Ticketmaster launches priority ticket access to Avenged Sevenfold NFT holders

Musician and “1883” star Tim McGraw has formed his own production company: Down Home Media in Nashville, Tennessee.McGraw has teamed with his management company EM.Co, and social content studio Shareability. Shareability’s founder, Tim Staples, is Down Home’s co-founder and CEO, while EM.Co’s Brian Kaplan, also a co-founder, will serve as Chief Strategy Officer.

Thania Garcia Morgan Wallen leads the albums chart for a fifth consecutive week with his 36-song “One Thing at a Time,” — and in the latest tracking week, the set’s lead single, “Last Night,” also returns to No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a second week. Wallen’s third studio album logged the equivalent of 173,000 sales in the United States and 216 million streams, according to data by Luminate. The record debuted at No. 1 back in March — with 501,000 sales as the largest debut since Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” — and has not left the summit since. Not only that, Wallen has been credited as one of the largest contributors to the growing presence of country music on streaming platforms.

Kimberly Akimbo, the acclaimed David Lindsay-Abaire-Jeanine Tesori Broadway musical, will launch a 75-week, 60-city North American tour in September 2024, producers announced today.

Naman Ramachandran Global talent management company YMU has launched its U.S. social division under the leadership of Deanna Ritter, who will report into Lucy Loveridge, global MD, social. Ritter, who will serve as U.S. managing director, social, at YMU, will be supported by senior director of talent Haley Henning. Both executives are from the Be Social Group where, as MD, Ritter ran the creator partnership and talent management teams, developing growth and revenue strategies for key influential digital clients and brands in fashion and lifestyle; and Henning, as director of talent, led the talent management team and managed brand and digital operations for a diverse roster of clients including podcast hosts, content creators and actors.

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Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records who launched the recording careers of Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders, died Sunday of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 80.

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Robert Smith has asked Ticketmaster to explain why tickets in its promised face value ticket exchange are “weird” and “over priced”.The Cure singer and guitarist has taken the ticketing platform to task in recent weeks over its “unduly high” service fees for tickets to his band’s upcoming North American tour. Some fans claimed that Ticketmaster fees, including service fee, facility charge and order processing fee, exceeded the price of the actual tickets.Earlier this month Smith said that he was “sickened” by high Ticketmaster fees after the platform had vowed to the band to keep prices affordable for their fans.Now, some fans have claimed that tickets marked as face value are selling beyond the price of a standard ticket, and Smith has responded to what’s been alleged.

HYBE Labels subsidiary ADOR, home to K-pop girl group NewJeans, have opened online auditions for a potential new boyband.Today (March 28), ADOR unveiled several posters and videos on social media and YouTube announcing its ‘The Real Hype Boys’ audition. The label will be accepting online auditions on ador.world from now until 1pm KST on April 14.An unnamed male trainee as well as the members of NewJeans feature in the promotional video for the auditions, which details the online application period and host countries where in-person auditions will take place.Per ADOR’s guidelines, the auditions are open to boys born between 2004-2012.

Avenged Sevenfold to offer fans NFT-gated pre-sale tickets to the band’s tour.Avenged Sevenfold – who have their own NFT community fanclub, Deathbats Club – partnered with Ticketmaster to integrate its fanclub into its system, which will reportedly provide fans with priority access to tickets and added levels of security, including the absence of bots and scalpers.A complete list of Avenged Sevenfold’s North American tour dates can be found below. Get your tickets here.We’re stoked to announce the first leg of our Life Is But A Dream… North American Tour • July 18 through August 7 • with special guest @aof_official.

Kim Kardashian's daughter is reportedly set to launch a skincare line. The 42-year-old reality star is mother to North, 10, Saint, seven, Chicago, five and three-year-old Psalm with ex-husband Kanye West and documents obtained by The US Sun show that earlier this month she filed four new trademarks in her eldest's name, one of which will see North sell various beauty products.

A law firm in Canada last week filed a class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster taking issue with the way the Live Nation ticketing platform sets prices, advertises shows and defines tickets as ‘platinum’.According to the Toronto Star, the lawsuit hones in on an upcoming Drake show at Montreal’s Bell Centre. One fan bought two ‘official platinum’ tickets priced at $789.54 each.

North West is following in her momma Kim Kardashian’s footsteps to become an entrepreneur!

Ticketmaster is now facing another lawsuit.

The event, dubbed “Full Circle, a Special Three-Day Celebration of the Snyderverse Trilogy,” will present director’s cut versions of his films “Man of Steel” and “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition” on April 28 and 29 at the Ahmanson Auditorium at ArtCenter College of Design. “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” will screen April 30 at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood.

Neil Young has weighed in on the current state of touring following Ticketmaster’s latest controversy with The Cure.Last week, tickets to The Cure’s North American tour went on sale but was soon mired in controversy after it was brought to light that the ticketing platform had added “unduly high” add-ons and fees to tickets against the band’s wishes.Now, Neil Young has offered his thoughts on touring and Ticketmaster, writing on his website: “It’s over. The old days are gone.

Google images was invented, but as of today, the highly accomplished multi-hyphenate can now add another addition to her resume: footwear designer.  Yes, JLO has teamed up with US retailer Revolve to launch an exclusive collection of footwear. The collection is set to launch in three separate drops, the first of which is available to buy now.

Ghost shirts, which are sacred to certain Indigenous communities, were thought to guard the wearer against bullets through spiritual power. This precious heirloom is at the center of Tony Tost’s directorial debut film at SXSW, Americana. This western dramedy has some tricks up its sleeve, thanks to the brilliant writing and the script’s comedic timing. It boasts a big cast of actors including Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Paul Walter Hauser, Zahn McClarnon, Simon Rex, Eric Dane and Gavin Maddox Bergman.

Ticketmaster has agreed to partially refund ticketing fees paid by Cure fans who bought tickets for the band’s upcoming US tour through the Live Nation company’s Verified Fan platform. This follows a backlash after some fans were charged fees in excess of the face value of the tickets.“Ticketmaster have agreed with us that many of the fees being charged are unduly high”, tweeted Cure frontman Robert Smith last night.