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Want to see Bruce Springsteen in concert for $5? The other side of the “dynamic pricing” model

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concert Tickets, Dynamic Pricing, Seat Geek, StubHub, Ticketmaster

Here’s a story that is not getting enough attention. Ticketmaster has been getting a lot of heat for its “dynamic

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Random music news for Thursday, September 9, 2021

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Drake, Facebook, Free Britney, INXS, Monday Night Football, Rickroll, Songwriting, StubHub, Twenty One Pilots

A good question: Why is there a tiny pocket above the front pocket on a pair of jeans? Here’s the

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Random music news for Saturday, September 26, 2020

September 26, 2020September 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Amazon, Breonna Taylor, Jarvis Cocker, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam, Prince, Rob Halford, StubHub, Vin Diesel

Here’s one set of private diaries that I will definitely read. Meanwhile, in music news for September 26, 2020… Coronavirus

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Random music news for Friday, May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020May 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Jones, Amazon, Andrea Bocelli, Bob Geldof, Coachella, Cocomelon, Edgefest, George Ezra, Gorillaz, Guy Oseary, Madonna, Spice Girls, StubHub, Tool, U2, Ultra, YouTube

Paranoid? Try this product. If you buy it, you’ve got bigger problems (Via Larry). This is music news for May

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Random music news for Thursday, May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Brett Kissel, ByteDance, COVID-19, Drive-In Concerts, Drive-ins, Eminem, Ice Cube, Quibi, Spotify, Streaming, StubHub, The Garrys, TikTok

Check this out. Talk about a quarantine project. Shouldn’t this f*cker be busy making a vaccine? pic.twitter.com/onjzVt9ubq — Randy Rainbow

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Ticketmaster, AEG will start offering refund options next month

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments AEG, concert cancellations, Concert Tickets, Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Live Nation, StubHub, Ticketmaster, Tickets, Vivid Seats

Goliath blinked.   All this week, concertgoers have been up in arms about Ticketmaster’s seeming change in policy, which sounded a

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VividSeats weighs in on refunds, cancellations and helping musicians

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Amber Healy 3 Comments cancellations, Concert Tickets, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, Eventbrite, MusiCounts, Refunds, StubHub, Ticketmaster, Tickets, Vivid Seats

Another ticket seller is speaking out about how it intends to address canceled and indefinitely postponed events during the coronavirus

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UPDATE: Ticketmaster, StubHub, Eventbrite have all changed their refund policies. But not all the changes are the same.

April 15, 2020April 17, 2020 Amber Healy 3 Comments cancellations, Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Eventbrite, Refunds, StubHub, Ticketmaster, Tickets

It’s bad enough we don’t have any shows to go to now.  It’s worse that we might not have shows

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020March 31, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ableton Live, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Drums, Isolated Tracks, Live Nation, Lizzo, Martin Atkins, StubHub, Sync, Tiger King, Universal Music

This is NOT an April Fool’s joke: Dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. And should you wear

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Random music news for Friday, March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Chateau Marmont, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Kyle Minogue, Ozzy, PRS, Radio, StubHub, Tom Petty, WARM

Here’s one bright side to the coronavirus situation: Airlines (the ones still flying, anyway) are doing away with the middle

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Random music news for Friday, February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bernie Sanders, Britney Spears, Facebook, Jay Z, Killer Whales, Metalliac, Music Fingers, Parrots, Public Enemy, StubHub, Sumeria, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster

That’s one tiny moon. Here’s what I have for music news for February 28, 2020. Coronavirus update: Facebook has canceled

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