Scalping law faces Scrutiny
By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | October 26, 2006 Two key Massachusetts lawmakers said yesterday that the state’s antiscalping law isn’t working and needs to be revamped, possibly by legalizing…
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Gwen Stefani’s ‘Sweet Escape’ set for December
Live Daily Reports Gwen Stefani’s second solo album, “The Sweet Escape,” will hit stores on Dec. 5, and she’ll take to the road next year to support the set. The…
Morrissey One North American Tour Date
Morrissey will play his only North American date of the year November 21 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Tickets for the show at the 4,500-capacity venue go on sale…
Ticket Prices Climb, But No More Lines
By Mike Dodd USA TODAY Many fans share season tickets or own partial plans, so officials say it’s not a particularly exclusive club. “I consider them the general public as…
Scream Tour Launches Fifth Annual Event
This year’s tour, the fifth annual for the event, is headlined by Omarion and Ne-Yo and also features rappers Mario, Pretty Ricky, Sammie, Usher’s new group One Chance and Yung…
Exactly how much are Celine Tickets?
By Christine Paluf Celine Dion’s performances at the specially built Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, have been regular sell outs since it began in 2003. Ticketmaster offers four seating…
Multibillion-dollar industry pressures states to loosen restrictions on resales
by Bruce Mohl Boston Globe Staff Reports: Many states are doing away with their antiscalping laws, prodded by powerful teams and corporations eager to get a piece of the multibillion-dollar…
More than two dozen arrested for ticket scalping in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — About two dozen people have been arrested for ticket scalping in Detroit since the baseball playoffs began, police say. It’s legal to sell tickets above face value…
MySpace Announces Largest Philanthropic Program with Darfur Campaign
“The crisis in Darfur is a global concern and as a global community we have a responsibility to take action,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace. “MySpace’s reach gives us…
Crowding Out Ticketmaster
By Elliot Stern Most of us grew up in an era when there were two ways to buy tickets to concerts or other theatrical events. You could either go down…