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Ticket Buying Lessons from Breaking Bad
1.) Everyone takes their cut: it’s how much that matters. In the business of methamphetamine production, it’s all about the percentages. Throughout the series, Walt and Jesse split their profits 50/50. When Mike, an expert in the business of meth, joins their operation, they create a three-way split. And through it all, the dealers, the…
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6 Ways to Save Money on Live Entertainment Besides the Tickets
If you want to save money on entertainment, you should be using TickPick. You can place bids on individual seats, pay no additional fees when purchasing, and there’s even a grading system that helps you choose the best seats available. Once you’ve got your tickets, however, there are still plenty of other ways to save…
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What is VIP? | What is VIP Access at Concerts & Music Festivals
Over the weekend, I attended Governors Ball Music Festival by way of a generous gift: 3-day VIP passes. To be clear, let me just say that I am not usually the VIP type. My first question was, “What is VIP?” and what is VIP access? Until these tickets came my way, I had honestly never…
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The Ladies of Broadway: Presence On Stage, Missing Behind The Scenes
Photo cred: Theo Wargo/Getty Images The 68th Annual Tony Awards were presented June 8 at Radio City Music Hall with Broadway and film favorite, Hugh Jackman as host. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder won four Tony Awards including Best Musical, but the toast of this Tony season were the beloved ladies of Broadway!…
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NYC’s 10 Best Summer Concert Series’ | NYC Summer Music Festivals
Most would agree that music festivals like Bonnaroo and Coachella are an amazing time had by all. Unfortunately, not all of us can afford $600 tickets and trips across the country. That’s why we put together a list of the best summer concert series’ in NYC, so you New Yorkers out there can have a…
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Sara Bareilles Summer Tour Announced
Sara Bareilles has just announced that she will be making a 24-city run on her Little Black Dress headlining tour this summer. The tour will begin on July 10 in Chicago, and pre-sale tickets will begin on Tuesday (May 6) before general tickets go on sale on Friday. Facebook Presale: Wednesday May 7th at 10:00AM –…
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From Rap Battles to Rap God, Eminem is Still On Top
UPDATE: Will Eminem Tour in 2015? Find out here! When I think back on my young adolescence, my memory is colored by awkward first kisses, braces, and laboriously learning all of the words to “Cleaning out my Closet”, “Lose Yourself”, and “Without Me” by Eminem. Oh, was that just me? I think not. You’d be…
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Electric Zoo 2014 – New Policies Enforced After Drug-Related Deaths
Last year, two Electric Zoo attendees died from drug-related causes at the New York EDM festival. As a result, the last day was cancelled, which prompted an uproar from festival-goers. This year, Electric Zoo isn’t taking any chances. They’re tightening up on security measures big time, in hopes of preventing another tragedy from striking the festival again. Electric Zoo…
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6 Ways To Blow Your Tax Refund on Music
Ah, the based tax refund. What to do, what to do? What should we BUY? Clearly, we’re not going to save it. That’s just silly. Here are a few ideas we came up with for all you music lovers, from all us music lovers. Godspeed, and happy spending. 1. When you want to treat…
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5 Artists You Never Knew Were New Yorkers
There are so many iconic New Yorkers. From Biggie Smalls to Cindi Lauper, from Jay-Z to the New York Dolls – you can spot a New Yorker from a mile away. Most of the time. Every once in a while though, a New Yorker slips through that we never would’ve guessed was from Queens! Or…
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Jason Derulo | Tour News and Info
Jason Derulo fans, get ready – the Tattoos World Tour is coming our way with some serious momentum. This will be his second headlining world tour, and the first since he broke a vertebrae in January 2012 while rehearsing for his Future History World tour, which lead to its cancellation. The tour is currently set to…
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The 7 Worst Things About Music Festivals
In case you’ve been trapped under a rock this past month, let us fill you in on the state of your Facebook feed: Coachella. …Coachella… COACHELLA. Along with all this Coachella talk has come, unsurprisingly, a lot of Coachella love. Here at TickPick, we’re fans of equality, so we decided to take a stand for the…
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Beck | Tour Info and Video
While the name Beck may not ring a bell with everyone, the classic slide guitar-driven melody of his debut hit “Loser,” along with the single’s infectious chorus of “I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me,” probably will. It’s been quite a while since then, but Beck hasn’t slowed down since. The renowned singer-songwriter is…
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Best NYC Concert Venues | Our Top 10 Favorite Live Music Venues
We’ve all heard the worn-out old saying, “location, location, location.” From what I can tell, pretty much all of us hate it. But when it comes to live music venues, we at TickPick really can’t emphasize enough the importance of this saying. A venue can determine whether or not you are able to truly enjoy getting…