Live industry groups join forces to introduce new initiative

Live industry groups have joined together to unveil a new ‘Make Tickets Fair!’ initiative, which is a campaign aimed at educating live entertainment fans to avoid being ripped off by unscrupulous ticket resellers. The campaign was created by a cross-industry group co-ordinated by FEAT (The Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing), and a new industry-facing website …

Madonna announces Celebration Tour – TheTicketingBusiness News

Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, is set to go on a global tour that could surpass her own touring record. The singer announced ‘Madonna: The Celebration Tour’ yesterday (Tuesday), which will feature her catalogue of music from the past four decades.  Produced by entertainment giant Live Nation, the 35-stop tour …

Strong year predicted for live events industry in 2023

The live events industry in the UK is set to have a strong year in 2023, with rising demand for festivals, gigs, West End theatre and VIP event tickets. According to an article from the Guardian, demand for tickets is increasing despite a cost-of-living crisis across the UK, which will continue the industry’s recovery following …

Music fans oppose dynamic pricing, priced out of gigs according to research

Music fans across Britain have been priced out of attending live music gigs, according to recent research from data and analytics group, YouGov.  Research from YouGov showed that more than half of Britons also strongly opposed dynamic pricing when it comes to purchasing tickets. The survey demonstrated that 71% were against the idea, including 52% …

Glastonbury Festival’s on-site radio station breaches Ofcom rules

Glastonbury Festival’s on-site radio station has broken Ofcom rules for playing a song that contained racially offensive language.  The UK’s communications regulator said that Worthy 87.7 FM breached standards after it played an unedited version of ‘Miss Understood’ by rap artist, Little Simz.  Worthy 87.7 FM played the track on June 23 at 18:41 BST …

Ticketmaster sued by another group of Taylor Swift fans

Ticketmaster has been sued by more Taylor Swift fans over the singer’s Eras Tour ticketing fiasco last month.  A further group of Swift fans have come together to sue Ticketmaster, after an original group of fans sued the ticketing platform earlier in December.  In November, those wanting to purchase Eras Tour tickets in the Verified …

Ticketmaster outlines remaining Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticketing plans

Ticketmaster has revealed its plans to sell the remaining Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets.  According to a report from Billboard, the Live Nation-owned ticketing company will use an older fan club ticketing system to sell the remaining 170,000 tickets. This system reportedly takes the queue out of the process. The move comes after Ticketmaster was …