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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.”
Jack Antonoff talks concert ticketing issues: "it’s not ’cause of artists"
”Let artists opt out of dynamic pricing. Stop taxing merch, and let artists sell tickets at a price that they actually believe. Don’t turn a live show into a free market,” Jack Antonoff says.
Woodstock 50 ticket on-sale postponed, Michael Lang talks cancellation "rumors"
Michael Lang calls cancellation worries ”just more rumors,” but a talent agent said, ”no one knows what the hell is going on but there is clearly a problem.”
Morrissey's Broadway residency on presale (password here)
Morrissey’s Broadway run is being billed as an ”intimate career-retrospective show covering his early days to his new covers album, California Son.”
Councilman Justin Brannan introducing bill banning hidden concert ticket fees
Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan, who was in Indecision and Most Precious Blood before taking office, will introduce a bill banning hidden fees on tickets to concerts and sporting events…
tix on sale; Daniel Johnston, Spoon, GWAR, Trevor Noah, Grizzly Bear, more
Brand New, Heaven 17, Giraffage, Rich Chigga, Trophy Scars, John Moreland, Kelela, David Bazan, Elvis Perkins, The Soft Moon, Kid Cudi, Helms Alee, and lots more tickets on sale.
Panorama LCD Soundsystem Webster Hall ticket presale crashes Ticketweb
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NY Attorney General looking to crack down on third-party ticket brokers and illegal bots
If you’ve ever struggled to get tickets for a massive event within seconds of it going on sale, you’ve probably suspected this, but NY Daily News is now reporting that NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman confirms, “ticketing is a fixed game…
use CashOrTrade to buy/sell/trade Dead tickets for face
To quote the Dead’s own website:CashorTrade.org is the world’s first, fair trade marketplace where fans ethically buy, sell, and trade tickets for face value…
Grateful Dead tickets being scalped for crazy prices; shows may be streamed nationwide
The Grateful Dead‘s three 50th anniversary shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field (July 3-5) with surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, plus Phish’s Trey Anastasio, RatDog’s Jeff Chimenti and Bruce Hornsby, went on sale to the general public on Saturday (2/28) after the pre-sale already resulted in more than 60,000 people mailing in envelopes requesting tickets (and a total of over 350,000 tickets requested)…
