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“These unscrupulous speculators and their underhanded tactics have manipulated the marketplace and often leave New Yorkers and visitors alike with little choice but to buy tickets on the secondary market at an exorbitant mark-up,” Governor Cuomo said.

Yesterday (4/24), tickets for the American Football reunion show at NYC’s Webster Hall (10/11) went on a BrooklynVegan presale, and as you may know they sold out insta…

Kate Bush‘s looooong-awaited return to the live stage happens with 22 London shows later this year. They went on sale today, and as you might expect for a legendary artist who hasn’t played live in 35 years, they sold out instantly (less than 15 minutes, to be exact)…

Arcade Fire posted the above picture with the message: “Brooklyn Friday and Saturday! Dress up and come party with us!” Who exactly are they talking to though…

“Shameless scalpers are making big bucks by marking up tickets to a star-studded benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Tickets for the “12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief” at Madison Square Garden — with face values between $150 and $2,500 — are being resold online for as much as $60,000…

Jonathan Coulton and past collaborator/tourmate John Roderick (of The Long Winters) released a Christmas album, One Christmas At A Time, together with ten original Christmas songs by the two musicians (“actually one of them is a Chanukah song, so OK, nine…

Mumford & Sons @ Coachella 2011 (more by David Andrako)We are aware that a number of fans have been left disappointed by recent ticketing issues surrounding the WXRT 40th Anniversary Concert the band are due to perform at on 16th August …

As you may have heard, tickets to Louis CK’s upcoming tour — including the October 24th – 28th dates at the New York City Center — are being sold exclusively through his website, sidestepping big ticketing agencies to keep prices lower and stamp out scalping…

“The new version of his bill targets two areas of the secondary ticket market. First, it makes it a crime to use computer programs that circumvent online security procedures to allow brokers to snap up the best seats before ordinary fans have a chance…

“I think I want to cry and die all the weeknd tickets are sold out” – Tasama TAH-SA-MA Weeknd tickets being scalped via Instagram… Not since…