It appears stiff competition from anti-scalping organizations as well as face-value ticketing platforms forced Ticketmaster’s hand. Live Nation has shuttered two European Ticketmaster secondary ticketing platforms – Get Me In! and Seatwave. Starting to…
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Travis Scott Is Officially Launching an Astroworld Festival in Houston
Travis Scott is getting ready to take fans on a serious adventure — and seriously leverage his latest album’s success. Following the success of his third album, Astroworld, Travis Scott has released a lot of album-related merchandise, including t…
Drake and Migos Postpone Their Tour — for the Second Time
Drake and Migos have postponed the upcoming The Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour for a second time, supposedly due to production issues. The tour was slated to begin on Friday, August 10 at the Kansas City Spring Center, but now it’ll kick-off on…
Grieving Families Slam Oakland’s Ghost Ship Fire ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal
Back in December 2016, a fire at an Oakland warehouse referred to as the Ghost Ship claimed the lives of three dozen partygoers inside. More recently, the two men held responsible for the deaths, pled no contest to 36 charges of involuntary manslaughte…
CTS Eventim Takes Full Ownership of Venuepoint: ‘The Scandinavian Countries are Particularly Attractive to Us’
CTS Eventim is broadening its ticketing empire across the European market. The German ticketing giant has now assumed full ownership of Venuepoint. Germany-based Eventim shared partial ownership of the company with Nordisk Film back in 2016 when the t…
Lady Gaga Is Announcing Two Separate Las Vegas Residency Shows
Fans of Lady Gaga have a lot to look forward to this year, as the pop diva has announced two shows for her residency at the Park Theater, which is part of the Park MGM resort. The residency launches on December 28th and will feature two separate shows …
Viper Room Faces the Wrecking Ball After an $80 Million Buyout
Los Angeles’ famous rock club the Viper Room may be facing the wrecking ball after the block of properties where the infamous club sits was sold for $80 million. The block of Larrabee and San Vicente includes a novelty boutique stork, two liquor …
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YouTube wants to expand – literally. YouTube has sought to expand its San Bruno, California headquarters. The city presented four separate development plans for the public to consider. YouTube reportedly favors 2.3 million additional square feet of o…
Live Nation Entertainment Posts a 7% Quarterly Revenue Increase — But Net Income Slips
Live Nation Entertainment posted their second-quarter earnings results today, revealing 7% sales growth when compared to last year. The Ticketmaster parent company posted $2.87 billion in revenues this year, compared to $2.68 billion from the same peri…
Metallica Changes Its Setlist In Every City Based on Spotify’s Local Listening Data
Spotify’s recent earnings call revealed an interesting factoid about the heavy metal band, Metallica. According to CEO Daniel Ek, Metallica creates its live performance setlists after consulting Spotify’s data. Whatever fans in a local are…