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I Read The News Today... For July 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 18, 2011 4:01 pm
Perhaps you've heard about The Horrible Crowes, the new band Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon's in. They've put a new tune called "Behold The Hurricane" up on the interwebs and guess who it sounds like? Bruce Springsteen! Whodathunk? Wanna hear Killers member Ronnie Vanucci's debut solo album? He's recorded it as Big Talk, and you...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending May 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 6, 2011 2:44 pm
This hasn't been a good week for Public Enemy's Flavor Flav. He was arrested in Las Vegas last Friday night on a traffic violation, and cops discovered there were four warrants out for his arrest because of prior run-ins with The Man. At least he smiled for his new mug shot? Meanwhile, Flavor Flav's former business partner has filed a police...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 7, 2011 5:58 pm
Toronto singer/songwriter and former Local Rabbits member Peter Elkas will release a new album entitled Repeat Offender on Feb. 22 through Joel Plaskett's New Scotland Records. He'll be on the road promoting it in March. —peterelkas.com Mike Skinner has officially retired The Streets. We're sad, so we're going to go listen to every Streets album...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 3, 2010 1:18 pm
Kurtis Blow was caught with a teensy bit of weed in his pocket yesterday morning while getting a body scan at Los Angeles International Airport. Unlike Willie Nelson, he wasn't arrested. Blow had less than an ounce of pot in his pants, and was let go, as TSA standard operating procedures indicate can be done when a person has less than an ounce of...
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Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger Approved... With Conditions

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 25, 2010 5:00 pm
The proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation can go ahead, as long as Ticketmaster sells some of its assets first. The U.S. Justice Department and Canada's Competition Bureau want Ticketmaster to sell Paciolan, its subsidiary ticketing business, to Philadelphia sports and entertainment company Comcast-Spectacor or another approved...
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Morrissey Tickets Come With Coupons For... Burgers

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 20, 2009 11:49 am
Morrissey's an outspoken vegetarian and the guy can't even be near the smell of meat without gagging. So it might be kind of surprising that Ticketmaster's online tickets for Moz's upcoming Los Angeles show come with coupons for burgers from Denny's. The Idolator blog unveiled what must be Ticketmaster fail #1565784903 after former Reno 911! star...
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Ontario Legislation Targets Ticketmaster

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) April 29, 2009 4:05 pm
Ontario proposed legislation today (Wednesday) to stop companies like Ticketmaster from reselling event tickets at inflated prices through its own subsidiary companies. According to a press release from attorney general Chris Bentley, proposed amendments to Ontario's Ticket Speculation Act will help ensure consumers have fair access to tickets...
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Live Nation/Ticketmaster Merger's Rough Senate Reception

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By CHARTattack Staff February 25, 2009 2:30 pm
The proposed Live Nation / Ticketmaster merger isn't guaranteed, as skeptical U.S. politicians grilled the company's top executives at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee On Antitrust, Competition Policy And Consumer Rights hearings in Washington on Tuesday. Senator Charles Schumer is against the merger and says it represents "...
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Ticketmaster Sued For Service Charges

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By CHARTattack Staff February 13, 2009 11:55 am
A second class-action lawsuit has been filed against Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada Ltd. The $250-million suit was filed on Thursday on behalf of Canadians who purchased tickets from Ticketmaster for an event anywhere in the country other than Ontario and were charged a convenience fee or additional service charges on...
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Ticketmaster Sued, Merges With Live Nation

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By CHARTattack Staff February 10, 2009 12:20 pm
An Ontario class-action lawsuit has been launched against Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., Ticketmaster Canada Ltd., TNOW Entertainment Group Inc. and Premium Inventory, Inc. The plaintiffs allege Ticketmaster is diverting tickets to its TicketsNow resale site and forcing consumers to pay a higher price for them in violation of the anti-...
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Prime Seats For Big Concerts Being Auctioned By Ticketmaster

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By CHARTattack Staff May 31, 2006 5:00 pm
Coldplay put tickets to shows in Vancouver and Toronto earlier this year up for online auction through Ticketmaster as an attempt to cut out scalpers, and the British superstars also donated a portion of the premium proceeds to charity. Now a number of other big names have jumped on the ticket auction bandwagon in conjunction with Ticketmaster...
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