The Sporting News has partnered with ticket resale marketplace TicketSmarter to provide tickets for sporting events, concerts and theatre shows across the US and Canada. Users of The Sporting News network will be able to purchase tickets related to the content they are reading through TicketSmarter integrations. The integrations will be live across The Sporting …
Live Nation introduces paid internships
Live Nation’s Concerts team has introduced a paid internship scheme with the aim of boosting equitable opportunities and building a more diverse team. There is a demand to work in live music, as shown by the 15,000 applications for 50 openings received for the college internship program. The entertainment giant revealed that a mixture of …
Apple Music to live-stream concerts starting with Harry Styles
Apple will begin live-streaming concerts for Apple Music subscribers from tomorrow (Friday). A concert from artist Harry Styles will be the first for Apple Music Live, as he celebrates his new album ‘Harry’s House’ with a ‘One Night only in New York’ event at UBS Arena at Belmont Park. Tickets for this particular show were …
Granted experiential ticketing platform launches
Granted, a new experiential ticketing platform, has announced its public launch and a $3m (£2.2m/€2.6m) seed investment. The new platform will offer tickets to concerts and sporting events globally and aims to develop a secondary market offering to give artists and creators access to royalties. Granted has been designed for millennials, Generation Z concert-goers and …
France bring in mandatory mask wearing at theatres and concerts
Theatre lovers and concert-goers will have to wear face coverings in France, as mask-wearing due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has become mandatory once more. Mask-wearing had stopped being enforced in the country with the introduction of the health pass at the end of July. The health pass requires a proof of vaccination against coronavirus …
Italy moves to restrict stadium access to fully vaccinated
Fans attending sporting events in Italy from December 6 will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of new measures brought in to limit the spread of the virus. Fans will be required to present a so-called Super Green Pass to prove that they are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19. The rule …
MPs call for Prime Minister to step in over EU touring issues
Members of Parliament (MPs) have demanded action from Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the issues faced by musicians and crew when it comes to touring within the European Union. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Music has revealed plans to hold a cross-party inquiry into the barriers and delays facing musicians. A letter has also …
Subba links up with Veritas
Subba, a platform that generates reviews of music and festivals, and Veritas, a service that links online reviews to verified sales and usage, have teamed up to provide a blockchain-enabled token system that verifies the reviews. On top of the blockchain verification service, the token system also rewards fans through a highly scalable program to …
Eventfinda creates seating bubbles in line with restrictions
Online event ticketing service Eventfinda has announced it is launching a seating ‘bubbles’ option to help event organisers and venues comply with Government capacity restrictions due to COVID-19 in Australia. The New Zealand company is offering allocated seating bubbles in Australia, meaning that organisers and venues no longer have to manually correct and ensure physical …