Facebook Wants to Change Concert Ticketing Forever

“We’re excited to partner with a small, initial group of independent venues, artists and event promoters in the San Francisco Bay Area, to help organizers sell more tickets via Facebook and to make ticket purchasing easier and faster for people.”

Facebook statement.

Adele isn’t the only one that wants to change the state of concert ticketing. Facebook, easily one of the largest hubs for event planning (if not the largest), is now taking its first steps into ticketing. Most importantly, Facebook is taking a no fee approach that could transform the music industry.

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But dislodging Ticketmaster is no small challenge, especially with tightly-arranged ticketing deals with Live Nation venues, its parent company.

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