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Music News 

Ticketmaster’s latest offer: Get a refund now or credit for shows later

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Amber Healy 3 Comments AEG, Concert Tickets, Concerts, COVID-19, Refunds, Ticketmaster

Days after announcing a way for music fans and sports enthusiasts to get refunded if an event is postponed and

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 21, 2020

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8-Tracks, Bob Dylan, David Guetta, Iggy Pop, Live Nation, Pink Floyd, The Prodigy, Ticketmaster, Universal, Wreckless Eric

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

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U.S., Canadian lawmakers eager to talk with Ticketmaster about refund policies

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments AEG, Bill Pascrell Jr., Brian Masse, California, CBC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, James Skoufis, Katie Porter, Live Nation, Michelle Rempel Garner, New Jersey, New York, Ticketmaster

It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week.  In addition to a state senator

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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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Music News 

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 Monday, April 13, 2020

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Athens, Beatles, Bono, Burning Man, Dave Grohl, Pink, Podcasting, Slayer, Ticketmaster, Tiger King

I have not resorted to baking bread yet. I understand that this is a thing, especially sourdough. Moving to music

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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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Random music news for Saturday, February 22, 2020

February 22, 2020February 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cell Phones, Cher, Coldplay, Courtney Love, Deborah Dugan, Donald Trump, Eddie Van Halen, Gary Cherone, Grimes, Lana Del Rey, Marie-Mai, McGarrible, Melissa Auf Der Maur, NARAS, Pearl Jam, Pop Smoke, Record Store Day, Spotify, Storry, Ticketmaster

So this is 22-02-2020. If we take it further, it was 02:02:20 am earlier today. And if we use military

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Random music news for Saturday, February 15, 2020

February 15, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Corona Virus, Courtney Love, David Geffen, Gayle King, Jeff Bezos, JUUL, K-Pop, Miley Cyrus, Pink Floyd, Pone, Roger Waters, Snoop Dogg, Stormzy, Ticketmaster

Jeff Bezos just bought David Geffen’s house for US$165 million. Mortgage or cash? Gotta be cash. The rich are not

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Music Industry 

How weird this this? Pearl Jam and Ticketmaster vs. the world.

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Pearl Jam, Ticketmaster

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] On May 6, 1994, Pearl Jam, a powerful new band imbued

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