Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, home base for the LA Philharmonic (Photo: Monica Volpin) Ticketing scams and glitches remain a serious concern for concertgoers, particularly given the difficulties many experience attempting to […]
Photo Credit: Apollo Victoria Theatre in London by The Lud StubHub announces a partnership with ATG Entertainment, making StubHub the official resale ticket partner for 16 ATG venues across the United States. Fans will be […]
The Baroeg, a Rotterdam venue and Stager client. Photo Credit: Emvee On the heels of a partnership announcement involving Amsterdam-headquartered Eventix (now Weeztix) and Spotify, Rotterdam’s Stager has scored an integration deal of its own. […]
Photo Credit: Josh Hild The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is praising a proposed bill in California that would ban the practice of speculative ticketing—selling tickets that aren’t actually in hand. The bill was introduced […]
Photo Credit: StubHub Secondary ticketing marketplace StubHub has filed paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO) to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ‘STUB.’ In the prospectus paperwork […]
Photo Credit: Beyoncé by Raph PH / CC by 2.0 Tickets for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour are going on sale, triggering a frenzy on Ticketmaster that could be on par with that of Oasis’ reunion […]
Photo Credit: US Senator Richard Blumenthal Senator Blumenthal hosted a press event at an independent venue to formally demand FTC action to address deceptive ticketing practices. Senator Richard Blumenthal hosted a press event at Hartford, […]
The entrance of Jimmy Woo, one of the Amsterdam nightclubs currently using Celebratix. Photo Credit: Paul2 Blockchain-powered “smart ticketing” startup Celebratix has secured $1.15 million (€1.1 million) in fresh funding and disclosed aggressive expansion plans. […]
PRS for Music CEO Andrea Czapary Martin, whose society is suing Live Nation. Photo Credit: PRS PRS for Music is suing Live Nation over the promoter’s alleged failure to properly account for and make payments […]
From left, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan and Diplo are among the more than 280 musicians who signed a letter to senators in support of concert ticketing reforms. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Leon Bennett/Getty […]
From left, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan and Diplo are among the more than 280 musicians who signed a letter to senators in support of concert ticketing reforms. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Leon Bennett/Getty […]
This week, hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift fans around the UK, Ireland and Europe have been desperately trying to get tickets to the Eras tour, which kicks off in Paris in May 2024. When […]
Photo Credit: Fix the Tix Coalition 30+ Music industry organizations urge ticketing reform to replace ‘nightmare fans and artists currently navigate’ with the Fix the Tix plan. Fix the Tix, a coalition of more than […]
Photo Credit: lorimcm Zach Bryan and AEG potentially face millions in fines for alleged violations of Virginia’s Ticket Resale Rights Act. Country singer Zach Bryan and event organizer AEG could face as much as $100 […]
Amid continued controversy over the business practices and alleged market dominance of Live Nation’s Ticketmaster, lawmakers have formally introduced legislation (the “Unlock Ticketing Markets Act”) that they say would “help restore competition to live event […]
Photo Credit: DimzQuitz / CC by 4.0 Ticketmaster prepares to scale up its experimental NFT-gated ticketing concept after a successful run with Avenged Sevenfold. Ticketmaster announced that its Ethereum NFT token-gating feature is now live […]
Photo Credit: Luke Harold / CC by 1.0 Former Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff had harsh words for secondary ticketing companies during a recent music business panel. The panel was called ‘Ticketing Real Talk’ and was […]
As it grapples with a Justice Department investigation – and all manner of criticism from lawmakers – Live Nation is officially calling for the passage of a “FAIR Ticketing Act.” The publicly traded promoter just […]
Photo Credit: Jezael Melgoza Ticketmaster has apologized to Bad Bunny fans who were turned away from the concert in Mexico City. According to Ticketmaster, an ‘unprecedented‘ number of fake tickets were scanned at the event. […]
Photo Credit: Rachel Coyne Two Senators have written to the FTC to inquire about what is being done about ticketing bots and insane reseller prices online for popular concerts. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard […]