In the middle of a crackdown on Ed Sheeran tickets purchased on the secondary market for his current tour in the UK – leading to major fan complaints – Ed Sheeran’s management has admitted to selling tickets directly at least one operator in the secondary market on past tours.... Read more
Ed Sheeran is on the defensive as fans have been vocal in their displeasure at the mistreatment they are suffering on the singer’s current tour due to his stringent policy against legally resold and valid tickets. An estimated 10,000 fans have been caught up in the mess, due to... Read more
A new measure proposed by New York City Councilman Justin Brannan would require those selling tickets list fees with the initial price, rather than deep into the transaction, as so often practiced by the industry, according to a story in the Daily News. Brannan, a democrat representing Brooklyn, introduced... Read more
This opinion piece about the monopolistic industry practices of Live Nation Entertainment was written by Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) and published in the Los Angeles Times. When President Obama was deciding in 2009 whether to approve a merger between the world’s largest concert promoter, Live Nation, and the... Read more
As has been the case at every location that Lin Manuel Miranda’s hip hop/history tour de force Hamilton has set up shop, the performance saw major demand as it went on sale in Atlanta last month. Fans hoping to score tickets were met with long delays as the system queued... Read more
According to posts on social media, fans who paid hundreds of dollars to see the first night of U2’s two-night stand at the Forum in Inglewood sat in traffic for over an hour and then were turned away being told that the parking lots were full. There was some... Read more
In the wake of Monday’s report by the United States Government Accountability Office on the ticketing ecosystem, David Dayen published a scathing piece in The New Republic on the findings of the report Tuesday. Titled The Ticket Monopoly is Worse Than Ever (Thanks, Obama), Dayen’s piece argues that the... Read more
Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison, 36, was found dead Thursday near South Queensberry, Scotland around 8:30 p.m. local time, Edinburgh Police confirmed in a statement provided to NPR. The singer, known for writing rock songs that dealt with depression and anxiety, sent out a slew of cryptic tweets Tuesday... Read more
Not content to own all the data about the public’s concert and sporting preferences as well as whatever can be scraped from user social media by opt-ins to its Verified Fan system, Live Nation Entertainment is reportedly going to start compiling data on users’ faces. As part of last... Read more
With its first show set for Tuesday evening at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona, Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour has officially reached crunch time for ticket sales. In a last-ditch effort to fill the house, all resale tickets for her first leg of the tour have been removed... Read more