If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: concert tickets are the ultimate present to gift. Not only are they an interactive experience that the receiver …
Read More »Senator Calls On FTC To Finally Do Something About Ticketing Bots
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan on Friday, requesting that the consumer protection agency more consistently enforce the nearly decade-old legislation that was passed to try and stop scalpers from using bots to corner the market on concert tickets. The Better Online …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Brings Classics and Deep Cuts to Triumphant Hollywood Bowl Concert
The moon is shining bright over the Hollywood Bowl and Joni Mitchell lets out a laugh. It’s the first of two sold-out Joni Jam concerts at the outdoor venue, her first headlining concert in Los Angeles in over 24 years; a couple years since Mitchell returned to the stage at …
Read More »Severe Weather Is Threatening the Future of Outdoor Concerts
When organizers were mapping out this year’s pop-punk Summer School tour, they envisioned it as a daylong event akin to its spiritual predecessor, the Warped Tour. Although most shows on the July and August run would be indoors, a few would take place outside. But before the 25-city trek even …
Read More »Live Nation Launches $25 All-In Tickets Deal for Over 900 Acts like Janet Jackson, 21 Savage, Peso Pluma
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Live music fans who’ve been patiently waiting to see their favorite artists on tour, from Janet Jackson to Peso Pluma, are in for a surprise this week. Just …
Read More »Why Has Everyone Forgotten How to Behave at Concerts?
When a “fan” threw a phone at Bebe Rexha onstage last month, it was just one of many bizarre and unsettling recent instances of misbehavior at shows. Concertgoers have pelted GloRilla with bottles, invaded Ava Max‘s stage, and forced Pink to become part of a stranger’s grieving process by apparently …
Read More »Legendary Concert Promoter Ron Delsener Looks Back on 60 Years of Live Music Madness
Long before Live Nation, Clear Channel, Ticketmaster, Stubhub, service fees, gold-circle seats, and anything that even resembles the live music industry as we know it today, there was Ron Delsener. The 87-year-old concert promoter has been booking shows in New York City going all the way back to the summer …
Read More »Watch Kehlani Perform at Levi's x Rolling Loud's 501 Day Club Concert: 'Let's Enjoy Ourselves'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “Kehlani, Kehlani, Kehlani!” roared fans gathered inside San Francisco’s Fox Theater for the headliner’s set at Levi’s x Rolling Loud’s 501 Day concert on May 20 — a …
Read More »Riot Fest 2023: How to Find Tickets to See Foo Fighters, The Cure
You want to see Foo Fighters, The Cure, Turnstile, and Death Cab — we want to see Foo Fighters, The Cure, Turnstile, and Death Cab. Luckily, they’re all among the headliners at the 2023 Riot Fest in Chicago this year — and tickets are now on sale on the festival …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Is Hitting the Road for the Subtract Tour — Here's How to Get Tickets
Fresh off of winning his “Thinking Out Loud” copyright trial and dropping a new Disney+ documentary and his fifth studio album, Subtract, in the same week, Ed Sheeran is gearing up to hit the road this year in support of his new music. Buy Ed Sheeran Tickets at Vivid Seats …
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