Tickets to One Direction's 2013 North American tour are among the onsales for the weekend ending April 23 as compiled by TicketNews®.

Formed in 2010 for the British singing competition "X Factor," One Direction has been mentored on their journey to stardom by Simon Cowell. The band has shot to the top of the U.K. and U.S. charts with their debut U.S. album reaching No. 1 of the Billboard 200 in its first week. Concert stops in Miami, FL; Washington D.C.; Chicago, IL; Nashville, TN; and Toronto, ON are on sale this weekend.

Among the issues mentioned in argument against proposed paperless ticketing legislation in Connecticut has been that rocker Bruce Springsteen might skip playing in the Constitution State if such a bill were passed.

Springsteen's possible reluctance to play in Connecticut on his next tour was floated to WTNH-TV by both state Sen. Paul Doyle, co-chairman of the General Assembly's General Law Committee, and Charles Buckland IV, president of the Connecticut chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), but whether the artist's camp actually said it is unknown.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently began mailing out refund forms to Bruce Springsteen fans who were part of a settlement the agency reached with Ticketmaster over the company allegedly practicing "deceptive bait-and-switch tactics."

When the settlement was reached in February of this year, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement that while Ticketmaster was not admitting to any wrongdoing, the company had misled ticket buyers when it redirected fans to its secondary ticket sales Web site TicketsNow to buy more expensive Bruce Springsteen tickets.

Stressing that the agreement will usher in a new era of transparency in the secondary ticket industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced it reached a settlement with Ticketmaster that will offer refunds to Bruce Springsteen fans who fell for "deceptive bait-and-switch tactics" when they bought tickets from the company's TicketsNow resale subsidiary.

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz made the announcement during a press conference, and he said that in addition to refunds, Ticketmaster has also agreed to alter its business practices to better disclose where tickets are being sold from, and whether tickets are actually in-hand or speculative.

With the conclusion of the World Series, Madison Square Garden (MSG) moved up from last week’s number three to regain the leader position in TicketNews’s exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, November 8. The teams that call MSG home, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, are into their respective seasons, with the Knicks taking number two in this week’s Top Sports Events rankings. This past weekend saw a two-date appearance by the iconic Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (ranking fourth in this week’s Top Concert Events), likely boosting MSG’s numbers for the week. The WWE tour (at number six in Top Sports this week) arrives at the venue later this month. This week MSG power scored a very impressive 5.02.