North Carolina Live Music Shows January 9th 2016 - Metal, Rock, Punk

Jan 09 - SMS Booking & Promo presents Oak City Hard Rock Showcase: A Lightdivided, Enigmatic Path,
 - Burning the Veil, Thundering Herd, Space Rabbit /Southland Ballroom(R)
 - RUSCHA, American Empire / The Maywood(R) 
- Crank It Loud presents: Fear the United (CD release), Dear Desolate, Convicted Fate, In Waves,
 - Headfirst For Halos, Kingdoms Collide /Greene Street Club(G)
Jan 10 - 10 years tour: P.O.D., Dead letter Circus, War Of Ages /Ziggy’s by the Sea(W)
Jan 11 - We Were Once, Makeshift, Hangman, Nice Shot Kid, Here To Stay /The DHP(F)
Jan 12 - Crank It Loud & CVLT presents Chaos Raids U.S.A. 2016 tour: 1349, TOMBS, Full Of Hell, GROHG,
 - Bobby Orr / Local 506(CH/C)
Jan 13 - Jucifer, Them Damn Burners / Cats Cradle-Back Room(CH/C)
Jan 14 - Eldritch Horror, Suppressive Fire(Album release), Temple Crusher / Slims Downtown(R)
Jan 15 - Horseskull, The Beard, Spiral Down / The Maywood(R)
 - Jucifer, TOKE, Paagtheaan, Kohmats / Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern(W)
Jan 16 - Primitive Ways presents: IRATA, InAeona, The Hag / Slims Downtown(R)
 - Suppressive Fire, All Hell, Extermination Rite, October / The Milestone Club(C)
Jan 18 - Room 13 Productions presents: Power Trip, Funeral Chic, JOY, Invoke, Refocus / Kings Barcade(R)
 - Motorbilly, Ghost Town Opera / The Pour House(R)

Is Your Latest Poster Design Worthy Of $2200?

A few of our favorite posters for the bands we work with created in house

One cool thing about social media is the amount of opportunities that pop up regularly and are wide open to the public. We just got this email blast from Pollstar about a poster contest. At the label, we don't create many posters for shows except the occasional ones that we need for bands on tour. If ya happen to know some folks with solid design chops, pass the word on cash money prizes available from the Pollstar contest going on in Nashville.

Great concert posters don't happen by chance. It takes great artists working with great promoters and venues. Do you have a favorite from 2013? Now's the time to submit it for our annual poster contest. 

Winners will be announced at the 25th Annual Pollstar Awards on February 21, 2014 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

The Poster Contest is limited to the best posters only. 

Prizes:
1st - Full-page ad in Pollstar
($2,199 value)
2nd - Half-page ad in Pollstar
($1,299 value)
3rd - Third-page ad in Pollstar
($899 value) 

All entries must be:
- Maximum size 24" x 36"
- Shipped unmounted.
- Submitted by event/show producer.
- From a 2013 live event or show.
- Mailed in tube or flat - DO NOT FOLD.
- Received by December 16, 2013.
Posters will be mounted on foamboard for presentation and will remain the property of Pollstar.

Ship Posters to:
Pollstar Live Poster Contest
4697 W. Jacquelyn Ave.
Fresno, CA 93722 

Questions? Contact us at: postercontest@pollstar.com

Everyone Who Has Used Ticketmaster In The Last 12 Years Is Getting A Refund

Maybe Ticketmaster is finally facing some actions from their monopoly over tickets, but we highly doubt it. Below is a post from Yahoo news about a class action lawsuit concerning the event promotions company in which they profited off of "processing fees". You know about those all too well, those extra tacked on transaction fees that sometimes reach seven or eight bucks. Pearl Jam famously took on Ticketmaster in 1994 and appealed before congress over their monopoly on the touring concert industry.

June 30, 1994: Just another day at the House Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture. (Source: fuckyeahstonegossard)

Link to original post on Yahoo News

If you used Ticketmaster's website to buy tickets between October 21, 1999 and October 19, 2011, you're in for a windfall.

Well, a $1.50 per ticket order windfall.

Because of a proposed class action settlement, Ticketmaster is being forced to credit $1.50 per ticket order (up to 17 orders) to customers due to the fact that they profited off of "processing fees" without declaring as much.

And despite the reparations, Ticketmaster can continue to profit off transactions — they just have to say they're doing so on their website.

 

According to court documents, the original claim, filed October 21, 2003, also implicates UPS' delivery price for expedited delivery of tickets as deceptive. Those part of the UPS subclass of the suit are entitled to an additional $5.00 credit per ticket. Both credits are in the form of vouchers, which can be redeemed a maximum of two at a time.

This could end up costing Ticketmaster a hefty amount of money. If, in any given year over the four-year redemption period, less than $11.25 million is redeemed by customers, Ticketmaster is going to donate the remainder to charity.

Also, the Counsel attorneys plan to ask for an award of up to $16,500,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses, as well as $20,000 to the two plaintiffs who brought forward the class action in the first place.

Don't expect your credits quite yet, though. Credits won't be issued prior to April 15, 2012, and should come within 30 days after Final Approval of the settlement (currently scheduled for May 29, 2012).