English Football League club Shrewsbury Town FC has appointed new partners, Advanced, to deploy their cutting-edge ticketing management platform, TALENT. The move will help the third-tier League One club take its ticketing, event and commercial operations to the next level and deliver against its priority to improve the experience of both fans and staff. The …
Backstage: Harry Styles, Arcade Fire and more
A round-up of the latest live music news… Harry Styles has announced a 32-date North American tour to promote his new album, Harry’s House. Produced by Live Nation, Love On Tour 2022 will include many of North America’s most notable venues, kicking off on August 15 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Styles will continue his …
Tomorrowland drinks to Coca-Cola partnership
Tommorowland Belgium has announced a partnership with Coca-Cola that will expand the Belgian electronic dance music festival through on-site activations, competitions and live streaming. The multinational beverage supplier will join forces with Tommorowland to promote a pan-European consumer contest where winners will have the opportunity to gain backstage access and immersive in-person brand experiences at …
Parklife resells tickets confiscated in anti-tout scheme
The UK’s Parklife festival has announced a new batch of tickets are to be made available following an anti-tout scheme and failed payment plans. The Manchester event, which is set to attract 82,000 fans each day at Heaton Park next month, will begin selling the new daily and weekend general admission and VIP tickets from …
Onsite at Etihad Arena: Arriving on the scene
Built to attract sports and entertainment tourists to Abu Dhabi, Yas Island’s Etihad Arena delivered its first ‘capacity’ event this weekend, hosting Maroon 5’s mid-Middle East tour between Cairo and Tel-Aviv. “It was a great feeling to finally see this place rocking,” says an ebullient arena GM Brint Jackson (pictured) on a venue showaround the …
AFL celebrates one million club memberships
The Australian Football League has celebrated surpassing one million AFL club members this year, almost three weeks faster than in 2021. A total of 1,043,604 members signed up to support their favourite club in 2022, with one in 25 Australians being AFL club members. The League has reached the one million membership figure some 20 …
New Insights Alliance research project aims to understand attitudes around the climate crisis
The Insights Alliance has recently launched its sector-wide audience research project, Act Green, which has been designed to help build an idea of attitudes towards the climate crisis. The research project will gain an understanding of cultural audiences’ attitudes and their perception of the role of cultural organisations and their audiences in tackling issues surrounding …
People: Stadium, All Things Live and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Event management specialist Stadium has announced a new managing director in Carl Taylor (pictured left), to accelerate the firm’s expansion across the UK. The company operates globally and is headquartered in Coventry in the UK, and provides traffic management, event services and …
The SKIDATA accreditation solution for enhanced safety in stadiums
SKIDATA, the world market leader in access and revenue management, takes us through its range of solutions that ensure visitor and employee management is as it should be: smart – easy – secure… The SMART System by SKIDATA and mtms Solutions provides an intelligent solution for seamless access and accreditation control via smartphone Ensuring proper …
Congressman further calls for Live Nation action
Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell has once again called for concert promoter and entertainment giant Live Nation to be broken up. Pascrell has said the reasoning behind this call includes Live Nation’s domination of the industry and how this helped the recent attack on comedian Dave Chappelle while he was performing and November’s Astroworld tragedy. Chappelle …