Live Nation Spain is set to take legal action against a local authority after it withdrew its financial backing for a Guns N Roses gig earlier this month. Some 28,000 fans attended the American rock band’s concert at Vigo’s Estadio Abanca Balaidos on June 12, but the event had been temporarily cancelled just days before …
Fix The Tix Coalition opposes BOSS Act in the US
The Fix The Tix Coalition, a campaign group set up by North American live entertainment and ticketing groups, has opposed the BOSS Act. US Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr recently introduced the updated BOSS and SWIFT act legislation. Fix The Tix was formed earlier this …
Pascrell and Pallone introduce updated BOSS and SWIFT Act
US Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr have introduced an updated BOSS and SWIFT Act legislation, which they believe is needed for transparency and regulation within the live events ticket marketplace. The legislation is named in honour of artists Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, with fans …
Artists back Fix The Tix’s reform campaign
Green Day, Lorde and members of Duran Duran and Queen are just some of the artists that have signed Fix The Tix’s letter urging Congress and state legislators to reform the “broken” ticketing system in the US. Fix The Tix, a campaign group that was launched by US live entertainment market leaders earlier this month, …
SeatGeek settles class action lawsuit on pandemic refunds
Ticketing platform SeatGeek has agreed to a nationwide class action settlement in the US, putting a stop to claims that it did not provide customers with full cash refunds for events cancelled due to the pandemic. The settlement will affect SeatGeek customers that purchased tickets to a live event via the company’s mobile website between …
Government of Western Australia warns consumers ahead of Coldplay ticket sales
Western Australians have been warned by the state government over ticket scalping for a one-off concert by British band Coldplay at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Tickets were available in the pre-sale today (Monday), while the general public will be able to purchase tickets from tomorrow. Coldplay’s show will take place on November 18 and it is …
Ticketmaster cleared in tech patent infringement case
Ticketmaster has avoided a potential $122m penalty after being cleared of patent infringement in a US court. A Texas federal jury found that Global eTicket Exchange failed to show that the Live Nation company infringed multiple patents which cover a system for purchasing and exchanging tickets for entertainment events. Bloomberg Law reports that Ticketmaster could …
Live Nation exec takes aim at resale sites over antitrust claims
Live Nation executive Dan Wall has taken aim at resale sites he claims are dishonestly attempting to use antitrust arguments “to protect their scalping business”. The group’s executive vice-president for corporate and regulatory affairs, an antitrust expert, published a blog via Live Nation’s corporate website in which he accused secondary marketplaces of claiming they want …
Festicket administrators offer six-month update
Festicket administrators have provided an update six months after the festival package company fell into trouble last year. Administrators said that across this period, they had received communication from roughly 40 event promoters asserting the implied terms of their contracts with Festicket are such that the net proceeds from ticket sales were to be held …
Google fails in appeal over ticket resale ad ban
Google has failed in its appeal against an order prohibiting the purchasing of ads promoting tickets sold by unauthorised secondary ticketing platforms in France. The search engine giant, which was attempting to reverse a decision made in favour of Prodiss in 2020, was also ordered to pay the music industry trade union €300,000 in damages …