Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped

Will Call War Ticket agents strike out at scalpers over fan club ticket fraud Linda Deckard, Venues Today, June 30, 2006 The war between scalpers and musicians took a heated turn in May, when veteran rocker Tom Petty exercised what his management called unprecedented action against ticket re-sellers. When Petty’s management found out that 460…

UltraStar Offering Unique Access to Musician’s Lives  Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, March 27, 2004 Camera phones are being banned from many locker rooms, but one company is using them to expose the innermost sanctum of the biggest rock stars. Online marketing company UltraStar Entertainment has signed a deal with wireless platform specialists Versaly Entertainment that…

What We’re Doing This Weekend: Hitting SoHo’s Bowie 75 Pop-Up Vogue article by Corey Seymour, October 29, 2021 First things first: The just-opened Bowie 75 space at 150 Wooster in SoHo isn’t a David Bowie museum, and it isn’t a capsule version of the recent acclaimed traveling exhibition David Bowie Is—but it’s much more than a mere shop….

More Than 40,000 Fans Sign Up For Jacob Collier’s Flexible Touring Plan by Taylor Mims, Billboard Magazine, October 5, 2020 Since the launch of the program on Sept. 1, more than 41,000 fans of British artist Jacob Collier have signed up for a flexible touring plan to see the musician once he’s able to perform live again….

Amazon Names Lawrence Peryer Director, Tickets by Rhian Jones, IQ Magazine, January 5, 2017 Amazon has tapped former Warner Music Group exec Lawrence Peryer to lead its tickets operation in Seattle. Peryer joins the tech giant as director, tickets, where he’ll help expand ticketing operations in the United States. The business is described as a “start-up with…