So, some of you may have noticed that I make a little money off of this site selling tickets via Ticketmaster. Though the commission rate varies depending on the price of the ticket, it usually works out to a rate of about 1% of gross sales after all is said and done. In short, it’s…
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Live Nation Shares Drop
Live Nation $10 Tickets Anyone watching the recent constant parade of Live Nation ticket promotions probably could have predicted this. Investors sold off shares in Live Nation Entertainment Inc. on Thursday, despite the concert promotion and ticket-selling giant’s bid to overcome a rash of negative press about a weak summer concert season. Live Nation took…
Ticketmaster 2 for Tuesdays and Live Nation No Service Fee Tickets
Ticketmaster: 2 for Tuesdays Get 2 tickets for the price of 1 to great events across the nation. We’ve got something for every fan, and all tickets are 2-for-1. Plus, we’re adding more events every Tuesday. Check out what’s available below, and come back every Tuesday to see what’s new! [Ticketmaster.com] Nothing locally listed yet,…
The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger And You
This weekend, there was a long piece in the New York Times about music industry macher Irving Azoff, chairman of the newly minted company Live Nation Entertainment (an amalgam of industry monoliths Live Nation and Ticketmaster). Though Azoff’s profit maximizing tactics as a manager were pretty eye-opening (the so-called “Irving Deal” which guaranteed his artists…
iTunes Adds Live Nation Concert Video Downloads
As much as I dislike Live Nation, I guess I’m not ideologically opposed to them selling live concert videos on iTunes. Right now the selection is pretty weak though, we’ll see if it picks up in a couple of months though like they say it will. (Note to anyone out there in the Bowery Presents…
A New Live Nation Ticket Promo, 2-for-1 Coke Tickets
Given their laughable booking abilities, these Live Nation ticket promotions are pretty much meaningless nowadays, but still, when I find a new one, I like to post it up. For more information about the Coke 2-for-1 deal, you can head over to livenation.com/coketickets. So far, the only show worth mentioning is Devo at Irving Plaza…