2010 was not a great year for the live touring industry in general or concert and ticketing giant Live Nation in particular.  Ticket sales fell, "synergies" created by the merger. Continue reading

In the past few months, Bandsintown has quietly been expanding its presence among artists and live music fans on Facebook with the release of their new, cross-platform tour dates app. 

Love a fellow musician's song? Do they love your music too? Perfect. Cover each other's singles and take off on a tour of the U.S. That's the strategy being employed. Continue reading

To date, Rihanna has 20 singles; 1,056,094,048 views on YouTube; and 10 million album sales. But, at the moment, she can't sell concert tickets to save her life. Last year, her. Continue reading

This simple and powerful idea somes from Scott Perry of The New Music Tip Sheet: "Don't use sites like Goldstar and Groupon to discount tickets at the last minute, use. Continue reading

Income from live touring has become the cornerstone of most artist's income, but it's not money that easily earned.  As these stats from live music hub Songkick make that point. Continue reading

Last week, John McCrea, the lead singer of Cake, insinuated that music will be a hobby for most people in five or ten years. All around him, McCrea, age 46,. Continue reading

Upstart Ticketfly believes that social media is its secret weapon in the ticketing wars dominated by Ticketmaster and Live Nation.  Last week the primary ticket seller (not to be confused. Continue reading