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Live Nation Ticketmaster
Interesting post about the merging of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
Personally, while I think it's great to have smaller companies start to appear in the ticketing industry it will be interesting to see if the convenience fees will be done away with. Most of the shows I go to run about 20-30 dollars, so with the extra fee added I don't mind that much. However there are some bands, Dave Matthews Band especially, that I'm already paying approx. $65 for the ticket, plus the convenience fee knocks it up to around $75....and that's not including all the money I have to spend to get to the show and whatever else. I know I won't stop going to live performances, but it would be great if fans didn't have to spend such extraordinary amounts of money to see their favorite bands. I'm a little weary of the merging however, just because the Live Nation / Ticketmaster duo will be in charge of so many aspects of the industry.
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