scalping

A Hamburg, Germany court has ruled that ticket marketplace site, Viagogo is banned from re-selling tickets for Rammstein‘s upcoming tour in an effort to limit ticket scalping and prevent scalpers from re-selling overpriced tickets. Read more: Paramore now selling merch designed by fans Tickets for the Germany show purchased through Viagogo will not only be invalid, […]

Ticketmaster has been accused of working behind-the-scenes with online ticket scalpers in an effort to gain more commission revenue. If accusations are proven true, the company would be violating its own terms and use policy. Read more: Ticketmaster starts testing facial recognition concert tickets In an undercover story, reporters for CBC News and the Toronto […]

After 20 years of being a band, Friday, Dec. 29 will be the Dillinger Escape Plan’s final show, to be held at New York’s Terminal 5 venue. Opening the show are Code Orange and Daughters. Dillinger released a statement about the show’s importance to them recently: “For me, in terms of shows, New York has […]

No one wants to pay more than face value for an amazing show. Iron Maiden has heard your pleas and has started new ticket initatives that has stopped ticket scalpers in ther tracks. These ticket intiatives have caused listings on secondary sites to down by over 95%. Read more: Iron Maiden tour poster banned for being […]

We've all been there, you're huddled over your laptop watching the time tick down to when tickets drop for your favorite concert. Finally, it's time and you search for tickets and suddenly it's sold out, and you know you'll be able to find the tickets online at a third-party site for way too much. This […]