Earlier this week, it was announced that Taylor Swift will basically take over Toronto a big chunk of November 2024 that will include six shows at the Rogers Centre, which should attract somewhere
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Ticketmaster not only sells tickets, but the company is also (by design!) a scapegoat for the wrath of music fans. When things go wrong with concert tickets, be dynamic pricing, service charges, website
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At the recent Pollstar Live! event, a group of heavyweights were brought together to talk about ticketing, specifically for concerts. Country superstar Garth Brooks, James Dolan (executive chairman of MSG), Mark Delharim (former
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Ticketmaster’s nuclear-attack-level ticket-selling infrastructure was taken down Tuesday (Nov 15) when millions of Taylor Swift fans tried to get tickets to her Eras tour. Here’s the TM statement: “There has been historically unprecedented
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[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] Earlier this summer, Bruce Springsteen fans were shocked to find nosebleed seats for his 2023 tour selling for as high as US$5,000. Cue
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Wait. Back up. Maybe before we get into this week’s survey question, everyone should read what I wrote on the subject of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model. Go here. *** Got that? Let’s proceed.
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In the very early morning hours on Saturday, European Union legislators agreed to language to be included in the Digital Services Act, described as “a regulation designed to create a safer and fairer
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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
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StubHub is one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) reseller of event tickets (concerts, sports, theatre events, etc.). A couple of times each year, the company issues a series of lists detailing
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The 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
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[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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