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Music Industry 

Look out: I’m about to defend Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Concert Tickets, Dynamic Pricing, Scalpers, Secondary Market, Ticketmaster

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] Earlier this summer, Bruce Springsteen fans were shocked to find

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Weekly survey: What do you think of Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” model for concert tickets?

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Sprinsgteen, Concert Tickets, Dynamic Pricing, Scalpers, Secondary Market, Ticketmaster

Wait. Back up. Maybe before we get into this week’s survey question, everyone should read what I wrote on the

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Weekly survey: How high will you go for a must-have concert ticket?

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments Concert Tickets, Scalpers, Secondary Market

When it was announced that Adele was going to appear for two nights at the BST Festival in London’s Hyde

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Music News 

Rage the Machine is going after scalpers with their new world tour

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Concert Tickets, Rage Against the Machine, Resellers, Scalpers

On the heels of Pearl Jam teaming up with Ticketmaster to keep tickets for their Gigaton tour out of the

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, June 3, 2019

June 3, 2019June 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beastie Boys, Cannabis, Duff McKagan, Elton John, Glastonbury, Liam Gallagher, Metal, Miley Cyrus, Scalpers, Soundgarden

I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, May 29, 2019

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bagpipes, iPhone, Podcasting, Raptors, Scalpers, Smartphones, Stream Ripping, Walk Off The Earth

My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in

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Music Industry 

Let’s take a close look at the Ontario Government’s new plans for regulating the sales of event tickets.

April 14, 2019April 13, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Ontario, Scalpers, Ticket Resellers

Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,

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Music Industry 

The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Bots, Concert Tickets, Scalpers

It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest

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Music Industry 

So how do ticket brokers get concert tickets before you?

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Tickets, Resellers, Scalpers, Secondary Ticket Market, Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster and its relationship to secondary ticket sellers was in the news a lot throughout 2018. Billboard rounds out the

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Bauhaus, Danny Michel, David Bowie, Elvis, Facebook, Goth, ICP, Kid Rock, Michael Buble, Mumford & Sons, Nicolas Roeg, Queen, Rami Malek, Scalpers, Streaming, Viagogo, YouTube

Officially back at work after a two-week hiatus, although after the US Thanksgiving weekend, it’s going to take some time

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Music Industry 

What’s the difference between ticket brokers, ticket resellers, and scalpers?

October 13, 2018October 12, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concert Tickets, Scalpers, Ticket Brokers, Ticket Resellers

With the recent disastrous PR blow-up involving Ticketmaster and their apparently over-cozy relationship with ticket resellers, there’s been an even

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