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It's Confirmed!

Filed under: Music Minute

Ticketmaster and LiveNation are indeed merging.

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Posted: February 10, 2009 at 12:18 pm

32 comments to “It's Confirmed!”

RedWingsFan says – reply to this

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Great
LizardKinG says – reply to this

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money talks
LizardKinG says – reply to this

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Now that ticket prices will surely go up how many of you still think lip syncing live is perfectly acceptable?
Hemlock Queen says – reply to this

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I FUCKING HATE TICKETMASTER!!!! Assholes, all giant corps. Assholes. *steamed*
RedWingsFan says – reply to this

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So I guess this means when you buy a ticket your going to pay a $20.00 surcharge?
Meesh says – reply to this

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So ticket prices defiantly on the rise…
DikinCider says – reply to this

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so now we need a second mortage to go to a concert? wtf
gravytoot says – reply to this

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Let the ass-raping begin.
Bones says – reply to this

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Is there no diversity anymore? Whatever happens to choices?
Charmer says – reply to this

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In this economy, whatever it takes to keep your business afloat
Sugar Titz says – reply to this

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aren't there laws against monopolies?
mamajud says – reply to this

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i'm so glad my heavy concert going days were back when tickets were rarely more than thirty bucks……and with a little skill you could sneak your way down to the floor….everytime
mizz jane says – reply to this

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that's cool i'll still dtay on cheaptickets.com… lol
magicmike says – reply to this

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this is crap! The gvt shouldnt allow this! Ticketmaster already gouges people! they need to step in and say this is a conflict of interest. Live nation owns venues and then now controls all the sales of them? So essentially they can change any price they want to hidden fees and its fine. thats is bull
sheba08 says – reply to this

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This sucks!
Long Dong Connery says – reply to this

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Bastards better pay back……
lea8199 says – reply to this

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well they will not stop making money because people keep buying tickets… i wish the performers would get together and speak up against it..
ericvictorino says – reply to this

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there are lots of indie ticketing companies starting up to give us alternatives…
Freebird says – reply to this

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HOW IS THIS EVEN LEGAL???? I don't get it! Not only does ticketmaster own several scalping sites (hmmm conflict of interest anyone? I wonder….) but now theyll be merged with Livenation as well??? Again I say, HOW IS THIS LEGAL?? Ticketmaster is one of the worst, most greedy companies ever, and there's nothing we can do about it because its a fucking monopoly!
Amanda Says says – reply to this

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what hell.
onholiday says – reply to this

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lovely. now the surcharge is going to be more than the ticket.
orangemnm5 says – reply to this

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Actually, as an employee of Live Nation, I can tell you ticket prices will only go down…if anything, not up.
PHiltbeliever says – reply to this

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and as an employee of TM, I second that…plus, you idiots, the ARTISTS and their management set the prices of tickets, not Ticketmaster!
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iJenna says – reply to this

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This is the worst move for LiveNation at the moment, especially with all the crap with Ticketmaster going on at the moment.
xxjeannexx says – reply to this

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As someone who works for a promoter other than LN… i'm interested to see how this pans out. How is this not nearing a monopoly?
Reddesires says – reply to this

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They are the biggest crooks around
speak says – reply to this

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Their stock is going to SKYROCKET! Buy now while it's still penny stock!!!!!!!!!!!
Dani says – reply to this

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i thought they were already semi-merged as it is.
blasastter says – reply to this

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What the fuck? Where were those liberal democrats in Congress to stop this? Fucking pussies.
canadianchickee says – reply to this

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It wont be considered a Monopoly unfortunately….As from a previous comment, the artist's team set the prices and they just comply…. when concerts come to my city, tickets are sold through the institutions hosting, not ticketmaster….its all about perceived value….customers will pay whatever price they issue if they really want to see the show..which is important to cost recovery…and they know this…we can be our own worst enemies sometimes lol…