DEAG Deutsche Entertainment has today (Tuesday) issued a Corporate Bond amounting up to €50m (£43m/$53m). The executive board of the Berlin-headquartered entertainment and ticketing company, along with the consent of the supervisory board, reached the decision to finance further growth and refinance the Corporate Bond 2018/2023. The Bonds 2023/2026 in a nominal amount of €1,000 …
Scottish club Cove Rangers signs up Future Ticketing
Scottish League One football club Cove Rangers has signed up Future Ticketing as its new ticketing partner. Cove Rangers originally switched to e-ticketing in 2020, with the partnership building on this through the installation of new equipment at Balmoral Stadium to encourage the use of e-tickets. Fans are able to store and share tickets within …
Record ticket sales for Women’s Ashes opener, 70,000 tickets sold for whole series
Nottingham’s Trent Bridge (pictured) is set to welcome a record-breaking crowd for the Women’s Ashes Test Match between England and Australia. Over 11,000 tickets have been sold for the opening five-day women’s Test match, which begins on June 22. The match is set to see the largest attendance for England Women in Test cricket on …
K-pop’s Hybe agency targets $380m for global M&A push
South Korean K-pop giant Hybe is reportedly seeking $380m in new finance as it targets an M&A drive in the Americas. The entertainment group, which has spearheaded BTS’s global success and owns the Ariana Grande label Ithaca Holdings, is in talks with investors to secure “equity financing” worth the equivalent of 500 billion won to …
Amsterdam Dance Event’s ticketing partnership boost
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is aiming to upgrade delegates’ ticketing experience after selecting Eventix as its partner for the ADE Pro Conference. The partnership will cover the prestigious annual electronic music conference, which attracts thousands of electronic music professionals that gather in Amsterdam every October. The conference features more than 150 events and many networking …
Co-op Live opening pushed back to 2024
The opening date for Co-op Live, a new 23,500-capacity arena under construction in Manchester, has been pushed back to April 2024. The venue, which will be the UK’s largest live entertainment arena, had previously been expected to open by the end of this year, but it has emerged today (Monday) that the first events will …
Sensory Odyssey begins global tour in Singapore
Singapore is to welcome immersive experience Sensory Odyssey to the ArtScience Museum at the start of its world tour following a successful Paris debut. The multi-sensory exhibition, which features video, sound and scent, will be held at the museum that is located within the integrated resort of Marina Bay Sands from May 27 to October …
New joint seasons for Bühnen Graz and Secutix
Secutix will be the new partner of art + event | Theaterservice Graz from the 2024/2025 season. Through this partnership, Secutix will be responsible for the ticketing of Bühnen Graz, Austria’s largest provincial theatre group, in the future. Oper Graz, Schauspielhaus Graz, Next Liberty, Orpheum Graz, Dom im Berg and Schloßbergbühne Kasematten move an annual …
UK festivals will barely break even in 2023 – AIF report
UK festivals face tight margins in 2023 due to soaring costs, according to data collected in the Association of Independent Festivals’ (AIF) first-ever Festival Forecast report. Based on a survey of AIF members, carried out in April 2023, the report shows that AIF festivals are on course to make a collective gross revenue of £195m …
Coldplay announces huge drop in CO2e emissions for world tour
British rock band Coldplay have revealed data that shows they reduced CO2e emissions by just shy of their 50% target as their Music Of The Spheres Tour continues its second year. The band said at the outset of their world tour in 2022 that they hoped to make it as environmentally beneficial as possible and …