The Attack of the Killer Stingrays

Steve Irwin - The Crocodile Hunter's daughter Bindi is set to take America by storm - Letterman, National Press Club, Ellen Degeneres et al. On January 14 Bindi and her backup dancers, the Crocmen, will team up with The Wiggles for a concert at LA's Ahmanson Theatre, where Americans have snapped up tickets worth up to $US65. "The Crocmen" WTF?

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Bindi Irwin following closely in father's steps takes the stage in L.A.

Bindi Irwin, daughter of late-but-loved Steve Irwin (the Crocodile Hunter) makes her international stage debut in Los Angeles alongside the Wiggles, combining exotic animals with kid-friendly song and dance. US concert-goers paid up to $65 a ticket to be a part of her debut. Next stop: Crocodile Hunting, she says.

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WeHaveSeats.com Awarded 5 Stars

WeHaveSeats.com has received the highest rated "Concert & Sports Event Ticket Comparison" website on ReviewPlace.com with a rating of 5 stars. ReviewPlace.com is a website that encourages people to save gas, avoid crowds and shop online.

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Create a google with your favorite image

The website mugle which operates as a music search engine for concert tickets, has just launched a service called 'yougle' that lets users create their own google search engine with a given image, the image they choose being displayed on both the front page and the search results.

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CHRIS CORNELL Confirmed For Germany's 'Live Earth' Concert

Former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell has been added to the lineup for the Germany edition of Live Earth, to be held July 7 at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg. Also on the bill are SNOOP DOGG, MANA, KATIE MELUA, JAN DELAY, JULI, LOTTO KING KARL, MICHAEL MITTERMEIER, REAMONN, ROGER CICERO, SASHA & SILBERMOND. Tickets on sale May 24th.

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Bon Jovi, Ticketmaster and iTunes do something Brilliant.

Bon Jovi, for the upcoming New Jersey concert will be offering early ticket sales to those who buy a digital copy of the album that will be distributed via iTunes. Great for fans, great for sales, and a great way to cut out the 19th century witch hunters at the RIAA.

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Bon Jovi: Smarter RIAA Executives (and lawyers)

One of the keys to recognizing the new business models opened up by a lack of scarcity is the importance of linking scarce and non-scarce components. For musicians, we've often pointed out that an important scarce component are concert tickets, and, in fact have suggested that musicians can do quite well by offering incentives to people willing to

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Clarkson cancels her summer tour - The Boston Globe

Kelly Clarkson's summer concert tour has been canceled due to disappointing ticket sales, three days after Clarkson fired her management team and just a week and a half before the scheduled June 26 release of the singer's third album, "My December."

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For those living in the UK - iTunes sponsoring a series of concerts

You can sign up to win free tickets to this series of fantastic iTunes sponsored top artists playing LIVE gigs at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts this summer. Bands include Amy Winehouse, The Stereophonics, Groove Armada and many more

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Soul2Soul Tour Tops Concerts

Soul2Soul also climbs three spots this week, moving from the number five position to the number two position. Successful on sales put the country music artists not far behind the reigning number one “Wicked.” (Full Top 10 list on TicketNews.com)

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Contest to Meet Fall Out Boy!

Calling all Fall Out Boy fans! Follow the link in this story and not only can you win tickets to the Fall Out Boy concert on May 4 in San Francisco, but one lucky winner will get to meet the band! Take a minute to enter and you could find yourself hanging out with Pete, Patrick and the boys in San Francisco!

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Live Earth Revealed! Tickets Go On Sale April 16th!

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Justin Hits the Road

On Friday, April 13th, the Justin Timberlake Fanclub will be holding a members-only ticket pre-sale for 1 hour, beginning 9 AM local venue time for concert tour dates between Boston and San Jose starting August 7th. For more information, visit www.JustinTimberlakeFanclub.com.

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Latin Teens Reveal Keys To Music Discovery &f Purchasing Behavior

A panel of Latin teens told a Billboard Latin Music Conference audience Tuesday that they rely mostly on radio to discover new artists, and on illegal downloads to get single tracks -- but that they're willing to pay up for concert tickets and even CD's for the artists they love.

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Bidlowest2win - The UK's most exciting reverse auction site!

Bidlowest2win is an exciting UK online reverse auction site. Here it is not the highest, but the LOWEST unique bid that wins. Winners do not even have to pay your winning bid price. Bids never cost more than £1. Great prizes like sports & concert tickets, PS3, xBox, ipods, gift vouchers and much, much more can be won at amazing bargain prices.

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Welcome to the Summer of Free Music

Ticketmaster and iTunes have teamed up to offer iTunes customers “A Summer of Free Music.” When you purchase a concert ticket from Ticketmaster.com for any show scheduled between Memorial Day (5/28) and Labor Day (7/03), you’ll receive an electronic redemption code you can use to download...

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eBay Inc. to Buy StubHub for $300 Million+?

San Jose, CA based eBay Inc., the online auction/shopping website created by Pierre Omidyar are getting close to acquiring StubHub for over $300 million. StubHub is one of the largest online ticket-sellers for concerts and sporting events. Last year, StubHub sold over $400 million worth of tickets. StubHub made $10 million EBIT last year.

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Facebook Launching Free Classifieds called Marketplace

Today (Friday, May 11), Facebook will launch a free classified ad listing. It will allow users to create classified listings in four categories: housing; jobs; for sale, where users can list things like concert tickets and used bikes; and “other,” a catch-all that could include things like solicitations for rides home for the holidays.

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Coke+iTunes launch huge Music-Promotion in Europe

The Coca Cola Company and iTunes will launch the largest Music-Promotion Europe has ever seen (Promotion in 17 Countries). Coke+iTunes will give away millions of free Songs, free iPods and Tickets for Coke+iTunes-sponsored Concerts across Europe.

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WIN Animal Collective tickets!

We have a pair of tickets to give away for Animal Collective's show at The Coronet in London (map) on July 11th. The concert will give UK audiences the first chance to hear material from the band's forthcoming Strawberry Jam album, released later in the year through Domino. All you have to do is answer a very easy question.

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Europe's Biggest Green Gathering sells Tickets via Mobile Phone

Using your Windows Mobile device or any cellular phone to buy event tickets seems like a great way to eliminate hassle and save a tree or two. The TixMobile technology appears to be the green way to go to a concert.

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Tori Amos

SOOOO i ordered my tickets via ticketmaster of course, but when i put in for the pre sale and the best tix aval i get the shittiest!!!!!!!!! I hte Ticket master, i hate the Tower where its at and i hate everyone associated with those places. This is the 1 concert i wan to be close enough to see her.

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Nikolai Baskov & Taisiya Povaliy are coming to California

Opera singer Nikolai Baskov, whose mix of popular songs and operatic arias has won him both praise and derision, is coming to California this March. The tenor is expected to arrive in San Francisco by 24th of March, where he will perform in a live Concert along with a sexy Ukrainian star Taisiya Povaliy. Tickets are on sale at www.TicketsR.com.

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£250,000 ($500,000US) for Take That tickets on eBay (sold)

"You are bidding for 2 Take That tickets for Monday the 10th december at Manchester. Dont miss the boys homecoming concert with what will be a memeroble night. winning bidder will recieve confirmation email from promotor. Immediate payment required at end of auction. Good luck!!!"

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E for All Consumer Show: Ticket, Exhibitor, and Gaming Tournament Info

All the latest details on the E for All consumer show. Straight from the leading source Mary Dolaher, executive vice president of IDG World Expo and former VP of E3, reveals strategies for ticket sales, floor space, gaming tournaments, concerts, promotions, and advertising.

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The Bon JovI Bundle

Let the bundling begin. Prince made headlines when he bundled CDs and concert tickets. Now, in what Billboard.biz calls a first, Bon Jovi is bundling digital copies of his album Lost Highway with pre-sale tickets for the group's upcoming show in New Jersey.

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Spamming Concert Promoter Says Ticket Buyers Asked For It

From Wired's Threat Level blog: Live Nation, a concert promoter whose spamming ways helped inspire THREAT LEVEL's collaborative ranking of companies with the worst privacy practices, wrote in today to address my original email complaint to them, and says I asked for their spam.... though it's just flat out false.

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Sponsored Concerts - Ozzfest Is Free this Year (VIDEO)

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Concert Review: Iggy & The Stooges

The revamped and reformed Stooges from Detroit are touring and playing punk and garage music as lively as ever. If you are interested in seeing Iggy & The Stooges, then check out this great concert review before they hit your town or before you buy tickets. This includes video, photos, and links (including to a review of "The Weirdness").

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Britney Spears at House of Blues-Free Concert Tickets

Once again Britney is trying to gain some attention. I guess Britney didn't learn anything in rehab, does she really think she is well enough to be doing concerts, and more important where are the kids, I think we are missing the point in all of this, besides being the famous Britney, first and foremost she is a MOM to two small children!!!

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man charged with selling $18,000 in tickets to bogus hip-hop concert

Charles Warthan, 31, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is accused of working with others in a scheme in which a number of businesses, organizations and individuals in Dubuque were contacted about promoting the concert featuring numerous artists, officials with the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release.

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Slave disses (Ticket)master

The memories of being repeatedly raped every time I wanted to check out a concert surfaced, and so I penned this retort, to which I have yet to receive a response...

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Ira Losco at Gigi D'Alessio concert

Saturday 11/08 Ira Losco and her band will be the local act performing at the Gigi D'Alessio concert which is to be held at Manoel Island. Ira Losco is promising a great surprise which will be announced on the night! Also ... good news for Ira Losco fans!! Discounted tickets!!! More info at www.iralosco.com and www.ira-losco.com

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Many Good Seats for The Police Twickenham Concert on eBay UK

As the two big Police shows at Twickenham rapidly approach, more good seats are coming available on eBay and since the competition is quite high the tickets are selling for reasonable prices.

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Give so they may grow

PAMPERED politicians are being showered with gifts including cars, concert tickets, bottles of Grange, wetsuits and mobile phones. A Sunday Herald Sun investigation also found state and federal MPs from across the political spectrum are receiving exclusive memberships and flight and room upgrades.

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Win Gnarls Barkley/Peeping Tom Tix In Atlantic City

Yes, the concert's tomorrow. Are you in the Jersey area? Wanna go and take three friends? Stereogum's giving away four tickets each to five lucky winners.

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Bob Dylan digital box set available exclusively on itunes

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Shakira vs. Poison (yes...the 80's hair band) - Search Battle Results

According to SeeHowTheySearch.com, more people search for Poison concert tickets than for Shakira tix. Check out the poll question as well.

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Dixie Chicks Schedule Yukon Leg Of North American Tour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Several concerts on the Dixie Chicks’ “Total Accidents & False Accusations” tour have been canceled after slow ticket sales in the U.S., but the group says it has replaced them with other dates in Canada.

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Top 10 Concerts of 10/23-10/30 (by ticket sales)

1 The Cheetah Girls, 2 Barbra Streisand, 3 Rolling Stones, 4 Bob Seger, 5 Christina Aguilera.....click the link to see the rest.

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Livenation Duping Customers

Livenation is apparently selling magazines to customers alongside concert tickets( without telling them) or giving them a choice. You then have to send a proof of purchase to receive the money back, and wait 8 additional weeks for it.

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Operators want RFID in phones

Mobile phones could have moved a step closer to being used as credit cards, car keys and concert tickets, after operators around the world said they would work together on the technology.

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Truly lame idea for gun exchange

This Saturday in Sobrante Park and next week in DeFremery Park, city officials will reward anyone who turns in a gun with two tickets to the Dec. 15 concert by hard-rock band Guns N' Roses at Oracle Arena.

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Free iTunes song of choice & music sampler!

If you buy a summer concert ticket online at Ticketmaster, you get a free iTunes song credit, plus a 10-song sampler. From Memorial to Labor Day!

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Awesome Concert Alert! Hellogoodbye & The Hush Sound

Yup, two of the most addicting bands I can think of are playing at Roseland in NYC tomorrow. Tickets are going for cheap on craigslist so if you can make it out I'd highly recommend it.

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Trent Reznor - NIN: fury at Universal Music fan ripoff

Record company feels its ok to exploit fans. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor disagrees makes record company staff buy own concert tickets.

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Smashing Pumpkins Are A Sell Out Band

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Wal Mart executives accused of taking bribes

A former Wal-Mart marketing executive, who was fired by the company in December, accuses its CEO and other top brass of "accepting sweetheart deals, travel and concert tickets from suppliers," plus engaging in improper relationships, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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