A $400 million class-action lawsuit that dates back to 1999 was settled last month, and Ticketmaster is compensating its customers in the form of free tickets.

Bowery Ballroom & Mercury Lounge now use Ticketfly (and still will when AEG buys Bowery Presents)

Bowery Presents’ venues switched from Ticketweb to its owner Ticketmaster a long time ago, but two of their venues, Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge, will soon switch to Ticketfly, reports Billboard. Ticketfly, which was bought by Pandora last year, is also the ticket seller for SummerStage, Baby’s All Right, The Bell House, Port Chester’s Capitol […]

Ticketmaster finally made it less difficult to tell if a show is sold out or not

Like many of you, we spend an inordinate amount of time on Ticketmaster here at BV, getting ticket links and trying to figure out whether or not a show is sold out…
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