Random music news for Wednesday, May 29, 2019
My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in a venue near you, go here. On to music news for May 29,
Read MoreMy spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in a venue near you, go here. On to music news for May 29,
Read MoreGovernments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces, BC and Ontario, have just come out with proposed legislation they claim will
Read MoreIt’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest jurisdiction to take on the fight. After consulting with the public, the government
Read MoreTicketmaster and its relationship to secondary ticket sellers was in the news a lot throughout 2018. Billboard rounds out the coverage with this article on how ticket brokers manage to get to concerts
Read MoreOfficially back at work after a two-week hiatus, although after the US Thanksgiving weekend, it’s going to take some time for the music news to start flowing again. But let’s see what we
Read MoreWith the recent disastrous PR blow-up involving Ticketmaster and their apparently over-cozy relationship with ticket resellers, there’s been an even brighter spotlight on the secondary concert ticket market. This has led to a
Read MoreThe blow-up over the CBC/Toronto Star story on Ticketmaster’s apparent cozy relationship with ticket brokers and scalpers has spread worldwide. A couple of US senators decided to ask a couple of questions. The
Read More[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 company, long regarded as a faceless inhuman monolith with a death grip
Read MoreEarlier this week, the Toronto Star and the CBC broke a big story about how Ticketmaster is involved in helping certain clients buy mass amounts of tickets and then automatically post them for
Read MoreThe CBC and the Toronto Star have been working together on an investigation regarding the sale and pricing of concert tickets on both the primary and secondary markets. The goal has been to
Read MoreIf this were an ordinary gig, I wouldn’t be writing this. Billy Talent, City and Colour, PUP and a few more unannounced artists are doing a great and selfless thing. On Saturday (August 11),
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