03 Sep 10, 04:09:08
Ticketmaster faces national class action lawsuit over certain delivery fees

Live Nation Entertainment's Ticketmaster division learned this week that a California lawsuit, over alleged misleading delivery fees on the company's Web site, was granted national class action status.

Customers in Illinois and New York claimed in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this year that Ticketmaster allegedly misled them into believing that the company's Order Processing Charge and UPS Delivery charge were passed on fees, instead of profit generators.  Full Story...

03 Sep 10, 02:09:52
Tickets to see Fox News' Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly on sale this weekend

Tickets for upcoming appearances from Fox News television personalities Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, as well as tickets to two Broadway musicals, are on sale throughout the weekend ending September 6 as compiled by TicketNews.

Due to the Labor Day holiday weekend, the onsales for this week are lighter than usual. Starting off the onsales are tickets to see two of Fox News' most popular television personalities together. The Bold and Fresh Tour, featuring Fox stars Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly has tickets on sale today for stops in Dallas and New Orleans, while an appearance of Beck alone is on sale for Atlanta.  Full Story...

03 Sep 10, 01:09:25
Orlando Magic to use dynamic pricing for complete home game schedule this year

Following the lead of a growing number of major league sports teams, the Orlando Magic have embraced dynamic pricing for the 2010-2011 season.

Having tried out dynamic pricing for the majority of last season’s home games and the 2010 playoffs, the team is expanding the plan to all 41 of this season’s home games at the Amway Center in Orlando. Team officials will manage all pricing changes, which will be responsive to variables such as the day of the week (i.e., weekends are more expensive) and the opponent’s fan draw.  Full Story...

02 Sep 10, 05:09:53
Mary J. Blige tours through fall with Jazmine Sullivan, Miguel

One of R&B's leading ladies will be hitting the U.S. tour circuit this fall, and she'll be taking a couple up-and-coming acts with her.

Mary J. Blige has plans for a one-month outing that will set her on the road with an October 1 performance at the BayFest music festival in Mobile, AL, before her tour officially launches October 2 at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA.  Full Story...

02 Sep 10, 04:09:07
Ticket brokers see an opportunity as NFL ticket sales continue to drop

The National Football League reportedly is looking at a decrease in attendance and ticket sales for the upcoming season, but you wouldn't know it by talking to ticket brokers.

NFL primary ticket sales are expected to be off by 1 percent or 2 percent for the season, according to USA Today, and season ticket sales are slated to potentially drop 5 percent. Ticket brokers are seizing the opportunity this presents by acquiring more inventory and offering fans bargains and value-added items.  Full Story...

02 Sep 10, 03:09:58
The fan club is the ticket for '80s band Night Ranger

Before every Night Ranger concert, singer/drummer Kelly Keagy—the voice behind the band’s biggest hit, “Sister Christian”—hears from fans who have waited decades to tell him their memories of the band. Turns out Keagy has been waiting just as long to hear their stories.

Night Ranger did not have an active fan club during its peak in the 1980s, when it had two top 10 singles, a top 10 album and headlined arenas around the world.  Full Story...

01 Sep 10, 04:09:22
Live Nation strikes deal with Apple to sell concert tickets

Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment is teaming up with technology leader Apple to sell concert tickets through Apple's iTunes store.

Apple made the announcement today, September 1, during a press event where they debuted revamped iPod music players and other products.  Full Story...

01 Sep 10, 03:09:30
Ticket Poster joins rapidly growing ticket uploader market

For brokers using StubHub, there is a new program on the market designed to make uploading ticket data to the marketplace easier and hassle free. Ticketposter.com, a New Jersey based company, has joined the ranks of ticket upload tools designed to allow for a single individual to upload multiple tickets to StubHub in one fell swoop.

Ticket Poster has developed “an automated StubHub program that adds all of your tickets in a .csv file and uploads them to StubHub.” Aimed at brokers who do not qualify for StubHub’s own uploader, the program will allow the upload of multiple tickets, putting an end to having to manually upload individual tickets one at a time.  Full Story...

01 Sep 10, 01:09:28
Broadway ticket sales take a big drop with only 21 productions running

With more than a few theaters on Broadway empty and gearing up for a busy holiday season, tickets sales took a major hit last week. The box office totals from the 21 productions currently playing were down to $16,139,301, a considerable drop from the previous reporting period ending August 22 of $18,148,273.

Comparing ticket sales with the same week last year finds a total of only $16,940,465, a similar number to this year. Looking at the gross ticket sales from the same point in the season last year, ticket sales were $275,071,360 then, compared to $281,636,162 now, which is still 2.4 percent ahead.   Full Story...

01 Sep 10, 01:09:26
New Jersey court dismisses case against TicketNetwork and Orbitz over alleged 'phantom tickets'

A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently dismissed a case filed by the state's former Attorney General over the alleged sale of phantom Bruce Springsteen tickets in 2009.

TicketNetwork and Orbitz Worldwide's Cheaptickets.com were accused of allegedly trying to sell Bruce Springsteen tickets before they were available to the public, and in some instances the tickets allegedly being sold were to seats that did not exist in the old Giants Stadium where the concerts were to take place last fall.  Full Story...