San Francisco Giants Cut Ties With Barry Bonds
The Associated Press and Sports Illustrated are reporting that the San Francisco Giants have told slugger Barry Bonds that they…
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So Much For Retirement: 50 Cent to Tour U.K.
Despite cancelling a European promotional trip after being trounced by Kanye West in the chart battle, 50 Cent has sent…
Super Sizing the Secondary Market
By Stacey Willets Ticketmaster created its TicketExchange. eBay acquired StubHub! London-based viagogo appeared stateside. Tickets.com partnered with RazorGator. Now Telecharge.com…
Where did all the tickets go? Welcome to the reality of legalized scalping
Minnesota — Like a whole lot of other tweens, Carole Bidon’s granddaughter loves Disney’s “Hannah Montana.” So when the Inver…
“Young Frankenstein” Bites Theatergoers’ Wallets, But How Much?
By Carol-Ann Rudy A new controversy is budding regarding the latest spoof of a book-cum-movie-cum-remake, Young Frankenstein, previewing October 11…
Living the Life of a Rock Star at Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen Who doesn’t have a fantasy of being a rock and roll star? Since 1997,…
Live Nation Muscles into Secondary Market
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen Live Nation has had a whirlwind summer highlighted by Ticketmaster leaking a memo that…
Brian Setzer Orchestra Set to Rock the Holidays
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen Fresh off the first U.S. Stray Cats tour in 15 years, Brian Setzer is…
No Hannah tickets? Make it a learning experience
It’s a travesty! A scam! Or, maybe, it’s just life in a capitalist society. . . So, you promised your…
Brewers Break Ticket Record
MILWAUKEE – Andrea Bruckbauer grew up watching the Milwaukee Brewers. “I was raised here watching them on TV and at…