It seems that the folks at Ticketmaster aren’t going to let Live Nation get away with starting their own ticketing service. According to Billboard, Ticketmaster is teaming up with Cablevision to purchase 49% of AEG Live, the second largest promoter in the world. We’ll see how Live Nation likes a taste of their own medicine. Regardless of the increase in competition for the giants, we’re sure concert goers will still wind up with the short end of the stick. As usual.
Here’s the last batch of links we’ll dump on you this week:
- Expect to see Beatles songs on upcoming episodes of American Idol
- Andrew Bird throws in with Obama at a fund-raising concert in Chicago
- Radiohead said no to Glastonbury due to environmental concerns
- Fortune profiles newcomer RCRD LBL, the first free online music label
- Rolling Stone lays out the Beastie Boys return to the studio
- Perpetual Groove broadens the approach of jambands
- Air’s Moon Safari gets the re-release treatment after ten years
- The New York Times profiles booking agent Bill Bragin
Finally, the lineup for the soundtrack to NBC’s Heroes seems pretty damn good to us. Besides the fitting title track from David Bowie, the album also features killer tracks from a slew of artists including Wilco, Nada Surf and My Morning Jacket.