Andrea Bocelli: A Top Event of a Different Tenor
By Stacey Willets In the mood for Italian? Andrea Bocelli, the opera talent from Tuscany, adds some flavor to this week’s TicketNews exclusive weekly Top Tens. Bocelli may not…
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TickEx Reaches 8 Million Tickets
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen TickEx.com, Britain’s fast-growing vertical search engine for event tickets, has an available inventory of tickets for sale in the US and UK that has…
Dillinger Escape Plan Postpones Tour
By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner A broken foot incurred during a video shoot by Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman has forced the band to postpone their upcoming tour….
Sinead O’Connor Returns
By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner Controversial Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor, infamous for tearing a picture of Pope John Paul II in half during a ”Saturday Night Live” episode in…
Ticketmaster Faces Down RMG Technologies
By Alfred Branch, Jr. A court hearing slated for Oct. 1 in Los Angeles involving Ticketmaster and RMG Technologies is shaping up to potentially have far-reaching ramifications on the ticketing…
Pocono Raceway Speeds Over to New Era
By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner New Era Tickets, the full-service ticketing subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor, has been selected by Pocono Raceway, the super speedway in Long Pond, PA, as its…
UPS Workers Charged With Stealing Tickets
Tuscaloosa, AL police arrested three UPS workers Wednesday and charged them with stealing University of Alabama football tickets and selling them to a ticket broker, reports DatelineAlabama.com. The packages were…
Chaka Khan: Funk This
By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner Chaka Khan this week released her first album of new studio music in over 10 years, and the musical legend will embark on a…
The Cult to Headline Jagermeister Tour
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen The fall 2007 installment of the hugely popular Jagermeister Music Tour will take a totally new turn with headliners The Cult, who are back…
Olympic Officials Keeping Close Eye on Ticket Reselling Business
VANCOUVER – People snapping up Olympic tickets and reselling them at several times their face value is an issue being closely watched by international Olympic officials, the head of the…