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Bruce Springsteen Tickets Open Wide: $84 to $3,007 Range on Day One
music6 days ago

Bruce Springsteen Tickets Open Wide: $84 to $3,007 Range on Day One

Day-one on-sale prices for Bruce Springsteen’s tour span from about $84.55 up to $3,007.20, with good floor or loge seats generally $400-$1,200 and upper-level or rear seats around $130-$308. Front-row GA can hit about $500, and front-row floor tickets top out near $3,007. Dynamic pricing didn’t show immediate changes at sale, while resale prices fluctuate. Long queues and high demand drew scrutiny over affordability vs. optics, but most fans still found tickets available despite the hype.

via Variety|
#bruce-springsteen#kia-forum#music
Live Nation's ticket demand stays strong as antitrust suit looms
business7 days ago

Live Nation's ticket demand stays strong as antitrust suit looms

Live Nation posted 2025 revenue of $25.2 billion and a more than 50% jump in operating profit, driven by high live-music demand and big tours (e.g., Bruno Mars, Harry Styles), with 159 million fans attending last year. Early 2026 ticket sales are robust (about 67 million), signaling another year of double-digit operating income, even as the company faces a US Department of Justice monopoly lawsuit that could reshape the live-music industry amid ongoing scrutiny of high fees.

via BBC|
#business#doj-antitrust#live-nation
Noah Kahan’s Stadium Tour Uses Verification and Price Caps to Put Fans First
music8 days ago

Noah Kahan’s Stadium Tour Uses Verification and Price Caps to Put Fans First

Noah Kahan's upcoming The Great Divide stadium tour is sold out, and his team is prioritizing fans by using Ticketmaster's Persona identity verification to block scammers and a Face Value Exchange program to cap resale prices at original face value, plus a GA pit lottery and affordable floor seats starting at $150 (fees included). The 30-date run includes four Fenway Park shows and has already surpassed one million tickets sold. In parallel, Kahan and Live Nation are funding The Busyhead Project, with at least $2 million more in donations through the Make a Difference initiative, continuing his commitment to fan access and mental health support.

via Billboard|
#face-value-exchange#live-nation#music
Kid Rock Demands Ticketing Reform and Monopoly Breakup in Senate Hearing
entertainment29 days ago

Kid Rock Demands Ticketing Reform and Monopoly Breakup in Senate Hearing

Kid Rock testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, accusing the live-entertainment ticketing system of fraud and abuse, urging reforms to give artists control over ticket sales, cap resale prices, and outlaw speculative ticketing, and arguing that the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger created a monopoly that harms venues, artists, and fans. He urged subpoenas of industry contracts and touted tech fixes like proof-of-humanity as potential solutions, noting past talks with Trump on cracking down on scalping.

via Variety|
#entertainment#kid-rock#live-nation
Kid Rock Calls Live Nation-Ticketmaster Experiment a Capitol Hill Failure
politics1 month ago

Kid Rock Calls Live Nation-Ticketmaster Experiment a Capitol Hill Failure

Kid Rock testified before a congressional subcommittee about the soaring costs of concert tickets, saying the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger has crushed artist leverage and harmed fans. He urged reforms to curb bots, cap resale prices, and require upfront total pricing, referencing the bipartisan TICKET Act and ongoing antitrust actions against the companies as lawmakers weigh tighter rules and greater transparency.

via hollywoodreporter.com|
#congress#kid-rock#live-nation
Harry Styles' MSG Residency Sets Presale Records With 11.5 Million Signups
music1 month ago

Harry Styles' MSG Residency Sets Presale Records With 11.5 Million Signups

Harry Styles’ Madison Square Garden residency generated 11.5 million presale registrations, the highest volume ever for a single artist in New York and for a residency-style run. With MSG’s capacity at about 19,500 and 30 shows, roughly 585,000 tickets are available across the run—about 5% of sign-ups. It’s unclear how many registrations are real fans versus scalpers, but the surge signals massive demand ahead of Styles’ upcoming album Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally.

via hollywoodreporter.com|
#harry-styles#madison-square-garden#music
Fans React as Harry Styles’s Tour Tickets Hit Eye-Watering Prices
entertainment1 month ago

Fans React as Harry Styles’s Tour Tickets Hit Eye-Watering Prices

Harry Styles’ Together Together Tour has fans crying foul over eye-popping prices, with tickets reportedly climbing to about $700–$1,000 for non-floor seats thanks to Platinum/Dynamic Pricing, amid Ticketmaster queues and industry-wide price hikes; the 50-date trek includes seven cities (Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York with a 30-show MSG residency, Melbourne and Sydney) and various presale/on-sale windows.

via TicketNews|
#entertainment#harry-styles#pricing
Mexico Pushes for More BTS Shows as Ticket Rush Grows
world1 month ago

Mexico Pushes for More BTS Shows as Ticket Rush Grows

Mexico’s president asked South Korea’s president to help secure more BTS concerts after about 1 million fans wanted tickets but only 150,000 were released; three Mexico City shows are scheduled for May 7–10 as the consumer watchdog investigates Ticketmaster and resale platforms; BTS’s Arirang album is due in March, with the world tour launching in Korea on April 9.

via The Guardian|
#arirang#bts#mexico
Patriots AFC Championship Tickets Restricted to Rocky Mountain Residents
sports1 month ago

Patriots AFC Championship Tickets Restricted to Rocky Mountain Residents

Ticketmaster is limiting the sale of AFC Championship game tickets for the Patriots to residents of the Rocky Mountain region, effectively blocking New England fans from purchasing seats in Denver due to limited availability and pushing buyers toward third-party marketplaces like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats. The game at Empower Field at Mile High features Denver starting QB Jarrett Stidham after Bo Nix's injury and kicks off at 3 p.m. local time.

via Boston 25 News|
#afc-championship#denver-broncos#mile-high
Bruno Mars Tour Ticket Price Backlash: Up to $2,400 Sparks Fan Outcry
entertainment1 month ago

Bruno Mars Tour Ticket Price Backlash: Up to $2,400 Sparks Fan Outcry

Bruno Mars’ The Romantic Tour has fans outraged over exorbitant presale prices, with tickets surfacing at up to $2,400 and long online queues. Secondary-market data shows median resale prices in the hundreds to thousands, reflecting a broader industry spike in concert costs. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino has defended high prices as 'underpriced,' while rumors of Mars owing $50 million to MGM Resorts were denied by MGM. General on-sale begins Jan 15 at 12 p.m. local time.

via TicketNews|
#bruno-mars#entertainment#live-nation
business4 months ago

Ticketmaster Announces Resale Crackdown Amid FTC Lawsuit

Ticketmaster claims to have implemented new measures to combat scalpers and bots, such as ID verification and account restrictions, in response to FTC lawsuits accusing it of working with resellers to inflate prices. The company denies these allegations and states it is doing more than anyone to ensure tickets go to genuine fans, but industry groups criticize these efforts as insufficient and accuse Ticketmaster of collusion with scalpers. The situation remains under scrutiny as more developments are expected.

via Variety|
#bots-act#business#ftc
business4 months ago

Ticketmaster to Ban Multiple Accounts and Shut Down TradeDesk Amid FTC Lawsuit

Ticketmaster announced it will ban users from having multiple accounts and will shut down its TradeDesk platform following a lawsuit by the FTC accusing the company of colluding with scalpers and violating the BOTS Act. The company claims these practices are standard industry behavior and denies the allegations, but acknowledges that the use of multiple accounts has been abused. The policy change aims to address concerns about scalping and protect the integrity of ticket sales.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#business#ftc-lawsuit#multiple-accounts
business4 months ago

Ticketmaster to Ban Multiple Accounts and Shut Down TradeDesk Amid FTC Lawsuit

Ticketmaster announced policy changes including banning multiple accounts, shutting down TradeDesk, and requiring Social Security numbers from brokers following an FTC lawsuit accusing it of anti-competitive practices and bot violations. The company defends its actions, disputes the FTC's claims, and emphasizes efforts to combat scalping and fraud, while also shifting the narrative to focus on technological and legislative issues related to ticketing and bots.

via Billboard|
#anti-competitive#business#ftc-lawsuit