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 The Cure Tickets Went On Sale Today, and It Was A Ticketmaster Disaster The Cure had hoped to make tickets affordable for their first U.S. tour in seven years. But Ticketmaster’s gonna Ticketmaster, so fees sometimes exceeded the price of tickets, and many fans were still left empty-handed.
