Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger Approved

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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,361
    Bad news all around, and I can't help but feel that no artists really went up against this, except for Springsteen. There really was no fight.
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    that's a real bummer.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,943
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    I remember last year buying lawn seats for Coldplay for like $35 at Mansfield but w/fees it came to $57 per ticket. Insane. The one good thing LN does is you can email your tickets at no cost, I think instead of having traditional tickets sent to you.

    I think they charge a fee for that. A couple bucks at least.

    Yep, think it's $2.50 charge, to print ticket's online using your very own ink & paper. :?
    That's fucked up.

    Are there any decent forums & centers out there not run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? I don't understand why bands & their manager's don't protest and boycott arenas & places run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation. Start booking at local hockey arena's, university stadium's, festival show's etc.. that are not run by them. Don't tell me each & every know place is run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? That's just bs.

    I love my Halifax Metro Centre. They use Ticket Atlantic! 8-)
    http://www.ticketatlantic.com/en/home/default.aspx
  • IamMine
    IamMine Posts: 2,743
    CJMST3K wrote:

    ...the fans will get KCUF'd, and they will be rolling in the money.


    Too bad they consider such monopolies to exist... and it only helped that Live Nation's board member Ariel Emanuel and Obama's Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel are brothers.

    Ugh, so much for Obama's talking about corruption and holding them accountable when he gave the speech when he took the oath as the President of U.S.A. last January.... :roll:
    Newch91 wrote:
    I bet we'll see artists complain about this and fight it. And if that happens, we'll all say, "Where the fuck were you in 1994-96 when Pearl Jam fought Ticketmaster?!"

    Yeah, we should get copies of the documents and send it out to the artists every time we hear them bitching, only those who could have been supporting Pearl Jam back then.

    I can only dream this would work, but I wish somehow the fans could be part of the concert plannings where they can put in their money for venues that are not afflicted with TM/LM and then get a portion of their money back (minus the ticket costs that would cover for the band's expenses) when the show or tour is over.

    The fans would be investing in the band themselves and getting some money back that they put down, minus any money donated to charities, etc.... that could be written off for tax purposes.

    I said I could only dream....
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    EV: It's your band.
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  • mikepegg44
    mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    If they don't do what they are held to in the terms of the settlement then the case will be re-opened. I think we can all rest easy now that the government is going to act as watch dog in this case /sarcasm

    dammit, I am not really worried about the actual ticket prices, it is the god damn fees that will get you. It is ridiculous
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  • Snoopy Died For Our Sins
    Snoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    the only thing good about living in Montana is that no one plays here....so I'll only get it in the ass a couple times a year at most....oh, well :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :o
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  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    demetrios wrote:
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    I remember last year buying lawn seats for Coldplay for like $35 at Mansfield but w/fees it came to $57 per ticket. Insane. The one good thing LN does is you can email your tickets at no cost, I think instead of having traditional tickets sent to you.

    I think they charge a fee for that. A couple bucks at least.

    Yep, think it's $2.50 charge, to print ticket's online using your very own ink & paper. :?
    That's fucked up.

    Are there any decent forums & centers out there not run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? I don't understand why bands & their manager's don't protest and boycott arenas & places run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation. Start booking at local hockey arena's, university stadium's, festival show's etc.. that are not run by them. Don't tell me each & every know place is run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? That's just bs.

    I love my Halifax Metro Centre. They use Ticket Atlantic! 8-)
    http://www.ticketatlantic.com/en/home/default.aspx

    I totally agree. I went to a show last year and the tickets were distributed by Brownpapertickets.com and the total amount of fees they charged per ticket was less than $2.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    demetrios wrote:
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    I remember last year buying lawn seats for Coldplay for like $35 at Mansfield but w/fees it came to $57 per ticket. Insane. The one good thing LN does is you can email your tickets at no cost, I think instead of having traditional tickets sent to you.

    I think they charge a fee for that. A couple bucks at least.

    Yep, think it's $2.50 charge, to print ticket's online using your very own ink & paper. :?
    That's fucked up.

    Are there any decent forums & centers out there not run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? I don't understand why bands & their manager's don't protest and boycott arenas & places run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation. Start booking at local hockey arena's, university stadium's, festival show's etc.. that are not run by them. Don't tell me each & every know place is run by Ticketmaster/Live Nation? That's just bs.

    I love my Halifax Metro Centre. They use Ticket Atlantic! 8-)
    http://www.ticketatlantic.com/en/home/default.aspx


    Promoters are the ones paying the band. Guaranteeing that if they show up, they'll get paid. Live Nation is the biggest of them, and guarantees probably the best amount for the band. PJ has worked with LN and pretty much all of LN's predecessors that were bought out to become LN. PJ could decide to use a different non-LN promoter for their tour.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,511
    Is it in the terms prices will go down? Or are they only saying that to make us feel better? If it’s in the terms and after a while when they don’t go down, can they be held accountable for breach of contract or some shit?
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    service fees will go up...they just won't show them as service fees..be prepared to dish out 80 bucks a show no problem for acts like pearl jam...thank you captialism.

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