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Tickets for upcoming concerts from Lady GaGa, as well as tickets for upcoming shows from the Kings of Leon, are on sale throughout the weekend ending March 22 as compiled by TicketNews.

This weekend's onsales kick off with tickets to the popular Lady GaGa North American tour. One of the most successful artists of the last year, GaGa has concert dates on sale throughout the weekend. Among the major markets with shows on sale are Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, and Vancouver.   Full Story...

Only time will tell whether the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger will end up being fair to promoters, venues and ticketing companies, and in the meantime the live entertainment industry should look toward innovation to stay competitive, Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney reportedly told a crowd of concert professionals and others at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference Thursday.

Varney and the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spearheaded the year-long review of the merger, and the DOJ ended up approving the deal with conditions, such as requiring that Ticketmaster sell its Paciolan ticketing division to rival Comcast-Spectacor, operators of New Era Tickets.  Full Story...

Phish dominated the live music scene for most of 2009 with a much-hyped reunion spectacular and sold-out tour legs stretching from early spring through the year's end. Now the iconic jam band has revealed a new slate of shows -- along with some old ticketing restrictions -- that will put them back on the road for summer 2010.

The 29-date itinerary opens with a June 11 event at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL, and stretches over the next two months with only a few weeks off in July. The Phish caravan will visit 18 concert markets during the jaunt, which closes with an August 17-18 block at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY.  Full Story...

The Arizona state legislature will abandon plans to help subsidize construction of a new Chicago Cubs spring training facility through a rental car tax, but legislators will continue their efforts to impose a ticket surcharge on all spring training games in order to help the Cubs build their new field.

The original bill, HB 2736, included proposals for both a $1 car rental tax and an eight percent ticket surcharge for all games in Arizona’s Cactus League, where 15 major league teams hold spring training each year.  Full Story...