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.

As a matter of record, we’re doing our first formal press release announcing the availability of services at PhoneEvents.com and m.PhoneEvents.com tomorrow, September 16th, 2008. We previously relied on our network of friends and colleagues as well as many users who simply found Phone Events on the web and were kind enough to register. We’ve had a good response so far, but we recognize that we still have a lot of work to do in order to improve the overall user experiences offered by Phone Events.

For those of you who’re counting days, Phone Events has been live since early 2007. We originally launched with a downloadable application supporting Windows Mobile 5.x. We have since made the move to a web based service which “operates in the cloud” as we say here in Silicon Valley. Hence, you no longer need to worry about software downloads, or issues of compatibility. Phone Events works on all carriers and all phones which are Internet enabled, without carrier restrictions of course. Additionally, we’ve added our mobile tickets service which is the first in north america which is device and carrier agnostic, meaning it works on any cell phone with unemcumbered Internet access.

Thanks for registering and using Phone Events. We will continue to improve the service as you provide direct input to us using this blog, or via email at info [at] phone events [dot] com.

Madonna opened her Sticky and Sweet Tour last night in a sold out Cardiff, Wales. Amidst several controversial political statements, she mixed in hits from her latest CD Hard Candy, with many of her classics spanning the last 25 years. What’s most amazing, Madonna is now 50 years old and still looks great.

The remaining dates of Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet Tour are sold out, but we’ve got tickets for nearly all upcoming dates. Simply go to the MerchantListings, and Search MerchantListings performers for Madonna. Add her as a favorite, and you’ll have ALL of her tour as well as available tickets.

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:

We’ve received some complaints that our MerchantListings feature is not functioning properly. We’re currently working to resolve the problems which we expect to resolve over the next few days.

We added more features to the MerchantListings which apparently caused some breakdown in existing functions of the MerchantListings.

We apologize to all for the inconvenience, and will update you as soon as the problems are fixed. In the interim, we ask that you do not attempt to use the MerchantListings as the EventListings and mobile tickets services are still functioning correctly.

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!

The Phone Events mobile tickets service went live on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. This makes Phone Events the first to offer true mobile ticket services in north america.

Using Phone Events mobile tickets you can find and buy hard to find tickets for concerts, sporting events, theater, and other types of events in your city. You can also hook up your friends with ticket information by simply using the Phone Events share on network function.

It’s quick and easy to find tickets to your favorite teams, bands, and more. Remember, you can also access and buy tickets using your computer at PhoneEvents.com.

Vanessa Hudgens and Corbin Bleu of High School Musical are part of this weeks’ highlighted tickets on sale. They’re performing at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico together. Alanis Morissette has more than 10 concert dates including Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and Las Vegas on sale. Finally, tickets for the 2008 NFL season are for sale. This week includes the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, and the San Francisco 49ers.

All of these tickets can be purchased using Phone Events beginning tomorrow, July 23rd, 2008. We launch our mobile ticketing platform which will make it possible for you to get tickets to almost all events, even if they’re sold out. This weeks’ full tickets on sale by phone are below:

Tickets to see Janet Jackson’s upcoming tour at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT are part of the highlighted tickets onsale this week at phoneevents.com. The Smashing Pumpkins have dates in Davenport, IA and Louisville, KY available as well. Rock icons The Who have tickets for performances at the Mohegan Sun Arena and the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles onsale to round out a great week which also features 3 Doors Down, Alice Cooper, Chris Isaak, Elton John, Fergie, Hanson, Nas, Opeth, Beck, and Jessica Simpson.

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):