When it was announced that Adele was going to appear for two nights at the BST Festival in London’s Hyde Park next summer, people freaked. Within a minute after going on sale, every
Read MoreOn the heels of Pearl Jam teaming up with Ticketmaster to keep tickets for their Gigaton tour out of the hands of ticket brokers, resellers, and scalpers, Rage Against Machine has their own
Read MoreI’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts tonight. Tickets here. Now some music news for Monday, June
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
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