“Concealed surprise fees — nickel and diming Americans to distraction — must be stopped,” says Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who's co-sponsoring the Junk Fee Protection Act.
Although a cyberattack undermined a presale for the superstar’s The Eras Tour, the Live Nation-owned company is focusing on eliminating its “drip pricing” model.
Ahead of opening his new L.A. venue, The Bellwether, the promoter discusses the disastrous Eras Tour sale, the Senate's grilling of Ticketmaster execs and more.
During a Pollstar panel, Irving Azoff, James Dolan and Garth Brooks called on the touring business to compel Congress to do something about ticket brokers.
Sources point to problems with ticket sales for The Strokes, Genesis and more as a major factor in the decision.
Live Nation president and CFO Joe Berchtold will detail how disruption caused by bots makes ticket-buying worse for everyone, calling for government action.
Fans bought up 600,000 tickets in one day for the Queen of Pop's retrospective tour.
Company will use an older fan-club ticketing system to sell the remaining Eras tour tickets that takes the queue out of the process.
Many reported long waits to score during the Verified Fan pre-sale.
Swift has had a direct impact on cutting scalpers out of ticket sales, driving more money to artists.
