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British Ticket Scalpers Make $9 Million in Profits, Get Convicted for Fraud

Ashley King
February 13, 2020
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Photo Credit: Unsplash Two British ticket scalpers – Peter Hunter and David Smith – were convicted on fraud charges. Both men used multiple identities and bots to buy over £4 million ($5.2 million) worth of ... Read More...

Live Nation Expands Into Taiwan With Tixcraft Buyout, Opens Singapore Offices

Marsha Silva
February 13, 2020
Singapore Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster has set its sights on Asia's highly lucrative ticketing and event promotion market.   Ticketmaster, wholly owned by Live Nation, recently announced the acquisition of... Read More...

Pearl Jam Issues a Stern Warning to Ticket Scalpers

Marsha Silva
February 6, 2020
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Ticketmaster has issued a stern warning to anyone who’s considering scalping tickets for Pearl Jam’s upcoming Gigaton Tour.  Those attempting to purchase Pearl Jam tickets through Ticketmaster will be greete... Read More...
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YouTube Starts Rolling Out Concert Listings In the UK & Ireland

Ashley King
November 27, 2019
Photo Credit: Unsplash YouTube concert listings have expanded to the U.K. and Ireland through new partnerships. Ticketmaster, See Tickets, and Eventbrite event info is now displayed on artist pages. YouTube ... Read More...

Pascrell Hails Congressional Investigation of Live Event Ticketing Marketplace

Colin Cohen
November 22, 2019
Photo of Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) has hailed the launching of a congressional investigation of the live event ticketing industry by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Commit... Read More...
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TikTok Expands Into Live Event Ticketing ⁠— Introducing ‘TikTok Tickets’

Ashley King
November 21, 2019
Photo Credit: TikTok Tickets TikTok is launching its first live event ticketing effort in Thailand ⁠— TikTok Tickets. ByteDance is looking to expand TikTok's scope beyond just social media. TikTok Tickets of... Read More...

Scalpers Are Selling Tickets to Kanye West’s Megachurch Appearance for $300

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November 16, 2019
Kanye West will hold a Sunday Service at Joel Osteen's megachurch this weekend. The announcement briefly brought down Ticketmaster's website. The 'Jesus is King' service will be at Lakewood Church in Houston... Read More...

Ticketmaster Focuses on Providing Accessibility Info For Disabled Music Fans

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November 1, 2019
Photo Credit: Unsplash Ticketmaster has announced a new accessibility service in the UK for disabled music fans. The service makes it far easier for the impaired to book tickets online. A 2018 report from th... Read More...

Primavera Sound Festival Switches to Mobile-Only Ticketing to Thwart Scalping

Ashley King
October 17, 2019
Photo Credit: Djangology99 / CC by 3.0 Barcelona music festival Primavera Sound has completely ditched paper ticketing. The move comes as a way to combat bots and scalping. The BBC reports that Primavera Sou... Read More...

‘Post-Primary’ Ticketing Exchange Lyte Scores a $15 Million Round

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October 10, 2019
photo: aykapog Lyte, a 'post-primary' ticketing platform, has raised $15 million in Series A financing to fix the secondary market. If secondary ticketing is indeed broken, Lyte says they're gonna fix it.  T... Read More...

Silver Lake Acquires Australia’s TEG — With Big Plans to Broaden the Operation

Marsha Silva
October 4, 2019
Earlier today (October 4th), Silver Lake, which is a technology investment company based in Silicon Valley with more than $43 billion assets under management, acquired TEG, which is one of Australia’s largest... Read More...

Ticketmaster Formally Apologizes to Billie Eilish Fans Over Its Presale Meltdown

Ashley King
October 4, 2019
Photo Credit: Lars Crommelinck Photography / CC by 2.0 Ticketmaster issued a written apology to Billie Eilish fans over a presale snafu. Presale tickets went on sale yesterday through the Verified Fan progra... Read More...
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