Ticketmaster news and trends

TikTok Brings Ticketmaster Purchasing Program to 20 New Markets
Partnerships // December 04, 2023

TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their in-app ticketing partnership to 20 new markets. The partnership, launched last year in the U.S., is now being offered to users in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Spain...

Ticket Resale Platforms Being Tested by Taylor Swift Tour
eCommerce // May 24, 2023

The ticket reselling business is being tested in new ways by the current Taylor Swift tour. While the pop star has tried to see that tickets go to fans rather than resellers, many of those fans have now tried scalping tickets for the first time,...

PayPal Lands Live Nation Preferred Payments Partner Deal for Ticket Sales
Payment Methods // April 03, 2023

PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us take that to the next level with a truly global-reaching payments solution,” Ticketmaster President Mark Yovich said...

Ticketmaster and Avenged Sevenfold Score With NFT for Event-Gating
NFTs // March 27, 2023

Event ticketing leader Ticketmaster appears poised to scale an experiment with NFTs enabling holders of certain tokens to get special access and discounts to events. As reported by crypto newsletter Decrypt on Monday (March 27), Ticketmaster announced it is enabling holders of the NFT called...

Interviews & Exclusives
What the Taylor Swift Ticket Crash Says About Life in a Digital World

November 23, 2022
The pandemic-fueled rise of online shopping and its hyper adoption across all commerce categories has made “adapt or die” the calling card for emergent card payment solutions everywhere. At the same time, it has become imperative for merchants to evolve their transaction-focused fundamentals from the ground up and center their services and customer experiences on […]

Quick Reads
Live Nation May Face Antitrust Lawsuit

April 15, 2024
Live Nation reportedly may be facing an antitrust lawsuit as early as May. The Justice Department is preparing to sue the concert promotion and ticketing company after investigating its size and negotiating power in its field, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (April 15). The suit will allege that Live Nation, which is the parent company […]

TikTok Brings Ticketmaster Purchasing Program to 20 New Markets

December 04, 2023
TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their in-app ticketing partnership to 20 new markets. The partnership, launched last year in the U.S., is now being offered to users in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Canada,...

Ticket Resale Platforms Being Tested by Taylor Swift Tour

May 24, 2023
The ticket reselling business is being tested in new ways by the current Taylor Swift tour. While the pop star has tried to see that tickets go to fans rather...

PayPal Lands Live Nation Preferred Payments Partner Deal for Ticket Sales

April 03, 2023
PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us...