Ticketmaster’s interactive seat map brings Facebook stalking to concert venues

You desperately want to attend Katy Perry’s raucous San Antonio concert, but your kid sister has absolutely zero interest in tagging along, and the mere thought of going stag strikes fear into your heart. All seems lost, but worry not — because Ticketmaster and Facebook have just joined forces to create a new feature that weds concert-going with social networking. As of today, users purchasing tickets to select events can easily find out whether any of their Facebook friends are also attending and where they’re seated. All you have to do is connect to Ticketmaster with your Facebook account, find your concert of choice and use the interactive venue map to tag your own seats, or to see those of online friends who’ve already tagged themselves. From there, you can buy tickets right next to your intended targets and act totally surprised when you bump into them at the show. For now, the feature is only available for 300 venues (encompassing some 9,000 events), but you can find more information in the video and press release after the break. Continue reading Ticketmaster’s interactive seat map brings Facebook stalking to concert venues Ticketmaster’s interactive seat map brings Facebook stalking to concert venues originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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