News certainly spreads fast these days – and so do hoaxes. It didn’t take long for news of Jon Bon Jovi’s apparent demise to spread across Twitter, but it has taken till now for the initiator to come forward.
Jeffrey Goho, a musician from Pennsylvania in the United States, confessed to Asbury Park Press that he set the wheels in motion for the buzz that was to follow.
Using a friend’s account he decided to tweet this made-up news because he was frustrated that the singer seemed to be more focused on his business pursuits than he was on making new music with the band. That’s certainly one way of getting the singer to take notice of your gripes!
Many of those hoping to buy pre-sale tickets for next year’s tour across Europe were left disappointed after experiencing issues on the band’s official Ten Club page.
The huge demand for tickets to shows in Manchester and the Isle of Wight Festival taking place next summer was not surprising, but even when the tickets did seem to be added to the shopping cart on the Pearl Jam site, the service unfortunately crashed.
When tickets for the gigs did go on general sale they were snapped up pretty quick too. So, for a lot of fans, there really is no option but to try on eBay, Viagogo and other ticket reselling sources.
It sounds remarkable to find out that a global ticketing brand like Ticketmaster would only start to sift through its masses of customer data now as it looks to understand the best approach to selling tickets.
A report by VentureBeat has shown how Ticketmaster has turned to data expert John Carnahan in a bid to learn more about the science of how people buy tickets to events such as rock music gigs.
With market share in this competitive industry being taken by companies like Seetickets and Seatwave as well as various reselling sites such as Viagogo, it is no wonder the firm are exploring every way to distribute more tickets to eager customers.
Carnahan is eager to take on this challenge though as he said:
“We’re sitting on a relatively untapped dataset of fan interest. It’s very exciting from a science perspective.”
Fans of veteran rockers Van Halen will be delighted to hear that the band have announced they are to get together and go on tour again next year, with tickets due on sale from January 10.
There is no news as of yet exactly what countries Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth and co will be visiting during 2012, but those in the States will surely get the opportunity to see the four-piece’s (minus original bassist and backing vocalist Michael Anthony) return to the stage.
With four decades of music in their back catalogue, their rock music is well-known the world over, so this promises to be one comeback event not to miss.
Check out their official website for further announcements.