Event Ticketing Done Right
Sky Stadium (pictured), a multi-purpose sport and entertainment venue in Wellington, is celebrating hosting its biggest ever crowd for a live performance, with last week’s Ed Sheeran concert also becoming the first stadium event in New Zealand to be ticketed 100% in-app. In-app ticketing meant that attendees could rely on a fully digital, app-based ticketing …
Theatre ticketing app TodayTix has launched in Perth, following its introduction to Brisbane in October last year. The app previously launched in Melbourne and Sydney in 2019 and offers affordable tickets to shows such as Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mary Poppins and Moulin Rouge! The Musical through its ticket lottery. Brian Fenty, …
Live entertainment advertising agency Dewynters has used Beyoncé and her recent Renaissance Tour onsale as inspiration for how theatres can draw in the crowds. According to Dewynters, 77% of the British public feel that the price to see live music is too expensive. Whilst 53% said a fair price for a ticket would be £40 …
Singapore-based music fans have been struggling with ticket scalpers since the return of live music following the pandemic. One fan, Ms Kaethe Fok, told Channel News Asia (CNA) that she was attempting to buy tickets to watch K-pop group Mamamoo, but was faced with extortionate prices. Missing out on the initial sales, she turned to …
Australia’s KFC Big Bash League attracted a record crowd of more than 53,000 at this year’s Twenty20 cricket final at Optus Stadium in Perth. In figures released by organisers, more than one million people attended games during the course of the season. The average attendance of 16,725 was the highest since 2019-20, which finished just …
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the creation of a new Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the appointment of an eighth Culture Secretary in five years. Following a Cabinet reshuffle, Lucy Frazer takes over the restructured DCMS department, which no longer has responsibility for digital due to the creation of a …
Korean online media giant Kakao has bought an almost 10% stake in major K-pop agency SM Entertainment, whose clients include Aespa and SuperM. The acquisition of a 9.05% stake for an estimated $172.8m makes Kakao – which has interests in social media, banking and technology development – the second largest shareholder of SM Entertainment. The …
Ticketmaster has claimed an early success as sales for Beyonce’s Renaissance tour passed without major incident following the controversy surrounding last year’s Taylor Swift onsale. Hundreds of thousands of tickets became available through presales and general sales in North America and Europe from Monday. The tour will see the American star appear in more than …
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… NHL’s Wild revamps corporate tix NHL team Minnesota Wild is looking to revamp its corporate ticketing programme through a partnership with TicketManager. The team said all corporate partners and businesses with suites, premium seats and season tickets at Xcel Energy Center will have …
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… AXS has appointed Australian sports business leader Andrew Travis to head its expansion in Australasia. Travis, formerly chief operating officer of Melbourne & Olympic Parks (M&OP) and CEO of Gold Coast Suns, has been named AXS’s chief executive officer of AXS Australia …