Mad Cool Festival to offer immersive experiences in Orange and Ericsson partnership

Telecommunications company Orange, along with its technology partner Ericsson, is set to offer Mad Cool Festival attendees an immersive experience.  Orange will use Mad Cool Festival, which takes place in Madrid from July 6 – 8, to showcase new technology and offer guests an immersive experience through virtual reality glasses and panoramic images of the …

Wireless Festival to call Finsbury Park home for next five years

Wireless Festival is set to take place in Finsbury Park for the next five years, after promoter Festival Republic signed a deal with Haringey Council.  The rap and urban music festival will now take place in the north London park until 2027, despite opposition from locals and the Friends of Finsbury Park group. According to …

Ticket Tailor and Tixel announce integration partnership

White label ticketing platform Ticket Tailor and ticket resale marketplace Tixel have announced an integration partnership, that will see the two companies work to offer a full-cycle, safe, ethical, fairly priced ticketing solution for event organisers and attendees. Features of the partnership will include leveraging APIs to validate the authenticity of resale tickets in …

ZAZA Festival to celebrate global music culture

ZAZA Festival, a new festival celebrating global music culture, is set to take place July 15-16 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The two-day event will also debut the world premiere of the BRKFST metaverse series from Nigerian singer, Burna Boy. The BRKFAST metaverse series will be accompanied by a mobile, immersive element to experience music …

Macau’s Galaxy Arena teams up with TME Live to promote region’s entertainment industry

Macau’s Galaxy Arena has partnered with TME Live to form a three-year strategic cooperation agreement, with the aim of promoting the development of the region’s culture and entertainment industry.  The partnership will see the 16,000-capacity arena and entertainment company launch a comprehensive plan to boost the industry, co-organising performances such as concert tours, music festivals …

Manchester Mayor urges unions to call off strikes over Parklife weekend

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, has called for planned industrial action by tram drivers over the weekend of the Parklife music festival to be postponed. Burnham offered to meet union bosses – who are demanding more than the current 5% pay rise on the table from Manchester Metrolink – if they agreed to call …

More FIFA Women’s World Cup tickets released as resale platform launched

Nearly 250,000 additional tickets have been put on general sale ahead of this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Football’s global governing body FIFA said that the new ticketing inventory would go on sale on Tuesday, with seats available across all 64 matches. FIFA said that it had “reviewed the available …

Further Las Vegas Grand Prix hospitality offerings unveiled

Las Vegas Grand Prix organisers have revealed new hospitality experiences for November’s inaugural Formula 1 race, including Heineken House, Club SI and Club Paris. Tickets for the new hospitality experiences will be available via the third and final round of ticket sales, which will begin on June 9. American Express card members will receive pre-sale …