Cell Phone Events

Metallica kicks of their north american tour supporting their latest album titled Death Magnetic. The 32 date tour will get underway November 21st at Jobing Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Tickets are available through PhoneEvents.com and m.PhoneEvents.com. The full tour itinerary is below, with dates subject to change.

Phone Events has tickets available for numerous concerts and events that became available over the weekend. Tickets for sale include America’s Best Dance Crew which is presented by American Idol’s Randy Jackson, tour dates for Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Bow Wow, Coldplay, Common, Gym Class Heroes and the Roots, Mary J. Blige, Michael Buble, Nelly, Ashanti, Wide Spread Panic, and Carrie Underwood.

All tickets for available from Phone Events are 100% guaranteed, and available by computer at PhoneEvents.com or by phone at m.PhoneEvents.com.

A complete list of Phone Events tickets is below:

The last hurdle has been cleared for HTC and Google to launch the first Google Android powered phone, or the first GPhone. The FCC finally gave its’ approval giving the green light for the HTC Dream to launch in partnership with T-Mobile in either October or November. T-Mobile can now begin marketing the phone at a date of their own choosing.

We expect the HTC Dream (photo courtesy of CrunchGear) to be the first of many powerful and fast cell phones which enable Internet access as easy as the Apple iPhone. Many Apple fanboys and fangirls are saying that the GPhone in general will have a difficult time competing with the iPhone given the appeal of the App Store. We disagree simply due to the fact that developers can develop once for the GPhone operating system Android, and potentially works on numerous phones accross many carriers. Hence the GPhone won’t be burdened with the carrier lock in required by Apple. Additionally, as an iPhone user myself, it does have many areas of improvement, however, make no mistake it is a really cool phone in its’ own right.

Our proprietary MerchantListings functionality is nearly ready for release. We had originally hoped to release this feature set when we release our mobile tickets service, but technical issues prevailed and prevented us from releasing the MerchantListings.

When we release the features, you will be able to add your favorite venues, performers, artists, and sports teams to your personalized Phone Events service. Upon doing so, you’ll always have in hand updated events and available tickets for all of your favorites. You’ll also receive promotions and offers directly from the venues, performers, artists, and sports teams.

Say goodbye to junkmail and email spam!

We’ve entered our final stages of testing for our mobile tickets service, and will post as soon as we release the service. Stay tuned. 

Rascal Flatts has mobile tickets on sale by phone this week for a concert at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana. Also on sale this week are mobile tickets for Sugarland who will be performing at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino Event Center in Verona, New York. Kelly Clarkson also has mobile tickets on sale by phone for a performance at the Reno Events Center. More dates are also added for Jordin Sparks & Jesse McCartney, Marc Anthony, and 3 Doors Down.

All dates for this week’s mobile tickets on sale by phone:

September 20th in Tacoma marks the kick off of this year’s “So You Think You Can Dance Tour” which will feature finalists Chelsie H, Comfort, Courtney G, Katee, Kherington, Gev, Joshua, Mark, Twitch, and Will. The 40 city tour hits Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Sacramento, Houston, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Miami, Tampa, and more. Last tour date is November 17th in Tampa, Florida.

We’ll have tickets, so be sure to set up the right venue in your city as one of your favorites. As soon as tickets become available, you’ll see them on your My Phone Events profile.

The complete tour dates (subject to change):

The Who will be touring the United States this fall opening October 21st at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan. The 10 date tour will wrap up on November 9th at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Phone Events will have tickets, even if the shows sell out. Remember to add The Who to your MerchantListings when we release our mobile tickets service in a few days.

The Who Tour Dates:

Oct. 21 Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan

Oct. 22 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario

Oct. 24 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Oct. 26 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oct. 28 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conneticut

Oct. 29 Izod Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Oct. 31 The Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Nov. 3 The Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

Nov. 8 Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Nov. 9 Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Tickets go on sale this week for concerts featuring American Idol alums Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. Carrie Underwood has tickets for sale for shows in Houston and Austin Texas, as well as Champaign Illinois. Jordin Sparks is touring with Jesse McCartney, and has tickets on sale for concerts in Los Angeles, Denver, San Diego, Salt Lake City, and Sacramento.

When we release the Phone Events mobile tickets service in the next few days you will be able to add your favorite artists to your favorites as part of your profile. This will give you complete concert tour dates as well as all available tickets, even for shows which are sold out. You will also get special ticket promotions and offers directly to your phone. As a reminder, Phone Events does not use text message spam, so you won’t have any charges for our services except if you purchase tickets.

Other tickets on sale this week:

After days of bug fixes and code reviews we have managed to isolate and fix the bugs which caused us to miss yesterday’s release date of our mobile tickets service. We expect to get back on track and release the mobile tickets service within the next week, give or take a few days. In the mean time, you can start planning to add your favorite pro football team, concert, play, artist, or local theater to your Phone Events profile so that you always know “what’s happening now” by phone.

Remember, you won’t need an iPhone, or any other expensive smart phone to use Phone Events mobile tickets service. Any cell phone which accesses the Internet works with Phone Events without any downloads required, even an old Motorola RAZR.

Tickets to upcoming events onsale by phone feature tours from American Idol, Good Charlotte, Bon Jovi, and Cold Play. Madonna, Rascal Flatts, and the Backstreet Boys also have tickets onsale this week.

Dada Entertainment announced the addition of DRM-free MP3s to its product suite. The new offering complements the full range of mobile products that Dada already makes available to its members through mobile and Web storefronts, including ringtones, mobile wallpapers and games.

Music fans who sign up for Dada are given 15 tokens per month for only $9.99. Each token can be redeemed for one download of a ringtone, or other mobile content including wallpapers and games. In addition, and as an alternative to downloading only mobile content, Dada members now have the option to download full songs in the MP3 format to their computer. These MP3 tracks can subsequently be transferred to any mobile phone, iPod or digital music player. Dada expects to be able to offer users over-the-air MP3 downloads to mobile devices in the coming months.

Phone Events will be launching music services for your cell phone soon.