Live Nation Stock Rises On Reports That Concert & Ticketing Giant Could Go Private

Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment shares traded higher on Friday after the New York Post published a story suggesting that Live Nation and Liberty Media were in talks. Continue reading

Share on:

GigaTools: Auto-Announce Upcoming Shows

GigaTools is a straightforward event announcement service that allows you to automate the posting of your gigs on multiple sites. They're based in Berlin and launched in late 2009. GigaTools. Continue reading

Share on:

Songkick Releases Cool ‘100,000 Concerts In Your Pocket’ iPhone App

Songkick is challenging long time leader Pollstar.com as a go to place to find concert information and yesterday they released a useful today app for iPhone and iPod touch that. Continue reading

Share on:

Once Again, Square Revolutionizes The Merch Table

Yesterday, Mobile credit card processor Square announced it had shipped 500,000 of its free reader that turns an iPhone or Android smartphone into a mobile credit card processor.  A fair. Continue reading

Share on:

Eventbrite Grabs $50 Million More For Live Ticket & Marketing Platform

Even as Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was touting synergies created by its merger with Ticketmaster at this morning's JP Morgan conference, investors were signalling that it's far from game. Continue reading

Share on:

TourIntel Offers Free Look At Live Show Data

TourIntel offers "Concert Business Intelligence" and accounts are currently free for a limited time. TourIntel claims to provide data on over 15,000 artists performing at over 7500 venues for more. Continue reading

Share on:

Live Nation Trims Losses To $48.5 Million, Credits Lower Ticket Prices

Live Nation has pared losses in the first quarter of 2011, reporting upticks in ticket sales for concerts and sporting events, driven by lower ticket prices. Overall, Live Nation's net. Continue reading

Share on:

Live Gig Engine NuevoStage Wins Rethink Prize

NuevoStage, a service that helps fans and bands work together to book live gigs, has won the $50,000 top prize at the Rethink Music business plan competition sponsored by Berklee. Continue reading

Share on:

Sonicbids Teams With House Of Blues Clubs For “New Music Nights”

Sonicbids has teamed with Live Nation to bring an emerging music night to select House of Blues concert halls. "New Music Nights at House of Blues" will launch in Los. Continue reading

Share on:

ScoreBig Scores $14 Million More For Ticketing

In case anyone needed more proof that investors believe that Ticketmaster's dominance is waning and ticketing is still up for grabs, ScoreBig, which offers discount and no fee tickets for. Continue reading

Share on:
Top