Ticketmaster
"Scalping Battle Putting 'Fans' in the Middle"
“This week a new nonprofit group, the Fans First Coalition, announced itself with a mission of protecting ordinary consumers from predatory ticket scalpers…
Ticketmaster builder building something new
“Mr. Rosen, 67, is the godfather of the $18-billion-a-year tickets business. Go to almost any big-name concert — or to a Dodgers game or to a Broadway show — and the odds are that you will pay dearly for his legacy…
LCD Soundsystem sell out MSG instantly, crash websites
“wow i really dont think iever seen a msg show sell out so fast” – Bao Nguyen
“I’ve also NEVER seen TM so sluggish! – Klaus Kinski
“Is it true Mubarak stepped down just for a sec to try to go on Ticketmaster to get tickets to see @lcdsoundsystem at MSG…
Guided by Voices giving NYE show refunds to those under 21
Did you get your Guided by Voices New Years Eve tickets? If so, you probably got this email from Ticketmater:Attention ticket holder!
We just learned that fans must be 21 years or older to attend this event, valid photo ID required at the gate:
Guided by Voices
Irving Plaza
Friday, December 31 with doors opening at 8PM
If you’re 21 years or older no worries, your original tickets are still good…
"Gov. Paterson reenacts 1920s ticket scalping law, serving notice to StubHub, Ticketmaster and others"
” Gov. Paterson is going nuclear in the political fight over New York’s now-expired ticket scalping law. The state’s 2007 scalping law, which removed price caps on the resale of tickets, expired Saturday…
"Wiseguys Tickets charged with hacking into Ticketmaster, LiveNation to illegally grab best seats"
“It’s disgraceful that this situation went on for as long as it did, depriving fans of seeing performers whom they support,” said Camille DeSantis, a New Yorker still steaming she was shut out of an online sale of Ringo Starr tickets at Radio City Music Hall…
Ticketmaster has to pay refunds to Bruce Springsteen fans, loses Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion to Ticketfly
The Boss @ Izod Center in May (more by Tim Griffin)The Federal Trade Commission has settled with Ticketmaster over complaints that Ticketmaster used deceptive tactics to steer Bruce Springsteen fans to expensive scalped tickets last year…
Ticketmaster-Live Nation approved, but with changes...
The U.S. Justice Department approved Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc.’s merger with Live Nation Inc., while imposing conditions on their plan to create a new music- industry power…
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…
Sunday NY Times article on scalpers
Once infamous — and in many places illegal — the reselling of tickets for profit has gone mainstream. Accelerated by the Internet and changes in state laws across the country, it is now a multibillion-dollar business serving consumers who want that last-minute ticket to Taylor Swift or “Wicked…