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The Dead Spring Tour Presale Announced

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 23:00 No Comments

The upcoming tour will feature mostly “Grateful Dead classics — the things people like to hear,” he says, so expect performances of “Truckin’,” “Casey Jones,” perhaps the band’s sole Top 10 hit, “Touch of Grey,” and maybe even the Holy Grail of Dead jams, “Dark Star.”

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Live Nation Takes on Ticketmaster

Friday, January 2, 2009 3:04 1 Comment

January 2009 could be the start of a new era for concert-ticket buyers who are fed up with exorbitant prices, extraneous service charges and a lack of competition in the marketplace. That’s when Live Nation will start taking on Ticketmaster in the United States — with plans to do the same in Canada by 2010 [...]

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Concert Industry Posts Record Year

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 18:12 No Comments

Despite an economic collapse on Wall Street and rising unemployment rates, the concert industry has reported record-breaking figures for 2008. Leading trade publication Pollstar and entertainment magazine Billboard released staggering gross averages for the year’s hottest tours, while Billboard Boxscore and StubHub noted an increase in overall concert ticket sale grosses on the primary and [...]

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Dave Matthews Band Spring Tour

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 19:38 No Comments

A perennial touring icon, Dave Matthews Band (DMB) will return to the road in 2009 for the first new tour and album since the death of a founding band member. The spring outing will begin April 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, and currently has dates booked through a May 8-9 run [...]

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Ticketmaster Seeks to Seal Deposition in StubHub Lawsuit

Friday, November 21, 2008 19:09 No Comments

With speculation swirling throughout the industry that ticketing’s two top dogs, Ticketmaster Entertainment and StubHub may have settled a nearly two-year-old lawsuit between them, TicketNews has learned that Ticketmaster is separately seeking to seal a recent deposition in the case by President and CEO Sean Moriarty because of its potentially sensitive nature.

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Red Sox Will Not Raise Ticket Prices in 2009

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 17:45 1 Comment

The Red Sox announced earlier this month that they are holding ticket prices at 2008 levels for all existing seats and standing room tickets available to the public at Fenway Park for the 2009 season. It is the first time in 14 seasons the club has not raised at least some ticket prices.
 

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Ticket Gift Certificates

Sunday, November 16, 2008 20:59 No Comments

As the holidays approach it is time to start thinking about what gifts you want to give to your loved ones, friends, coworkers, etc. Over the last couple years gift cards have been at the top of everyone’s mind. The popularity of gift cards surged in 2006 and 2007.

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New Presale Password Page

Sunday, November 16, 2008 18:18 No Comments

Check out the new Presale Password page on TitleTownTix – FREE presale passwords to your favorite concerts, sporting events, theater shows and more. Presale passwords a great for fans to get a jump on a popular event that might sell out on the general public on sale.
TitleTownTix makes it easy for you to find your [...]

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Jets First Seat-License Auction

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 18:28 2 Comments

The New York Jets auctioned $16 million worth of licenses for the best seats in the National Football League team’s new $1.6 billion stadium, while holding back some for later sale.

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Ticket Industry vs. Crumbling Economy

Friday, October 24, 2008 17:12 No Comments

The current economic conditions are affecting everyone from school teachers to the big players on Wall Street. How is the recession affecting the ticketing industry? What are the affects on ticket buyers and ticket sellers? How will the industry adapt to these trying times?

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Ticketmaster Layoffs

Friday, October 24, 2008 16:59 No Comments

Company reducing $35 mil in expenses:
Ticketmaster will cut about 300 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan announced in August. Those cuts account for about 5% of the ticket company’s global work force, a Ticketmaster spokesperson said.

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TicketNetwork Receives Deloitte Fast 50 Award for Corporate Growth

Friday, October 24, 2008 1:34 No Comments

Thursday, Oct 23, 2008

Two months after TicketNetwork was ranked number twenty seven on the prestigious “Inc. 5000″ list of innovative and fast-growing companies for 2008, the company was ranked first on the Deloitte Fast 50 list for corporate growth in the New York Metropolitan area.

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