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The bill, which was passed by the state senate, would also require the original price to be displayed on resale tickets, and ban delivery fees on electronic and print-at-home tickets.

“They strive to put fans first, and that the people [they] care most about are the fans,” Oliver said about Ticketmaster. “And yet, as anyone who has ever bought from them knows, that’s generally not the feeling you get when you’re dealing with them.”

With promising early data from Pfizer on their coronavirus vaccine trial, the live music industry is looking forward towards how the existence of a COVID vaccine would allow events to be held again.

”While we cannot guarantee all event organizers will offer refunds on their rescheduled events, we anticipate the vast majority will make a refund window available once new dates have been determined,” Ticketmaster writes.

”This is a bittersweet moment for us,” Capitol Theatre says about the change.

Shows with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Korn, Alice Cooper, Wiz Khalifa, Beck, Jimmy Eat World, Gojira, Behemoth, and more are also included in the promotion.

It was already reported earlier this year that Madison Square Garden has begun using facial recognition technology for security reasons. Now, it appears that Ticketmaster and Live Nation may want to use the tech for ticketing too...

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.

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.

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...