DEAG acquires Classic Open Air event 

Live entertainment company Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft (DEAG) has acquired 85% of the shares in Berlin-based classical music festival, Classic Open Air at Gendarmenmarkt. DEAG has acquired the shares via its wholly owned subsidiary, DEAG Classics AG. Classic Open Air has been taking place since 1992 and has become a renowned classical music event under organisers …

Individual tickets for Rugby World Cup 2023 to go on sale

Rugby fans will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for individual matches at the Rugby World Cup 2023 from tomorrow (Tuesday). A pre-sale period of 24 hours will be reserved for members of the 2023 Family tomorrow, with the general public able to purchase tickets from Thursday, September 15. Tickets for all 48 matches in …

Free concerts at FIFA Fan Festival during Qatar World Cup

World football’s governing body FIFA has revealed that there will be a number of free concerts featuring international stars for its fan festival during this year’s World Cup. The World Cup is taking place in Qatar in November and December and the Al Bidda Park in central Doha is set to host a number of …

Secutix Americas begins hunt for new chief

Secutix Americas has started its global search for a new leader, which will be led by outgoing chief executive Eric Rozenberg and Switzerland-based parent company ELCA CEO, Cèdric Moret.  Rozenberg joined the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform in January 2018 and has agreed to stay until his replacement is found, in order to ease the transition.  Secutix …

Formula 1 fans voice anger over British Grand Prix ticket pricing

Formula 1 fans have voiced their anger over tickets for next year’s British Grand Prix, after it was revealed that prices would increase based on demand.  Silverstone organisers released information over ticket prices, and said that prices would automatically refresh every 90 seconds due to demand.  Wow – @SilverstoneUK are now hiking prices for the …

Tix Ticketing partners with Artifax Software

Ticket software company Tix Ticketing has announced a partnership with fellow software company, Artifax Software. The two companies announced the partnership yesterday (Thursday), with customers told to look out for the upcoming integration.  Tix Ticketing said in an update: “A good partnership and especially integrations that allow us to help our clients to be even …

Events called off following death of Queen Elizabeth II

A number of events including Prom 71, the Last Night of the Proms and the Mercury Music Prize ceremony have been cancelled following the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday (Thursday).  It was announced yesterday that Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch of 70 years, had died at the age of …

Ticketing re-opens for BFI members following website crashes

The chief executive of the British Film Institute (BFI) has apologised after the London Film Festival ticketing website suffered multiple crashes.  Film fans were left disappointed on Wednesday after tickets for the festival went on sale to BFI members. Users struggled for several hours trying to secure tickets to see films such as The Whale, …

Lyte to acquire Event Genius assets as parent company Festicket set to fall into administration

Event Genius, which was acquired by the failing Festicket in 2019, has issued an update to its partners informing them that an agreement has been made with ticket exchange service Lyte to acquire certain assets.  Last month, Festicket filed a moratorium which typically means that struggling businesses are given formal breathing room to try and …

EventsFrame launches new NFT ticketing platform

EventsFrame, an NFT (non-fungible token) ticketing platform for live sporting events, music festivals and conferences, has launched a new-look NFT ticketing platform.  The company has already worked with the likes of social media platform TikTok, TEDx events and AppEvents. Now, it is looking to open up new opportunities to improve the experience of event goers …