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Concert Industry Security to be Heightened Following Paris Attacks

Following last Friday's horrific terrorist attacks at multiple locations in Paris, including the concert venue Bataclan that was hosting an Eagles of Death Meta...

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 l...

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 o...

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 wa...

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 iTun...

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-fron...

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 t...

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 we...

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 t...

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 S...

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 t...

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...

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 yea...

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 a...

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 th...

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 tightenin...