Just don't go to shows at venues that use ticketmaster or if have to, go to the venue's box office. It's much easier to completely avoid them than most people think.

I hate ticketmaster

good, i hope this means less venues will use ticket master so i dont have to pay ridiculous fees just to go to a fucking show.

last time I used ticket master was because I had a giftcard, otherwise I stear clear (channel).

I never understood Convenience Fee's. If anything, it's more of a hassle because I have to enter my credit card into the system manually, an then wait 6 weeks to get my tickets so I don't have to pay again to print them right away.

Going to the box office is so much easier/cheaper.

How is ticketmaster in debt? I don't get it. I know someone who works for a company that does ticketing solutions for some venues and they've never had a problem. I can't imagine a monster like ticketmaster couldn't sustain itself.
-Dante

I don't really get why the service charges are so high, I mean what expenses doe sthe company have? printing some fucking tickets, what exactly have they done?

Question I only care about for someone in the know: Will their ridiculous charges cost less because of this?

I didn't read the article yet, but doesn't LiveNation/Clear Channel own their own competitor, that they've been putting in place of Ticket Master?

Hooray!

Fuck Ticketmaster, although affiliated with TM, Ticket Web, is extremely reasonable.

who cares? what everyone wants to know is when the new schlong album is going to be available on compact disc.

what's everyone's favorite song on this new lagrecia????? I really love the guitar riff on hey medic but I gotta go with two shotguns...fucking stellar album

I think we're missing the point. Lending Tree got spun off. Lenders competed and we won. Now what?

They are no longer the master of tickets.

If I had to riff off a list of "The Ten Best Things That Could Happen to the World" I would definitely put "Ticketmaster goes totally bankrupt" in the top five. Fuck 'em.

i work at venue that's owned by live nation.

they include a convenience charge even when you pick up tickets at the box office.

and a parking fee is also included in the ticket price even though the venue its self has free parking.

and even with all this, we still don't have enough in the budget to fix a damn lawn mower.

Anyone bother to look up ticketmaster's financials? That info should be freely available as their parent company is a public company right?

Until someone does that, you won't really have the scoop on if they charge too much, just right, or not enough.

Facts people, somebody who is less lazy than me should go get the facts!

Sooo. Is this good news or bad news for those of us who have wished some sort hellfire curse on TM at one time or another?

it really doesn't matter. for the tom waits show in knoxville, they didn't use tcketbastard and i still paid 20 dollars in service charges, including 3 dollars to ship even though its will call only, for which there was another 3 dollar fee

I didn't know Ticketmaster split from Live Nation. I haven't noticed a difference. Ticketweb was great until TM bought them out and they are still better than TM directly. I was disappointed to see Goldenvoice using TM. What sucks is when a big band plays a smaller venue, you have no choice but to go online for tickets if you want a chance to get in. Luckily some clubs make the effort to have their box office open more frequently than others. Why did Virtious go under? They were the best for online.