Falls Festival moves to Melbourne after appeal from locals

Falls Festival has been moved to Melbourne after residents close to its new regional Victoria location opposed the event. The three-day festival, which will welcome performances from US rapper Lil Nas X and English rock band Arctic Monkeys, will now take place at Sidney Myer Music Bowl across two stages.  Secret Sounds’ Falls Festival was …

Revolution Bars Group partners with Fixr

Revolution Bars Group, which runs a number of bars across the UK, has partnered with digital events and ticketing platform, Fixr. Fixr will be the official ticketing partner for Revolution’s Project Event Space. Customers will be able to secure a spot at ticketed events at Revolution and Revolución de Cuba by booking online through the …

Glasgow’s Junction 1 main stage set to be removed after complaints

The main stage of a music venue in Glasgow is set to be removed after more than 200 noise complaints were lodged by local residents. Recent events held over consecutive weekends at Junction 1 received around 215 noise complaints from locals. Now, the city’s council has taken action against the open-air main stage. Upcoming events …

Spotify tests selling concert tickets directly to fans

Music streaming platform Spotify is testing the water with selling tickets directly to fans rather than linking through to external ticketing operators. According to news site Musically, Spotify kicked off the tests yesterday (Wednesday) with a small number of artists. Pre-sale tickets were made available to fans through the Spotify app and the freshly launched Spotify …

True Tickets introduces rules-based ticket sharing 

Digital ticketing service True Tickets has launched rules-based ticket sharing, which will allow event organisers to create and assign rules related to the sharing of digital tickets. More specifically, for True Ticket’s Tessitura Network clients, this will create a chain of custody for each ticket, making the enforcement of terms and conditions much easier. Once …

Pollen faces administration – report

Events start-up Pollen is set to fall into administration, with restructuring firm Kroll ready to be appointed as administrators. According to a report from The Telegraph, the ticketing tech start-up is close to falling into administration after sales talks collapsed. It would also have a a knock-on effect for the tax payer, as Pollen received …

TechStack: Apps, the metaverse and more…

Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… NFTs for bucket list events Austin-based FestivalPass has introduced its Founder NFT (non-fungible token) which will offer VIP access to bucket list events. The Festival Family Founders NFT will unlock $1,200 (£984/€1,778) worth of credits on FestivalPass every year, which can be redeemed …

Eventbrite posts Q2 net loss but net revenue presents more positive picture

Event management and ticketing company Eventbrite has posted a net loss of $20.1m (£16.5m/€19.6m) during the second quarter of 2022. The figure is a slight improvement on the $20.5m net loss during the same period last year, but is an increase on the $18m net loss posted in Q1 of this year. However, the company’s …