Event Ticketing Done Right
[ad_1] Music, travel and experiences company Pollen’s downward slope to eventual collapse saw 150 members made redundant in the UK and the US. This was despite raising $150m (£123m/€141m) in a Series C funding round in April. June would also see the company fail to pay its workers. Before Queen Elizabeth II passed away in …
[ad_1] English Premier League club Manchester United kicked off the month of May with an overhaul of its season ticket policies. The move was made to give fans more choice, with the 2022-23 season allowing season ticket-holders to opt in or out of each cup competition. The changes were brought in following the consultation with …
[ad_1] London Theatre Week 2022, which enables theatre fans to purchase tickets to top West End shows for a lower price, witnessed gross sales increase by 43% year-on-year, TodayTix Group told TheTicketingBusiness. The promotion took place earlier in the year and tickets were sold for as little as £15 ($18/€17), meaning theatre-goers could snap up …
[ad_1] Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival proved the popular return of live music events, after organisers sold 600,000 passes for 2022. The event had been cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic. The ticket sales were a mixture of new sales amounting to 200,000 and rolled-over tickets from postponed events. English Premier League club …
[ad_1] Despite the return of live entertainment and cultural productions, early 2022 allowed the industry to really understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A UNESCO report revealed that 10 million jobs in the creative industries were lost in 2020 alone. February also presented a unique buying opportunity – a £3m ‘magnificent 12-seat Grand Tier …
[ad_1] Connect Festival organisers have been refused permission for acts to play later, after this year’s edition in Edinburgh (pictured) garnered more noise complaints than any other event. The festival is presented by DF Concerts and is set to take place August 25 – 27 next year, in the grounds of the Royal Highland Centre. …
[ad_1] Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne in the UK has seen its box office record smashed in just four days thanks to its production of Aladdin. The pantomime broke the 483-capacity venue’s box office records after its opening night. Tivoli’s previous record was held by Made to Measure’s 2018 production of Cinderella; the production company also …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] 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 …
[ad_1] Football Australia has banned Melbourne Victory from selling tickets, and has imposed stadium restrictions, amid a strong set of sanctions imposed in the wake of the violent scenes that marred the weekend’s A-League derby match against Melbourne City. As part of the governing body’s ongoing investigation into the events that unfolded during the match …