The Cure Cancels Fall Tour, Reschedule for Next Spring
Robert Smith and his fellow members of The Cure cancelled their upcoming fall tour of North America, citing time restraints. The tour was scheduled for September and October and will…
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Telecharge.com Gets Personal with Interactive Ad Campaign
By Stacey Willets TicketNews.com With the ease and convenience of the Internet at nearly everyone’s fingertips, ticket buying is increasingly becoming an online experience. Google “Wicked”, and pages of ticket…
TickEx Launches U.S. Ticket Search Engine
TickEx, a U.K.-based search engine and ticket exchange, launched its U.S. site this week. The site, which refers to itself as the “Google For Tickets,” allows buyers and sellers to…
Vick’s Guilty Plea Does Not Cop to Killing Dogs or Gambling
Star NFL quarterback Michael Vick filed a guilty plea today in his federal dogfighting case, but he didn’t admit to killing dogs or gambling on dogfights, according to reports from…
Venue Review: Bethel Woods Center Thrives at One of Rock’s Most Hallowed Sites
By Chris Licata – TicketNews.com When driving on Route 17 through the town of White Lake, NY, and into Bethel motorists come upon a green, hilly farm area that doesn’t…
Hannah Montana Demand Causes Ticket Sellers’ Dilemma
By Stacey Willets TicketNews.com Business is booming for this week’s TicketNews Top Primary and Secondary Live Event Ticket Sellers. But, as shows like Hannah Montana sell out, which sellers will…
Ticketmaster Halts Live Nation Talks
A long-simmering feud over one of the music industry’s last remaining reliable revenue sources boiled over yesterday, as Ticketmaster, the nation’s dominant ticket seller, halted talks to reach a new…
Falcons Ticket Buyers Ready to Sell
Jeff Schultz On July 6, the same day federal investigators were back in Surry County, Va., digging up Michael Vick’s little yard of horrors, ESPN erroneously reported the Falcons’ quarterback…
New Title for Ticketmaster Veteran
Ticketmaster appointed Geoff Carns Senior General Manager for the Southern California region, the company announced earlier today. Carns, who has been with Ticketmaster since 1998, is moving from a similar…
Ticketmaster, Live Nation Deal Unlikely To Be Renewed
By Ray Waddell, Nashville It’s unlikely Ticketmaster’s ticketing relationship with Live Nation will be renewed when it expires at the end of next year, based on an internal Ticketmaster memo…