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| BillboardLive.com to Broadcast Free Concerts Online |
 A new web site - at BillboardLive.com - will allow music lovers to watch concerts for free on the Internet, allowing them to choose from a number of different camera angles when viewing.BillboardLive.com stated, in press reports, that its new concert-viewing Web site offers visitors different perspectives on performances by Alicia Keys, Usher, David Archuleta, Daughtry and other artists yet to be announced. Music fans can select from five different views as they view full concerts by the artist and can even focus directly on a drummer or guitarist if they so choose. The site will also allow visitors to utilise social media networks such as Twitter or Facebook during the shows without having to leave. The experience is also available, via na application, on Apple’s iPhone. New concerts will be added through February. Founder Michael Williams says the site is “reconnecting artists with their fans, for free.” Related Articles: Online ticket retailer Seatwave beats postal strike through HMV partnership Seatwave and UK music retailer, HMV, have joined up with Seatwave in launching an in-store music ticket box office. The partnership will allow customers to buy and sell tickets in HMV right up to the day of the event. Seatwave will also launch an online ticket exchange for HMV.
"We see a great... Mojo Concerts and 'Black Market' Secondary Tickets - Hypocrisy Rules the Day
by Richard Kastelein
OP/ED - "The seller defines the price at Ticket Trade, not Mojo Concerts," states the site. I guess that's why two tickets to Rammstein cost over €600 euro on Mojo Concerts aka Live Nation's 'Black Market', secondary ticketing site at Tickettrade. The hypocrisy of a... Most Australian Theatre-goers buy tickets online More Australian theatre-goers use the internet to purchase theatre tickets than any other service - according to an AussieTheatre.com poll. 64
per cent of theatre-goers use the usual online ticketing outlets such
as Ticketek or Ticketmaster to purchase tickets to shows.
Eleven per cent still... UK Online Scam Tickets on the Rise - Doubles in One Year It appears that UK fraudsters running scam websites are turning their attentions to European music fans, according to a recent BBC report by business reporter Simon Atkinson.
Sites
have been advertising and selling non-existent tickets to events held in around Europe ncluding Spain, France and... United States, in 2009 one million spectators at concerts 'ticketless' Access to concerts without a paper ticket (if presented just outside the entrance with an ID, credit card and a printed proof of purchase from the PC) is already a reality in the United States, where promoters are beginning to counter on-line auctions, touts and the secondary ticketing.
Slayer Cancels Concerts - US and Europe Metal rock band Slayer has just canceled all 49 stops on their world tour - including gigs in Europe - slated to take place with Megadeath and Testament this spring. Due to consistent back problems of the band's bassist, Tom Araya, the band has had to cancel all gigs in 2010.
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