Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks will return with a 2016 tour, the group's first run since a handful of dates in 2013. (Vijat Mohindra)

(Vijat Mohindra)

This week, Ticketmaster has handed out credits and ticket vouchers to seemingly every concertgoer in America as part of a class action lawsuit settlement. If you've used Ticketmaster to buy tickets in the last 15 years or so, check the "active vouchers" page of your account and you should find some freebies: Ticketmaster tells me I have six pairs of "General Admission" concert tickets. My wife has 17, the max the company will be offering.

That's the good news. The bad news is that we've already allegedly help pay for these passes in previous Ticketmaster fees--thus the class action lawsuit--and worse, if you live in Oregon, there will be no free shows.

Only a select number of Live Nation-promoted events will be eligible for the passes, and of the 411 shows announced so far across the U.S., not a single one is in Oregon or at nearby Ridgefield, Washington's Sunlight Supply Amphitheater, despite Ticketmaster currently selling passes for summer shows there, the Moda Center, the Edgefield, the Les Schwab Amphitheater and other local venues. This summer's slate includes shows from the Dixie Chicks, Boston, Modest Mouse, Diana Ross and many more.

Here's what a Ticketmaster rep had to say about it:

However, there are no Live Nation owned and operated venues in Oregon, which leaves the entire state out of luck. The promotion company merged with Ticketmaster in 2010.

Several events will be available this summer at Auburn, Washington's White River Amphitheatre, including Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa, Daryl Hall & John Oates and new supergroup Prophets of Rage.

In the meantime, Ticketmaster claims it will honor the passes until 2020, giving it the chance to expand its concert roster--or for Oregonians to plan a few road trips.

-- David Greenwald

dgreenwald@oregonian.com

503-294-7625; @davidegreenwald

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