Tickets for upcoming shows from music legend Neil Young and tickets for additional stops on Madonna's fall national tour are on sale throughout the weekend ending August 25 as compiled by TicketNews.
Leading off the weekend's onsales are tickets to upcoming Canadian tour stops by Neil Young available Friday morning. Tickets that are on sale include stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. Also in the onsales for Friday are tickets to tour stops by up-and-coming singer Duffy who has concerts in Chicago, Seattle, and LA available.
Saturday marks an opportunity to snag tickets to see several of the business' hottest recording artists. R&B superstar Mary J. Blige has multiple shows in the onsales for Saturday, including stops in Tampa and Las Vegas. Carrie Underwood has tour stops in Orlando and Tampa on sale as well. Rounding out Saturday's concert onsales are tickets to see Disney recording artists The Cheetah Girls in concert. Finally, Monday marks a chance for Madonna fans to buy tickets to her upcoming show in Boston.
This weekend also has a couple of events of interest to sports fans. The Los Angeles Kings of the NHL have their 2008 season tickets on sale Saturday morning. Monday marks a chance for soccer fans to buy tickets to the upcoming match in LA between the Mexican and Chilean national soccer teams.
"Onsales" is a ticketing industry term describing when tickets initially go on sale to the general public. Each week, tickets are released by promoters, venues and others to dozens of events, but the number of tickets available can vary significantly between locations.
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Illinois senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama and his campaign have had a tough past few days. CNN today released its average of national surveys showing the Republican candidate John McCain has chipped into Obama's lead trailing now by only one percentage point. To make matters worse, CBS4 out of Denver reported that his campaign was soliciting Democratic Party supporters to buy tickets to the senator's August 28 acceptance speech at Invesco Field, tickets which were free to the public. (See video below)
According to the report, people were directed to an unpublicized part of Obama's official Web site in order to purchase tickets for $1,000 apiece.
One of the sources that were in contact with the news station called the ticket sale unethical, while another called it "an underground fundraising operation"
A search conducted by TicketNews did not show any of the tickets listed on any of the top secondary ticket sites. A spokesperson for the campaign told CBS4 that they were proud of making the event free to the public and only a small amount of tickets were sold for fundraising purposes.
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LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what led to his death, and nursing supervisor Galina Shinder said the hospital could not release details.
On June 30, Moore crashed his ATV on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va., but was discharged and returned to his Los Angeles home to begin physical therapy. Complications forced him back to the hospital on July 17, the band said.
The band went on with its show Tuesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where lead singer Dave Matthews dedicated the entire show to Moore.
"It's always easier to leave than be left," Matthews told the crowd, according to Ambrosia Healy, the band's publicist. "We appreciate you all being here."
Saxophonist Jeff Coffin, who played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, had been sitting in for Moore during the band's summer tour.
Matthews credited Moore with arranging many of his songs, which combine Cajun fiddle-playing, African-influenced rhythms and Matthews' playful but haunting voice.
The band formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Va., when Matthews was working as a bartender. He gave a demo tape of his songs to Moore, who liked what he heard and recruited his friend and fellow jazzman Carter Beauford to play drums, and other musicians.
The group broke out of the local music scene with the album Under the Table and Dreaming. The band won a Grammy Award in 1997 for its hit song "So Much to Say" off its second album Crash. Other hits include "What Would You Say," ''Crash Into Me" and "Satellite."
Moore, who wore dark sunglasses at the bands' many live concerts, had classical training but said jazz was his main musical influence, according to a biography on the band's Web site.
"But at this stage I don't really consider myself a jazz musician," Moore said in the biography. Playing with the Dave Matthews Band was "almost better than a jazz gig," he said. "I have plenty of space to improvise, to try new ideas."
Fans who attended Tuesday's concert expressed sadness over Moore's death and concern about the band's future without him.
"LeRoi was just super important to the band," Shawn Harrington said before the concert. "That's how the band came to be."
Another fan, Byron Ramos, said was surprised to hear of Moore's death as he approached Staples Center. He said the band is "dedicated to what they do" and was happy the concert was not canceled.
"It's a cause, right?" Ramos said. - Associated Press
Bruce Springsteen, according to the New York Post, has signed on to play half time at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay, FL, on Feb. 1, 2009.
The Super Bowl half time show has been known to feature the hottest acts of the time. But in recent years drew some controversy from Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction. Which is the reason for networks no being required to have an at least 5 second delay for live performances.
To give an idea of the scale of Super Bowl. The Boss and the E-street Band are coming off a 100 performance arena tour where they played for over 2 million fans. Just the Super Bowl alone will be aired to an audience of around 40 million people.
Previous Halftime acts:
2002 Super Bowl XXXVI U2 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock 2005 Super Bowl XXXIX Paul McCartney 2006 Super Bowl XL The Rolling Stones 2007 Super Bowl XLI Prince 2008 Super Bowl XLII Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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Over the last few years Ticketmaster's views of the secondary market have been all over the board.
For years their stance was vehemently against the secondary market throwing accusations at the key players Ebay and Stubhub left and right. Filing multiple lawsuits and encouraging sports teams and artists not to pair with either company (which is now one since Ebay acquired Stubhub).
But Ticketmaster did a sudden about face this year purchasing Ticketsnow the second largest secondary market ticketing site behind Stubhub, for $265 million. Ticketmaster also bought one the largest secondary ticketing companies in the UK, ATS Ticketing who own the site GetMeIn!.
Why the sudden about face? Ticketmaster has been looking for years at the different ways to get involved in the massive profits secondary players were making. They originally launched their 'ticketexchange' hoping to steal some of the secondary markets thunder and later selling premium tickets at auction on their own site. Neither approached worked and the secondary market has continued to grow.
With Ticketmaster now heavily involved in the secondary market this raises some interesting issues. For starter couldn't Ticketmaster now, instead of offering high demand tickets for sale on the Ticketmaster site for fair game, just put these high demand tickets directly onto its secondary site Ticketsnow for inflated prices and take the proceeds? Does Ticketmaster have an obligation to the consumer to allow the average consumer, whether it be a fan or a ticket broker a chance to purchase these tickets at face value?
This is what Elton John fans and brokers alike are wondering in Canada right now, where Ticketmaster is being accused of witholding premium tickets and listing them for sale at inflated prices on Ticketsnow. They even went as far as redirecting user to Ticketsnow to purchase tickets.
This situation is not new to Ticketmaster who was recently accused of scalping premium Radiohead tickets.
In this case Ticketmaster has neither confirmed nor denied these accusations and only had this to say, "The inventory belongs to the promoter and artist, and the artist determines who has what privileges in advance of the public on sale or not, like fan clubs for instance." Although in this case it is very doubtful is actually referring to 'fan clubs'.
Boy George has officially scrapped his upcoming US summer tour. The reason: assaulting a 28 year old male escort by chaining him to the wall of his East London Home.
The US government has officially denied Boy George a visa to enter United States. As previously reported officials had given George very little hope considering the trial he faces from the April 2007 encounter with the escort.
"I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the US Visa Office would realize that if the police in the UK placed no restrictions on my movements, that should have been good enough for them. I am very sorry that I will not see all my American fans this year, but I wish them a happy and healthy Fourth of July. I include the Visa Office in those good wishes and realize they are doing a very difficult job and I just got unlucky."
George has denied the charges against him.
The newest released by British rockers Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" has sold 720,000 copies in its first week on sale. The 2nd highest opening week for an artist this year. Lil Wayne's latest release sold over a million copies in its first week earlier this month.
Coldplay has also set out on a North America and European tour to compare tickets click here.
Kid Rock wants you to steal his music.
While you're at it he thinks you should steal an Ipod a Toyota and maybe some Hilflger clothes. According to himself he is "f%cking rich" and so is Toyota and Apple so consumers should 'level the playing field'.
The Associated Press was told by Kid Rock that he was just kidding and that, "I was just trying to have some fun with it." Referring to the fight agains illegal music downlaods.
Interesting tactic.
Check out the youtube video right here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VpCADfZD-eg
Its official Jamie Lynn Spears is now a mom at 17 years of age. The little girl................. just gave birth to a little girl named Maddie Briann. She was born Thursday morning at a hospital in Mississippi.
Jamie met her husband to be, Casey Aldridge of all places, at Church back home in Louisiana. Jamie Lynn who is probably more famous for being Britneys kid sister than being on the Nickelodeon TV show "Zoey 101", new little girl weiged in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Reports have been given that the young Spears is very concerned about her and the babies privacy, although the payday she is expected to recieve from her exclusive photographs is expected to be quite large.
Does she have any idea what she's doing? Does she just want the publicity?
Well I don't think she has a clue..........and as for the publicity thats just no brainer.
