The Next Disruption in the Music Industry: Redesigning the Concert Ticket

January 2, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments

Let’s face it: paper concert tickets look like shite. They’re often hard to decipher–where is my seat, exactly?–and they’re hard to read in the dark. Wired takes a look at what concert tickets might look like in the near future–and about bloody time, too. (And probably just in time for the industry to adopt paperless ticketing entirely. But that’s another story for another time.)

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3 thoughts on “The Next Disruption in the Music Industry: Redesigning the Concert Ticket”

Mike

January 3, 2014 at 11:08 am
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I understand the evolution to paperless entry but really do hate the idea. I have every ticket stub to every show i ever attended and its a keepsake that serves to remind me of the memories of the show.
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Brendan

January 3, 2014 at 11:52 am
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While I agree they are sometimes hard to read, I love having a hard ticket. It’s often the only tangible reminder I have left of the shows I’ve been to and love collecting them. Paperless isn’t always better.
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fouad

January 3, 2014 at 9:07 pm
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Agreed with posts above. The faded Morrissey stub at Kingswood Theatre in 1991 always brings a smile on my face.
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