Singapore’s famous night race will return this season for the first time in two years, with tickets going on sale for the Formula 1 grand prix from tomorrow (Wednesday). In January, race promoter Singapore GP signed a multi-year deal to keep F1 coming to the city-state until 2028. This year’s race will be held September …
Fans to enjoy Coachella virtually through YouTube for tenth year
This weekend’s Coachella festival will be live-streamed on Youtube, meaning music fans from across the globe can experience the event and watch their favourite artists without physically being there. The festival has been streamed on YouTube for the last 10 years of the event, with livestreams set to be available across both weekends of the …
Kuala Lumpur set to hold music/blockchain festival mash-up
Kuala Lumpur is set to hold a music and blockchain festival in September, with Malaysian music acts announced to perform. Blockfest will feature live music plus content from those within the blockchain industry including Kyoto Protocol, Gerhana Ska Cinta, Naratu and Carthreena. The tech festival is set to be held at the Sentul Depot in …
Australian GP breaks attendance records
Yesterday (Sunday)’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix welcomed a record crowd, as well as breaking records for the biggest attendance at a Formula 1 event anywhere in the world. Some 419,000 people attended Albert Park across the four days of the motorsport event, while more than 128,000 attended the race on Sunday. Roughly 123,247 people …
Florence’s Uffizi gallery most visited cultural institution in Italy
Florence’s Uffizi gallery (pictured) has become the most visited cultural institution in Italy for the first time. Last year, the gallery welcomed some 1.7 million visitors, and overtook the likes of Rome’s Colosseum, the ruins of Pompeii, the Vatican Museums and other well-known Italian sites according to II Giornale dell’Arte. The Colosseum was second with about …
Opening Shakhtar Donetsk peace match raises €102,000
Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk has embarked on a peace tour, playing football in other countries to raise money following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The money from each friendly will be donated towards humanitarian aid in Ukraine, with the first stop of the ‘Global Tour for Peace’ having taken place in Athens against Olympiacos. A crowd …
Vivid Seats data reveals festival trend changes
Fans are willing to travel further to attend music festivals in the US to see their favourite acts, according to data from online ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats. The data has revealed that the average distance a fan travelled between 2021 and 2022 was 433 miles. This year, Vivid Seats claimed that festival attendees will travel …
Sellout streak continues for Golden State Warriors
The National Basketball Association (NBA)’s Golden State Warriors franchise has sold out its 41 regular season home games for the seventh consecutive season. Following the conclusion of the 82-game NBA season, the Golden State Warriors announced during its final game at Chase Center (pictured) that the franchise had reached the milestone. The Warriors’ sellout streak …
Women set to make up almost half of Australian Grand Prix crowd
Almost half of this weekend’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix ticket holders are women, according to the chief executive of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. Andrew Westacott, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, told The Age that 40% of this weekend’s attendees would be female. Traditionally, female ticket holders have made up about 25% …
Portion of Ice Hockey World Championship sales set to be donated to Ukraine
The 2022 Ice Hockey World Championship, which is set to take place in Finland in May, has committed to donating a portion of ticket sales to ice hockey efforts in Ukraine throughout April. Organisers of the tournament, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), have already donated €10 (£8/$11) from each day ticket that was sold previously …