Business & Tech New State Bill Hopes to Break Up Ticketmaster Monopoly, 49ers and Warriors Totally Against It Concert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.
Arts & Entertainment Robert Smith Forces Ticketmaster to Give Refunds to Overcharged Fans Who Bought Cure Tour Tickets The Cure frontman Robert Smith put Ticketmaster’s head on the door in a series of tweetstorms over price gouging and market manipulation, so now Ticketmaster is giving $5-$10 refunds to “verified fans” who got tickets, though a few refunds will be much larger.
Arts & Entertainment Attention Beyhive: Enter To Win A Pair Of Tickets To The World Formation Tour When life gives you lemons...well, you know. This week, we're giving away two free tickets to see Queen Bey herself as she brings her World Formation Tour to San Francisco on September
Arts & Entertainment Spend This New Year's Eve At The Fillmore With Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings This post is brought to you by Live Nation. Spend this New Year's Eve partying at The Fillmore with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings! Fresh off their nomination for Best R&B
Arts & Entertainment New Shows Announced At Renovated Masonic Auditorium, Which Reopens In September [Updated] Update: Live Nation says that its website, as well as Ticketmaster's, had both listed the Beck show before it was confirmed. We'll update you as to whether this show, originally listed for September
Arts & Entertainment Let There Be Jonas Brothers: America's Cup Music Venue Approved By Entertainment Commission The controversial entertainment permit for the America's Cup one-season-only music venue on the Embarcadero was unanimously approved by the Entertainment Commission yesterday, meaning the Jonas Brothers, Sting and SFist house band/wine label
SF News America's Cup Music Venue Now Doing Fewer Concerts, Promises Soundproofing Curtain Thanks to some concerns from neighbors up the hill (and possibly some booking difficulties) concert organizers from the America's Cup and Live Nation have agreed to scale back their summer concert lineup at
SF News Nob Hill Neighbors Finally Chill Out About Concert Venue Upgrades On California Street in Nob Hill, Live Nation has been pushing to develop the Nob Hill Masonic Center into a proper concert venue and not just an auditorium with a couple folding tables
SF News Nob Hill Denizens Think Concertgoers Are All on Heroin Live Nation, well-known for their evil ticketing practices, have been trying to do something decent by giving the Nob Hill Masonic Center a proper rock venue upgrade ever since the event promoting company
