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Update: HARD Red Rocks lineup announced

Update, 3/28/13: HARD has released the lineup for HARDFest at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Page down to see the poster with the full roster of acts. Good news! We just got word from HARD Events, the producers behind the HARD Haunted Mansion, HARD Summer and Holy Ship!! cruise, that the massive EDM spect ... More >>

High Times Denver Cannabis Cup drops "medical" from name, tickets on sale

Tickets are on sale for what is being billed as the first-ever High Times Cannabis Cup on American soil, here in Denver over the 4/20 weekend. Since our first post on the event, the folks at High Times magazine have decided to include everyone in the festivities -- almost. Unfortunately for Colorad ... More >>

A limited number of Winter on the Rocks 2013 tickets released today at noon on Ticketmaster

Remember earlier this week when we gave you a chance to win tickets to this year's edition of Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks concert featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Major Lazer and Grouch and Eligh, and we made mention of the note on Ticketmaster's site that some tickets would be released ... More >>

Zac Brown Band adds second Red Rocks date on May 9 after first sells out. Tickets on sale now

Evidently, Zac Brown isn't the only one who likes his chicken fried, along with a cold beer on a Friday night and a pair of jeans that fit just right -- at least judging from the fact that the country crooner's upcoming date at Red Rocks on Wednesday, May 8, which just went on sale about a half an h ... More >>

Take that, Ticketmaster! String Cheese Incident buys its own tickets and resells without fees

Ethics be damned, I download music illegally. Why, just the other day, I downloaded Metallica's entire catalogue and then deleted it and downloaded it again just because fuck Metallica. Mostly, though, it's a convenience thing: I would consider buying tracks at a reasonable price on iTunes or some s ... More >>

Cake at Red Rocks, 7/28

Last year, Cake celebrated its twentieth anniversary and released its six full-length, Showroom of Compassion, on its own Upbeat Records imprint. Touring in support of the album, Cake stops at Red Rocks Amphiteatre on Saturday, July 28. Denver's the Lumineers, who released their self-titled debut la ... More >>

Jason Mraz at Red Rocks on September 24

Jason Mraz is coming to Red Rocks on Monday, September 24, as part of his tour in support of his forthcoming album, Love is a Four Letter Word, due out Tuesday, April 17. Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter and Atlantic label mate Christina Perri opens the show. Tickets ($39.50-$59.50) go on sale t ... More >>

Dead Can Dance at Buell Theatre on 8/19

Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, who reunited last year for the first time since 2005 to start work on a new album, just announced a sixteen-date North American tour that stops at the Temple Buell Theatre on Sunday, August 19 and then wraps up on September 7 for an Austin City Limits ... More >>

Drake, J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on 5/13

Canadian rapper Drake is hitting the road with J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and French Montana as part of his 27-city Club Paradise Tour, which stops at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Sunday, May 13. Drake's latest effort, Take Care, released last November on Cash Money, has sold ... More >>

B.B. King and Tedeschi Trucks at Red Rocks on 8/30

The legendary B.B. King teams up with Tedeschi Trucks Band for a night of blues at Red Rocks on Thursday, August 30. The 86-year-old King averages 125 concerts a year and has logged in over 15,000 gigs over his six-decade long career and Tedeschi Trucks Band just won a Grammy for Best Blues Album fo ... More >>

Bonnie Raitt at Red Rocks August 26

Bonnie Raitt is set to release Slipstream, her first album in seven years, on April 10 on her new Redwing Records imprint. Afterward, the singer/guitarist is slated to hit the road in support of the record, a tour that includes a stop at Red Rocks on Sunday, August 26. Reserved and general admission ... More >>

Reader: Ticketmaster is a monopoly that is buying off politicians and the music industry!

​On Friday, we posted an item about the proposed $16 million settlement in the class action lawsuit involving Ticketmaster. If approved, every ticket buyer who was redirected to the reseller TicketsNow.com would be entitled to $10 or a rebate on a future purchases made through TicketsNow.com. ... More >>

Proposed $16 million dollar settlement in Ticketmaster class action suit pending approval

​In 2009, a class action lawsuit was filed against Ticketmaster by ticket buyers who were automatically redirected by Ticketmaster to TicketsNow.com, a reseller charging prices above face value. Between 2008 and 2009, ticket buyers across the country purchasing tickets for shows by acts like B ... More >>

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Standard Films drops first trailer for Snowboard On The Rocks headliner TB:20

​The world premiere of TB:20 -- the 20th anniversary edition of Standard Films' Totally Board series -- will be on Friday, September 16 at Red Rocks Amphitheater, where it's the headlining film at the 2nd annual Snowboard On The Rocks film and music festival. Standard released the first full t ... More >>

Fan clubs to essay contests: five most effective ways ticket scalpers have been thwarted

​For years, ticket scalpers have been the bane of existence for artists and venues. Directly and indirectly, they've been blamed for everything from rising ticket costs to fewer tours. Over the last few years, though, artists have started to fight back, and they've employed some interesting wa ... More >>

Ticketmaster preparing to introduce variable pricing for ticket sales based upon demand

​Way back in 2007, a company called Amie Street introduced variable pricing for MP3 sales. The premise was simple: the more copies sold, the higher the price. The concept didn't work out so well. Amie Street was purchased and subsequently shuttered by Amazon in 2010. That hasn't stopped Ticke ... More >>

Ticketfly buys Gigbot

​Online ticketing company Ticketfly acquired show-listing/social media site Gigbot last week to better help it compete with ticketing juggernaut Ticketmaster. Terms of the deal were not announced, but as part of the deal, Gigbot founder (and main dude behind the tech that runs it) Sean Porter ... More >>

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Denver Arts Week, Day 5

Ken Hamel​Arts Week plows forward tonight: Opera Colorado's special $52.80 Arts Week ticket offer is still on the table for 7:30 performances of Tales of Hoffman at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House tonight and Friday, for instance (get tickets online at Ticketmaster, using the promotional code A ... More >>

Additional Widespread Panic Pepsi Center tickets released

Widespread Panic's New Year's Eve show sold out in a record time of 25 minutes, but tickets for the band's December 30 Pepsi Center show were recently released through Ticketmaster. Tickets are $61 plus a facility fee and an applicable Ticketmaster service charge.

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