Scalpers Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The blow-up over the CBC/Toronto Star story on Ticketmaster’s apparent cozy relationship with ticket brokers and scalpers has spread worldwide.

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. It’s published every Sunday. -AC] A couple of years ago, Ticketmaster embarked on a makeover.

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver