Posts Tagged ‘Concert Industry’
Ticketmaster and Facebook Unveil “See Where Your Friends Are Sitting” Feature
Yesterday Ticketmaster and Facebook announced that fans are now able to "tag" their tickets to show their friends where they're planning on sitting at the large, assigned-seating concerts, an obvious move to get those big arena concert tickets sold and keep it a bit more enticing for "fans" that want... more
Ticketing Start-up Eventbrite Gets $50M, Bigger Events
Eventbrite just announced that they've raised another $50 million to continue on their path of offering event promoters choices in how they sell their tickets online. Here's the news via NY Times... Eventbrite, a ticketing start-up based in San Francisco, got its start by offering to help any event organizer... more
iTunes Ping Tour Dates Powered by Live Nation & Ticketmaster
When I first heard the news today that Apple was unveiling a social network today called Ping, a new addition and feature set that's part of iTunes 10, I was immediately wondering what partners the company was bringing on to support the tour dates part of their new Artist Pages.... more
Apple Announces Ping, the iTunes Music Social Network
I'm watching the Apple keynote live on USTREAM.tv and I wasn't fully expecting that they'd be unveiling a new social network for music built right into iTunes. It's called Ping, and it's built into iTunes 10, which is available starting today at apple.com/iTunes. Also, as part of the... more
Ticketmaster Launches New Blog, New Policies
Ticketmaster launched a new blog called Ticketology, and today's first post details out a change in policy on how service fees will now be disclosed up-front when you're purchasing tickets from the company. We get it – you don’t like service fees. You don’t like them mostly because you don’t... more
Live Nation to Investors: “We’ll Figure It Out Soon!”
Were you following the news today surrounding Live Nation's investor call at Irving Plaza? Supposedly, the company is doing just fine compared to the rest of the industry as a whole, but they expect their operating income to be down in 2010 which caused the company's stock to slide... more
Google Cloud Print: Never Print a Concert Ticket at Home Again?
It's Internet Week in New York City and the launches, announcements, and press surrounding the heavy hitters on the web will be occurring ad nauseam this week. One of the first to get my attention is the news and unveiling of Google Cloud Print with Live Nation joining the... more
Live Music Tech: Apple Files Patent for “Concert Ticket +” iPhone App
The Tech and Music Industry blogs are abuzz today with a new and interesting patent that Apple has filed for a "Concert Ticket+" iPhone App for electronic ticketing. CrunchGear has a good explanation of the patent and what it purports to do: There are a number of potential benefits to... more
Live Music 2.0: SF MusicTech Summit 2010
I just confirmed a slot on my calendar for the SF MusicTech Summit set for the Hotel Kabuki here in San Francisco on Monday, May 17th. The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and... more
Live Music 2.0: Concerts and the Social Web
Over the past few years, as this whole web 2.0 thing has really grown and progressed, we've seen a number of new sites launch that are specifically geared towards live music fans on the web. In a sense, all of them exist to help fans track and follow their favorite... more
Ticketmaster and Live Nation Merger Update
I haven't really been following the updates on the proposed Ticketmaster and Live Nation merger, but this latest article from the AP confirms that there's still some movement: Regulators in the United Kingdom and United States appear likely to impose conditions on the merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and... more
Live Music Tech: Interview with Nate Parienti of iClips.net
iClips.net has been webcasting and streaming live events for several years now, but it seems like the site has begun to really pick up steam in the last few years, particularly with its heavy focus on the music festival scene in the U.S. As the live music streaming space continues to grow... more
Update on the Ticketmaster / Live Nation Merger
Jim DeRogatis has a fantastic summary posted of the recent news surrounding both Ticketmaster and Live Nation and their supposed merger that has yet to be approved by the Department of Justice. 5. The American Antitrust Institute last month issued a paper "urging the Department of Justice to 'just say no'... more
Canada Pulls a Fast One | Public Funds Cut for Artists
There's been an interesting story coming out of Canada over the last few days and it is unfortunately negative news for a lot of touring bands that come from the great white north. PromArt is a funding program for artists who seek to share their form in the international community... more
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad: Touring in the Current Economy
With the the stock indexes in the first bear market in almost six years and gas prices that have hit lifetime highs, we are all feeling the proverbial tightening of the belt. Obviously I am not a columnist for the Wall Street Journal but I try and keep close tabs... more
Heady Links | Digital Music/Concert Industry Edition
I’ve been trying to catch up on some digital music and concert industry news this week. There’s a lot going on, so you know what that means? Yep, another ‘Digital Music and Concert Industry’ version of Heady Links. So grab your afternoon coffee and check it out after the jump... Ticket Scene: Live... more
Concert.TV Adds News Division for Live Music Scene
Does anybody out there watch Concert.TV? The "Live Music Television" channel and website seems like it has very slowly been bubbling out of the underground since its initial launch back in 2003. I don't have Comcast Cable or any of the other cable providers that carry it, so I haven't seen... more
eMusic Reaches 300,000 Subscribers | Great, Now How About Improving eMusic Live?
As CD sales continue to plunge, it's nice to hear more good news about digital music stores. Congrats to eMusic for reaching 300,000 subscribers, which they announced earlier this week. I really like my eMusic subscription. it provides me with a nice, reasonably-priced way to check out new music and independent... more
Ticketmaster Sues StubHub | Ticket Industry In-fighting Continues
vs. Billboard is reporting that Ticketmaster has filed suit against secondary ticket market site, StubHub, over its supposed sale of primary-market tickets. Ticketmaster, the world's largest ticketing company, has fired a major shot over the bow against online ticket seller StubHub. Ticketmaster filed a suit yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court against... more
Do Great Live Bands Need an Album to Tour?
So I was catching up on some of the more mainstream industry publications and came across this Billboard article about Pearl Jam's big Spring and Summer tour plans. The premise is that the band, despite not having a new album in the works, is slated for a bunch of big... more
Live Nation Expands Fillmore ‘Franchise’ | Continues Trend of Corporatizing Venues
So concert giant, Live Nation, has announced that it plans to expand its Fillmore "franchise" to New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit (adding to the Fillmores currently running in Denver and San Francisco). This continues a trend by Live Nation to expand its operations to smaller, more mid-size venues (an... more
The ‘Elephant in the Room’ | Concert Industry Ticket Talk
Last week I discussed concert industry giant Live Nation and its attempts to utilize the web to continue to focus its business truly on the "live music fan." My post came just days before the Concert Industry Consortium took place in LA, where it offered a space for the Live... more
Online Concert Scene Going Web 2.0 | Small Changes, Big Effects?
Over the past few months I've been thinking a lot about all the new web 2.0 types of online services and how they relate to the live music world. Last week, I discussed the plans of concert industry giant Live Nation to "go web 2.0," but this week I thought... more
Live Nation Goes Web 2.0
Live Nation has really been on the Internet business rampage lately. Since the official spin-off from Clear Channel late in 2005, the concert industry giant has become much more focused on its Internet businesses with CEO Michael Rapino at the helm. Just a few weeks ago, Live Nation announced a... more
Where the Indie Rock and Jam Worlds Collide: Brothers Past
Updated with new dates below Over the last few years, there seems to be some sort of uneasy convergence of indie rock and jambands playing out at summer music festivals across the nation (the rumored line-up for Bonnaroo, thought still unofficial, is a key example). Whether or not this phenomenon... more
The DIY Indie Band Biz Model…
….seems to be all the rage these days. But is it only news when it's the latest Indie "buzz" band who's side-stepping the major labels? This whole "digital music era" thing is bringing out a lot of great discussion about changes to the status quo of music industry business models, and... more
