Humbl selected as partner for Motherland Samoa 2023 festival

Web3 platform Humbl has been selected as the official digital wallet and ticketing technology provider for the Motherland Samoa 2023 festival, which is set to be held in the Samoan capital of Apia in June.  The festival will feature a lineup of Pacific Island artists including Fiji, J Boog, HP Boyz and more. The event …

Softjourn expands into Brazil with new office

Softjourn, a software development company that specialises in ticketing, has announced that it has opened a new office in São Paulo, Brazil.  The new office in Brazil will provide enhanced delivery centres for new and existing clients, offer new career opportunities for local IT professionals and expand Softjourn’s global footprint within Latin America. Emmy Gengler, …

Atos launches new ticketing platform for 2023 European Games

Atos, which specialises in digital transformation and is also the digital technology partner for the 2023 and 2027 editions of the European Games, has launched a new ticketing platform for this year’s event, which is set to be held in Poland.  The European Games will take place from June 21 to July 2 and the …

The Piece Hall smashes 100,000 ticket sales mark

The Piece Hall (pictured) has smashed the 100,000 ticket sales mark ahead of a busy summer of live shows.  The historic Halifax venue is set to host headline shows from artists such as Sting, Queens of the Stone Age, Madness, Rag’n’Bone Man, Hozier, boygenius, Orbital and James, plus many others. Live at The Piece Hall …

Playfly Sports acquires The Aspire Sport Marketing Group 

Playfly Sports, a sports media, marketing and technology company, has acquired The Aspire Sport Marketing Group, which will help to deliver strategic planning, analytics and marketing services as well as ticket and hospitality sales and services.  The Aspire Group is a sports and entertainment marketing firm and works across consulting, research and ticket sales and …

Festival ticket-holders left bamboozled over ticket refunds

Bamboozle Festival, which was slated to be held this weekend (May 5-7), has been cancelled just days out after the Atlantic City authorities declined to issue a final permit for the event.  Now, fans are struggling to retrieve their ticket refunds for the festival, which was set to be its first edition for more than a …

Live Nation exec takes aim at resale sites over antitrust claims

Live Nation executive Dan Wall has taken aim at resale sites he claims are dishonestly attempting to use antitrust arguments “to protect their scalping business”. The group’s executive vice-president for corporate and regulatory affairs, an antitrust expert, published a blog via Live Nation’s corporate website in which he accused secondary marketplaces of claiming they want …

SI Tickets enters primary market with NFT ticket solution

SI Tickets, the Sports Illustrated-backed ticketing site, has announced its entry into the primary ticketing market through the launch of a new self-service event management and platform that incorporates NFT and non-NFT tickets solutions. Box Office by SI Tickets has been developed in partnership with web3 leader ConsenSys and powered by Polygon’s blockchain technology. It …