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Stiff online competition for Bon Jovi tickets; Local buyers competing with mercenary Internet scalpers.(Music – Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

Stiff online competition for Bon Jovi tickets; Local buyers competing with mercenary Internet scalpers.(Music - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Title: Stiff online competition for Bon Jovi tickets; Local buyers competing with mercenary Internet scalpers.(Music - Articles)
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Justin Bieber Tickets for Summertime Ball 2010

Article by Sold Out Ticket Market

Justin Bieber is a Canadian-American pop/R&B singer. His performances on YouTube were seen by Scooter Braun, who later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.

Justin Bieber was born on March 1, 1994 in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber’s mother, Pattie Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son. Bieber was raised as an only child by Mallette, who worked low-paying office jobs, though Bieber maintains contact with his father. As he grew, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber’s videos by accident. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber’s school, and finally contacted Mallette. she permitted Braun to fly Bieber, then 13, to Atlanta, Georgia to record demo tapes. A week after arriving, Bieber sang for R&B singer/songwriter Usher, who arranged an audition with Antonio L.A. Reid at Island Def Jam Music Group, who in turn signed him to Island Records in October 2008. Bieber and his mother then moved to Atlanta, also the home of Usher and Braun, to base his career.

Bieber’s first single, “One Time”, was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009, and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall 2009 it had success in international markets. The song was certified Platinum in Canada and the U.S. and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. Bieber’s first album My World, was released on November 17, 2009. Three consecutive singles, “One Less Lonely Girl”, “Love Me”, and “Favorite Girl”, were released exclusively on the iTunes store and charted within the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. My World was eventually certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada and Silver in the UK.

“Baby”, the lead single from the second half of his debut album, which features Ludacris, was released in January 2010 and became his biggest hit thus far, charting at number five in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in seven other countries. His album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, making Bieber the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963. My World 2.0 also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, and Australian Albums Chart, and the New Zealand Albums Chart and reached the top ten of fifteen other countries.

Bieber’s popularity has caused safety concerns. While promoting My World, Bieber was scheduled to appear at Long Island’s Roosevelt Field Mall, but the performance had to be cancelled. Over 3,000 screaming fans showed up for the appearance. On April 26, 2010, a scheduled promotional performance was cancelled by Australian police after several girls were injured in a crowd crush. Arriving at Auckland airport in New Zealand later that day, RadioLIVE New Zealand reported on airport security’s efforts to keep Bieber out of trouble. He later tweeted that somebody stole his hat and “knocked down [his] mama.”

Bieber will begin recording his next album in the summer of 2010 in New York City. British singer and songwriter Taio Cruz has confirmed he is writing on Bieber’s next project. Justin Bieber is also performing in summertime Ball 2010. Justin Bieber Summer Time Ball 2010 Tickets are available on Sold Out Ticket Market at nominal rates.

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Has anyone won tickets to 2NE1 MTV IGGY concert in times square 2011, “best new band in the world”?

Question by : Has anyone won tickets to 2NE1 MTV IGGY concert in times square 2011, “best new band in the world”?
I entered and haven’t hear anything about it yet…There’s nothing on the MTV IGGY website either…
Let me know if you’ve won tickets…
just curious iif they really do contact you like they say…
thanks

Best answer:

Answer by Jeannie Yun
I was contacted today.
They give you more steps and from there it’s first come first serve when you respond to that email with the information they ask for.
If you win they said they’ll contact you with another email with specific info on it.

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Justin Bieber Tickets | Justin Bieber Concert Tickets | Justin Bieber UK Tour Dates

Article by GigSport

Justin Bieber TicketsJustin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer. Justin Bieber was 12 years old when he entered a local singing competition in Stratford, placing in second. He taught himself how to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In late 2007 Justin and his mother began posting videos on YouTube so that his family and friends that could not attend his performances would be able to view them, posting cover versions of songs by artists such as Usher, Stevie Wonder, Ne-Yo, Justin Timber lake and Michael Jackson.After posting dozens of homemade videos on YouTube in 2007, where the multi-talented Bieber put his impeccable spin on songs from artists like Usher, Ne-Yo and Stevie Wonder, Justin racked up over 10,000,000 views purely from word of mouth.Bieber’s first album My World, was released on November 17, 2009. Three consecutive singles, “One Less Lonely Girl”, “Love Me”, and “Favorite Girl”, were released exclusively on the iTunes store and charted within the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100.Bieber was a presenter at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. He was invited to be a vocalist for the remake of We Are The World forits 25th anniversary to benefit Haiti after the earthquake. Bieber sings the opening line, which was sung by Lionel Richie in the original version.On June 23, 2010, Bieber went on his first official headlining tour, starting in Hartford, Connecticut, to promote My World and My World 2.0. The touris called My World Tour and it will be concluding in December 2010.Bieber began recording his second album in July 2010 in New York City.In April 2010, the singer discussing his vocals remarked, “It cracks. Like every teenage boy, I’m dealing with it and I have the best vocal coach in the world. Some of the notes I hiton “Baby” I can’t hit anymore. Justin Bieber will soon announce his UK Tour in the upcoming days, fans are advised to check GigSport.com for his tour and ticket details.

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why avril’s “the best damm concert” not selling tickets!!!!?

Question by princessisabella: why avril’s “the best damm concert” not selling tickets!!!!?
read if only you care if not bounce ur azz off my question!!!!!!

well she is having trouble selling her tickets her concerts
are half empty and she was selling her tickets really
cheap and was giving some away

thats not cool!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by jessica.
Because she got accused of copying other people songs

i forgot the proper name

and i guess people just dont like her anymore becuase of that

lol :)

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does anyone remember the “highwayman concert” tour with willy,wayland,chris and johnny cash?

Question by Morrie: does anyone remember the “highwayman concert” tour with willy,wayland,chris and johnny cash?

Best answer:

Answer by chavito
I love Highwayman, But never saw them live. I have an album, has some great songs on it. I love hearing all those classic voices together.

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Taylor Swift Tickets – Taylor Swift to Headline Her Very Own Tour

Article by Kirby Brooks

As she continues to ride the Billboard charts, young country star Taylor Swift will embark on another journey-her first headlining tour. Taylor Swift’s tour will kick off in Evansville, Ind. April 23 and, according to http://Billboard.com, will feature multiple costume changes and a fairy tale theme. Swift’s sophomore album Fearless has spent eight straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and moved 2.4 million since its November 2008 release. The tour will be in support of the album, which is the top seller of 2009 so far with 287,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Swift will play three one-offs before the tour, including a March 20 show at Houston’s Livestock Show and Rodeo; Kelli Pickler and up-and-comer Gloriana will open all dates. Swift is slated to play fall dates in the U.K. after her run in North America and a trip to Japan is also on the horizon. Last fall Scott Borchetta, president of Swift’s record label Big Machine, commented on Swift’s stint on the road: “It will be super thrilling for her fans in the States to see photos of her in front of Buckingham Palace, downtown Tokyo and then the next time she’s in Cedar Rapids [Iowa] she’ll be that much a bigger star, but still Taylor-approachable.” Check out http://www.stubhub.com/taylor-swift-tickets for Taylor Swift tickets.

Although one might assume she is a southern belle because of her country songs, Taylor Swift actually hails from Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift grew up listening to country artists like Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes and Patsy Cline and persuaded her family to relocate to a suburb of the country music Mecca of Nashville when she was just 14 so she could pursue her dreams of stardom. Big Machine Records president Scott Borchetta heard Swift’s demo take and quickly swooped up the fledgling singer. In 2006 Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw,” was released, followed by her eponymous debut album. “Tim McGraw” was a breakaway hit and its music video put a face with a name-err, voice-making Swift the biggest up-and-comer on the country scene. Subsequent singles “Our Song” and “Teardrops on My Guitar” were also successful and in 2007 Swift became the youngest artist to win the Songwriter/Artist of the Year award at the Nashville Songwriters Association.

After “Love Story” became her next hit single, Taylor Swift released her sophomore album, Fearless. The singer, who is known for wearing her heart on her sleeve, penned nearly all of the songs on the album and drew from personal experiences such as breakups. Although most teenage girls don’t get the chance to date Joe Jonas, Swift often transforms her diary entries into songs and that is the reason for her relatability. (The middle Jo Bro broke up with Swift in a 25-second phone call so expect a song about the messy breakup to appear on the singer’s next album!) Now 18 years old, Swift has notched six autobiographical songs on the Billboard charts and doesn’t appear to be slowing any time soon! Get your Taylor Swift tickets soon!

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Aren’t Michael Jackson’s brothers exploiting his death?

Question by Debra D: Aren’t Michael Jackson’s brothers exploiting his death?
The Jacksons are going ahead with their TV Documentary showing them recording and getting ready for a tour for the first time in 25 years and they’re getting alot of criticism about it. The last time they were on tour was the “Jackson Tour” in 1984. It was the last concert Michael did with them before he went solo. That pretty much explains why his brothers haven’t been in a studio for 25 years. Without Michael they had nothing to offer and I don’t see where they think they’ll be in demand now. If Michael had lived to do his concerts in London, who’d be paying to see his brothers instead of him?
The filming was completed four days before Michael’s death so it isn’t like they threw this documentary together after his death but I think Michael’s death has changed everything. Only one show was filmed but has been expanded after Michael’s death into a series. I know they supposedly had Michael’s blessing for the documentary but there had to be a reason he and Janet wanted no part of it. The brothers said they planned on filming Michael on his concert tour in London as part of the documentary but I don’t see Michael going along with that. He wanted no part of the documentary at all.
Michael and Janet also refused to be a part of a concert the brothers were planning for 2010 in Dallas. Janet and Michael were the only two in the family with true talent and the ability to make millions. My question is considering nobody’s been interested in the Jackson FOUR since 1984, shouldn’t they out of respect for their brother cancel this whole deal? Michael’s been the family meal ticket since he was 25 and adding a few segments about how his death is tearing his brothers up seems like a way to get people to watch this documentary. If Michael didn’t want to have any part of it when he was alive, I doubt he would want to be in it dead. Are you going to watch it and will it be because you’re dying to see the remaining brothers try to jump start another career or will you watch it because of Michael?
ShineMj – you just proved my point by saying, “Of course Janet and Michael wouldn’t be a part of they are huge superstars what stars that huge do reality show? none.
That was my point. The brothers have no talent and that’s the reason they’re desperate enough to do a reality show. The only awards they got was when little Michael was the lead singer in the Jackson Five. They received no awards as the Jackson Four without Michael.
As for the rest of you rant, lighten up.

Best answer:

Answer by B0uncingMoonman@aol.com
Everyone is exploiting his death – MJ was all about exploitation. It is the kind of commercial world we are living in.

While there is money to be made out of a star – dead or alive – they will squeeze the last drop of blood money out of the star`s fame and reputation.
It`s human nature – well, modern human nature that is.

Michael Jackson was exploited by anyone who could ride on his fame, from the moment he exploded onto the world-media stage.

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Why is it we “average” people always get crap tickets?

Question by : Why is it we “average” people always get crap tickets?
I have no connections and im not a rich person. I am an honest fan yet i never get good tickets.

For instance, The 2010 San Diego Comic-Con’s 4 day passes were sold out November of 2009! That’s 3 months after the 2009 San-Diego Comic-Con ended! Why? I had to resort to get a Thursday ticket.

Or to see “Star Wars In Concert”. I want to buy the tickets but they are REALLY expensive. I only have enough money for the $ 35 ticket. And me and my friends im going with, have to resort to getting crappy row 15 tickets.

Or John Williams tickets. Went last year had a blast. But this years tickets are so expensive and hard to get! why?

Best answer:

Answer by 786
average people just have more fun so they waste more small money on more many events
plus they go with bigger groups so if somebody doesn’t have money we fix our budget to that persons pocket to make him feel good cuz we’re the best friends a person can have :)

and since we care about our friends we wont be the first to buy tickets to get good one cuz we wanna go together and have to wait for eachother.

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Why do poeple in R&P always do this?

Question by : Why do poeple in R&P always do this?
Okay, say there is a question about a generally disliked artist. For example;

“When will Nickelback go on tour?”

Then you get a bunch of comments saying Nickelback sucks. I hate Nickelback’s music just as much as the next person, but I find that really rude. The person is just asking a simple question and did not ask you to judge him or her on his/her musical taste. It’s not just Nickelback but also a lot of other highly disliked groups.

Best answer:

Answer by lovelikecrazy.
cause people are ignorant and feel the need to voice their opinion..

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