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Please buy lawn seats, really, they're OK - we'll even throw in a hot dog, and your car can come for free too! Live Nation ...


First they removed all service fees for the lawn seats. Then, they dropped the charges for all tickets. Now, Live Nation has lowered the bar ...


Live Nation announced today that it is dropping service fees for more than five million lawn tickets and hundreds of concerts on Wednesday, June 3rd. ...


U.K. metal festival Download plans to stream several of its performances from its main stage live and for free on its website. Taking place the ...


While live entertainment usually thrives during hard economic times, the current recession is finally catching up with the concert industry. Live Nation announced last week ...


In the push to approve their $2.5 billion merger, Live Nation and Ticketmaster may have a new hurdle to overcome. New head of the Antitrust ...


More potential opposition has emerged in the ongoing battle of the Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment merger. In addition to the current investigations by the ...


Ticketmaster has recently been the target of much criticism in the live entertainment industry, but today Live Nation is on the defense. The issue stems ...


Tickets Go Mobile

The future of ticketing is now here. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Tickets.com, and Canada’s Rogers Communications have all announced the release of paperless tickets through mobile applications. ...


Now before the House subcommittee, Ticketmaster chief Irving Azoff attempted to allay antitrust fears with an odd statement on Thursday: if the LiveNation Ticketmaster merger ...


A contingent of Ticketmaster Entertainment shareholders has filed a class action lawsuit against the ticketing giant, claiming that the sale price to LiveNation was “grossly inadequate.” ...


Amid today’s announcement of a giant merger between Ticketmaster and LiveNation, new problems surfaced for Ticketmaster and its secondary site TicketsNow. A suit coming from ...


The rumor is now fact: LiveNation and Ticketmaster have officially confirmed the merger agreement that would create Live Nation Entertainment. The combination of the world’s ...


A recent study by Nielsen found that the Grammy Awards can do more than recognize the biggest and best stars in music for the past ...


On February 3rd, the Wall Street Journal broke the news of a potential merger of LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Details are slim at this point, with ...


EMI Expands Expertise

More and more these days, you hear of artists signing 360-degree deals with major labels in lieu of the traditional recording contract. Some managers and ...


Now that LiveNation’s 10-year contract with Ticketmaster is just about over, the mega-promoter has officially opened its own in-house ticketing company. The launch was “pretty ...