Independent promoters have teamed up in the US to create a new company to help expand the live entertainment industry. LiveCo brings together Base Entertainment, Premier Productions, Icon Concerts, Rush Concerts and Peachtree Entertainment, with financial backing from Waterland Private Equity. Leading the team will be Brian Beck, who has previously served as chief operating …
Seat Unique teams up with Robomagic
Seat Unique has become the official hospitality and premium ticketing platform of independent tour and concert promoter, Robomagic. The partnership will see Seat Unique power premium ticket and hospitality sales for rock band The Who’s 2023 UK tour dates this summer. The British band (pictured) will perform at venues including The O2 in London, the …
Ed Sheeran’s record Wellington crowd
Ed Sheeran’s Sky Stadium concert in Wellington, New Zealand could have hosted a record-breaking crowd of 48,000. The total would beat an Eminem concert in March 2019, which welcomed 46,474 fans. Thursday’s concert was sold out and organisers said roughly 16,200 of the ticket holders were from outside of the Wellington region. Sky Stadium chief …
Wales Government criticised over £4m land purchase for Green Man festival
The Welsh Government has been criticised by an investigation that probed its £4.25m purchase of farmland as it sought to give its backing to the Green Man music festival. Adrian Crompton, the Auditor General, said ministers acted with “avoidable haste” when they chose last March to acquire Gilestone Farm for the music, science and arts …
Lollapalooza India debut attracts 60,000 fans
Lollapalooza India has been hailed for setting new standards for the vast nation’s festival scene after welcoming more than 60,000 fans to its inaugural event. International stars The Strokes, Divine, Jackson Wang and Imagine Dragons were among the 40 acts that performed at the first-ever large-scale international music festival in India. The two-day, multi-genre event …
SeatGeek extends partnership with New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans NBA side has renewed its partnership with ticketing technology company, SeatGeek. The Pelicans will continue to use centralised data reports from all open-distribution sales channels, and query builders, to optimise marketing and revenue. The team will also utilise SeatGeek’s adaptive technology to integrate with third-party vendors that enhance the gameday experience …
Hong Kong Government files charges against Mirror incident contractors
Hong Kong authorities have initiated new prosecutions against contractors following an incident last year that saw a large video screen fall and crush two dancers during a Mirror concert. The incident happened in July at the Hong Kong Coliseum (pictured), with one dancer reportedly still hospitalised and at risk of permanent paralysis. The Cantopop band’s …
See Tickets suffers website crash after multiple line-up reveals
See Tickets’ website suffered outages last week as tens of thousands of festival and gig fans attempted to purchase tickets for multiple events. Over 27,000 people signed up for Kendal Calling’s pre-sale after the event’s line-up – which features the likes of Kasabian, Royal Blood, Blossoms and more – was announced. This is more than …
O2 Academy Brixton inquest could lead to ‘criminal charges’
DCI Nigel Penney of the Metropolitan Police has said that an investigation into the recent crowd crush at O2 Academy Brixton, where two people died as a result, has a “strong possibility of [leading to] criminal charges”. December’s Asake concert at Brixton Academy saw a number of concertgoers that did not have a ticket to …
SeatGeek allegedly dropped by Barclays Center because of tech issues according to report
SeatGeek was allegedly dropped by Barclays Center and owner BSE Global because of issues with its tech, according to a report from Billboard. Dave Brooks reported that Barclays Center and BSE Global chief executive Sam Zussman arranged a meeting with SeatGeek and offered an ultimatum – terminate the seven-year contract signed with Zussman’s predecessor John …