Get Yourself into a Great Groove

Sofa Chip gets hits from over 160 different countries in the world. I want to show some U.K. love, especially since I have some wonderful friends (and loyal readers, might I add!) in Ireland and Italy. TV and music are so interconnected, that you may have noticed a new special tag for music on the blog. Entertainment as a whole is what I unabashedly love, and what I know you guys love, too. With all of this in mind, I want to share with you a site I was recently introduced to: viagogo.

In a way, the site reminds me of eBay - and you know how popular and great that site is. viagogo is the place to go to buy tickets in Europe. Not just that (see ya’ to all of you one trick ponies), it’s also the place to sell tickets in Europe.

Gone are the days of spending a ton of money on concert tickets only to learn that you have to go to some lame family reunion. Well, that might still happen (familial obligations never end), but now you won’t be out of all your money. A live, online auction to buy, sell, or trade tickets? Yup. That’s what this is. We’re talking all sorts of tickets, by the way. The site has sections for: concert tickets, sports tickets, art and theatre tickets, hospitality tickets, and exclusive tickets.

You’ll never need to skulk in a dark alley trying to sell your tickets ever again because viagogo makes everything safe, secure, and timely. This June we learned that the site actually won the coveted Best New Business Award for the 2008 New Media Age Effectiveness Awards. What does this mean? Get on board now, because soon everyone will be talking about it, using it, and loving it. It’s the equivalent of the really cool tech friend you had in college who always knew the best new technology breakthroughs online, and was talking about MySpace and Facebook way before you knew what those sites were. (Don’t worry, we all had friends like that. They rule the world now.)

The coolest stuff in the concert section for the site include: Oasis Tickets, Nickelback Tickets, and Coldplay Tickets. The sections they have to search for different genres of music is organized very well. Fans of Madonna should be super-excited because viagogo is an official partner for her Sticky & Sweet tour. Check out this page for info on that. I’m going to pull out one of my Madonna CD’s right now. Beware, I may start singing!

Note: The original concert photo is from the flickr user anirudah koul.