Sacha Lord, co-creator of Manchester festival Parklife and The Warehouse Project, has offered a young couple free entry to the festival and venues for life, after their proposal at the event was ridiculed online. The young couple celebrated their proposal on stage at Parklife, during a set from artist Young Filly on Saturday. The proposal …
Tech Stack: Secondary markets, virtual tickets and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Secondary NFT ticket marketplace Get Protocol is set to team up with Immutable X to create a secondary marketplace for NFT (non-fungible token) tickets, it has been reported. Immutable X is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum and has been a L2 …
People on the move: Goldenvoice, ASM Global and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Professional American football minor league XFL has named Lisa Feigenbaum as senior vice-president of ticketing. Fiegenbaum will oversee the planning and development of XFL’s ticket sales, services and operations for the league and each of the eight teams. She will report to …
NFT-ticketed convention welcomes 7,000 patrons
ASM Global-operated US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis recently hosted VeeCon, the first-ever NFT-ticketed convention. Launched by media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk, the inaugural VeeCon, which was produced by VeeFriends, was attended by 7,000 patrons from 47 states and 70 different countries. Some 83% of attendees were first-time visitors to Minnesota, according to VeeCon spokesperson, Maha Abouelenein. …
Payments for World Cup tix due
Football fans that managed to secure tickets to this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar have until tomorrow (Wednesday) to make their payments. Individuals that have been allocated tickets in the random selection draw sales period of Sales Phase 2 have until 11:00 CEST or 12:00 Doha Time on Wednesday to pay for their purchase. …
Download to return for four days in 2023
Download festival, which only just concluded on Sunday at Donington Park, has announced that it will run across four days next year. The UK’s flagship rock festival is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023 and has extended its running from three days to four. The Festival Republic-promoted event will run between June 8-11, …
Nederlander reveals possible UK expansion plans
Theatre group Nederlander, which part-owns three venues in London’s West End, has revealed possible plans to expand in the UK. Nederlander Organisation is a New York-headquartered theatre company founded in Detroit. It operates theatres and music venues including Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Marquis Theatre and Nederlander Theatre and more in New York, as well as multiple …
Free tickets for final day of England vs New Zealand Test
England’s second LV= Insurance Test match against New Zealand will come to a thrilling conclusion today (Tuesday) at Trent Bridge (pictured), with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club offering free tickets for supporters. After an already entertaining four days, which saw England take three late wickets yesterday (Monday), the decision was taken to offer free tickets to …
Final tickets available for Odaiba exhibition
TeamLab Borderless, the world’s first digital art museum (pictured) that opened four years ago, is set to close its Odaiba venue in the summer so that it can relocate to central Tokyo next year. TeamLab is an immersive museum with futuristic digital art installations, focusing on lights and colours. Tickets for the final opening days …
AEG Presents opens mobile box office in food truck
AEG Presents has opened its first traveling mobile box office that will sell fee-free tickets from the back of a food truck. The inaugural mobile box office, which is operating out of Mile High Pretzel Co’s food truck in Denver, will offer tickets to upcoming concerts at the Bluebird Theater, Gothic Theatre, Ogden Theatre, Mission …