by Metal Insider | Sep 17, 2009 | Ticketing
Live Nation has expanded its “no fees” agenda with the ambitious “Club Passport”, and unlimited pass to select clubs in select cities through the rest of the year for $49.99. The first thing that popped into our heads, of course, was to look...
by Metal Insider | Sep 1, 2009 | Shady Business, Ticketing
The Wall Street Journal published a pretty damning article last week about Ticketmaster and its CEO Irving Azoff, revealing an allegedly attempted plan to pass premium tickets directly to ticket brokers (scalpers) in exchange for a percentage of the profits. The deal,...
by Metal Insider | Aug 19, 2009 | Ticketing
This isn’t really metal related, but hey, we rag on Ticketmaster as much as the next site, and this is a pretty ridiculous story. Apparently they are still selling the unsold tickets to Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle’s perfect game. From back in...
by Metal Insider | Jul 28, 2009 | Ticketing
The train is starting to pull out of the station for Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s proposed merger, a venture which is expected to be closely scrutinized by the Justice Department, according to the chair of a Senate antitrust subcommittee and 50 members of the...
by Metal Insider | Jul 22, 2009 | Ticketing
Live Nation’s special deal Wednesdays continue, this time dropping the successful “No Fee” offer in exchange for a buy one get one free deal. Just on the (originally priced at $30) lawn seats. With the fees back in. It’s interesting that Live...
by Metal Insider | Jun 16, 2009 | Ticketing
Not to my surprise, Ticketmaster’s experiment with mandatitorily introducing “paperless tickets” on a major tour might not be going so well.