Perez Hilton — Good!! Justice IS served!! Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s Ticketmaster unit has reached a settlement with federal regulators and will be refunding money to Bruce Springsteen fans who were misled to buy more expensive tickets to his concerts!! Tick... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Boss @ Izod Center in May (more by Tim Griffin) The Federal Trade Commission has settled with Ticketmaster over complaints that Ticketmaster used deceptive tactics to steer Bruce Springsteen fans to expensive scalped tickets last year. As part of... more info

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Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has settle with Ticketmaster on consumer complaints received about Ticketmaster using deceptive sales tactics to direct Bruce Springsteen concert ticket buyers to a more expensive scal... more info

Live Daily — Barenaked Ladies [ tickets ] have mapped a return from a difficult period in the band's history with a spring tour to support the band's first album without founding member Steven Page. The Canadian group, now reorganized as a four-piece, kicks of... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Dawn C. Chmielewski over at our sister blog Company Town reports on Thursday's Federal Trade Commission ruling over last year's ticketing flap with Bruce Springsteen. Prior Pop & Hiss coverage on the issue, in which Ticketmaster publicly apologized f... more info

All About Jazz — Calling for an end to deceptive "bait and switch" tactics, the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced a settlement with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s Ticketmaster unit that requires the company to provide full refunds to consumers who bought ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The decision includes sweeping changes in ticket resale market. more info

Rolling Stone — Over one year after Ticketmaster used what the Federal Trade Commission calls “deceptive tactics” by routing Bruce Springsteen fans to secondary-ticket retailer TicketsNow when regular-priced tickets were still available, the FTC and Ticketmaster... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of Bruce Springsteen fans will receive refunds for the mishandling of ticket sales by TicketsNow, a ticket reselling unit of Ticketmaster, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday. more info