Ticketmaster Corporation

Here's Why Ticket Prices are So Outlandish, and a Modest Proposal to Change That

Ticket prices are getting a little silly, wouldn't you agree? The smaller venues are doing a great job of holding them down (it cost me less than a cheap meal for three hours' of the Melvins and Unsane last year), but at your larger scale venues they long ago passed the $50 mark and kept climbing. I ... More >>

The Dunk Tank

Lady Gaga Announces American Airlines Center Show in January

Lady Gaga, probably the biggest pop music star in the world right now, has announced a show at the American Airlines Center for Tuesday, January 29. It's all part of her "Born This Way Ball World Tour," which seems to have been going on since the late '90s. Tickets will go on sale next Friday, Septe ... More >>

"I Have Learned That Running a Company Is a Lot Easier Than Keeping a Band Together": A Chat With Prekindle's Pete Swulius and Dave Howard

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in DFW music. Pete Swulius and Dave Howard are old band pals from a now-defunct outfit called The Virgin Trebles. Nowadays, they devote their energy to supporting other local artists, not just as fans, but through t ... More >>

DJ Scott McCullough Remembers Trying to See Pearl Jam Back When They Fought Ticketmaster

Scott McCullough​If you've been to a themed DJ night like The Lollipop Shoppe or The Smoke, chances are good you either saw Scott McCullough DJing or dancing on the floor. These days, he does a regular Wednesday night gig at La Grange called The Thing?, showcasing plenty of Northern soul alon ... More >>

The Hoops Get Real

Charlie Sheen's Bringing His "Violent Torpedo" Tour to the American Airlines Center

​Apparently, Charlie Sheen's not going anywhere. Matter of fact, according to The Hollywood Reporter, he's coming to Dallas on April 27 at part of his Charlie Sheen's Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour -- tickets for which go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m., says Ticketmaster. And w ... More >>

More Super Bowl Weekend Shows Pop Up As Kid Rock, Jason Derulo, Others Announce Gigs

​Seems Maroon 5 isn't the only act coming to town during Super Bowl weekend, as the Big Game comes to North Texas on February 6. Unfortunately, though, as of now, they still appear as if they're the only ones throwing a free show for all to attend. A few more Super Bowl weekend concerts were annou ... More >>

Oh Oh, We're Jamming

The Sounds Of Rebirth

Midlake's June 5 Show Moved From Palladiuam To Hailey's Club

Midlake​There've been grumbles coming from Denton ever since Midlake announced that their upcoming June 5 performance would be happening in Dallas at the Palladium Ballroom rather than somewhere in the band's hometown.The grumbles got even louder when the ticket price was revealed--$25, after fees ... More >>

Yes, Another Film Festival: The USA Film Festival Releases Line-Up and Schedule

Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda in Neil Jordan's Ondine, which is playing the USA Film Festival April 30​The Dallas International Film Festival wraps up Sunday. But tomorrow morning, tickets for the USA Film Festival will go on sale via Ticketmaster, according to the fest's publicist in the rele ... More >>

Today In Music News: Steven Tyler Rocks Home Depot, AC/DC Rock Iron Man 2 And Mega Mergers Rule

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, January 27, 2010...Looks like Steven Tyler has moved on from singing at karaoke bars to Home Depots.AC/DC will be the sole artist on the Iron Man 2 soundtrack. Live Nation and Ticketmaster are now one big ass company!  So, you can go ahead ... More >>

Today In Music News: Weezy To Release Two Albums This Year, Jack White Talks Philosophy, and Ticketmaster Has A Sense Of Humor

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 20, 2009...Lil Wayne is set to release both Tha Carter IV and Rebirth before the end of the year.Jack White says his former band The Upholsterers hid 100 vinyl EPs in couches they upholstered when that was his day job. Oh, and he told this ... More >>

LiveNation Releases Extra U2 Tickets For Sale Today At Noon

​...and real soon, too. See, now that the complicated production details have been completed on the band's upcoming, October 12 show with Muse at Arlington's Cowboys Stadium, the promoters are releasing more tickets, at all price levels, for sale to the public, starting in, oh, 50 minutes or so, a ... More >>

Paul McCartney To Play Cowboys Stadium On Wednesday, August 19

Another coup for that spaceship out in Arlington: It's the Beatle's first Dallas show since 2005, and his sole Texas stop on his current North American tour. Perhaps most impresively, though, the press release announcing the show indicates that the concert should last a solid 2.5 hours. Ticke ... More >>

Tool Sells Out Nokia Theatre In Under Half An Hour. Except, Of Course, On eBay

A couple Friends of DC9 have checked in with us over the course of the day today wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy afoot with the Tool show coming up on July 25 at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie. Well, far as David Ireland, marketing manager for the regional branch of AEG Live (the co ... More >>

Ticketmaster and Livenation Merger Hearings Reveal a Hell of a Secret: Bands Get a Cut of Service Fees

My Bloody Valentine To Perform At Palladium Ballroom As One Of Just Four Stateside Post-Coachella Dates

It's been pretty widely reported already this morning, but it's definitely worth pointing out again, in case some of you might've missed it: Seminal shoegaze act My Bloody Valentine is coming to town for a Palladium Ballroom performance just over a month from now, on Wednesday, April 22. It's one o ... More >>

Distant Gig Alert: Leonard Cohen To Play Nokia Theatre On April 3

Leonard Cohen, whose music, among other things, remains the sole reason why 1990's Pump up the Volume is worth watching, will be stopping through town on Friday, April 3, for a performance at Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie.Tickets go on sale a week from today, at 10 a.m., through Ticketmaster.

David Beckham: Out of Sight. Out of Mind.

Trashy Times

The Russ Martin Band tears up Nokia

Get in on Fair to Midland Tix for 10 Bucks

Get Dirt-y

Bands Roundup for a day o' tunes

Talk of the Town

Blunt Trauma

Nature Calls

Cool Girls

Like Mike

Fright Night

Hot Potatoes

Load of Bull

Make Believe

B-Ball Wizards

They have smiles and skills

Rodent Tales

It's man vs. squirrel

Seasonal Changes

Best Sports Event for the Whole Family

A Frisco RoughRiders game

RAW Deal

A death match and a dance-off

Big Top

Summer's three-ring fling

Dream On

Team China takes a shot

Body Talk

Turn pound cake into beefcake

Take a Jump at the Lakers

Kobe Bryant does his dunk and cover

Mo' Bull

Check out the rockin' broncs

All Net

The Mavs gets Jazzed

Low-Fiber

Entertainment that's flammable

Blue Note

It's a smash hit

Holding Court

Anderson is simply magical

Out There

The Dr. is out

Dre and Snoop Dogg, the boys who cried wolf, cancel yet another Dallas show