More than 250 artists have signed a letter issuing support for the bill, which aims to reform the live event ticketing system in the US Billie Eilish, Green Day and Lorde are among 250+ artists to ...

AEG-owned ticketing firm AXS has acquired a majority stake in event tech firm WRSTBND, a provider of access control, credentialing and point-of-sale solutions for live events and venues. AXS says the ...

The Malaysian government is strengthening guidelines for promoters but has decided against issuing a blanket ban on concerts following The 1975 controversy earlier this year. Overseas acts must apply ...

FREENOW has launched an initiative dubbed Ride For Music, which will see the company donate a minimum of £200,000 to the cause Taxi app FREENOW is donating £1 from every ride to help save UK ...

Severe weather caused a cruiseliner hosting a music festival to slam into a pier in Jamaica earlier this week. The Carnival Magic ship set sail from Miami on Saturday for the ShipRocked cruise, ...

The last couple of months have seen artist boycotts ripple through the showcase festival season, with hundreds of acts pulling out of SXSW in Austin, and others from new music showcase festival The ...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation in the coming weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing anonymous sources, the WSJ reports ...

The Music Venue Trust (MVT) is lobbying the government for a compulsory £1 levy on tickets sold for UK live music events above 5,000 capacity after grassroots venue Moles in Bath was forced to shut ...

Ticket touts hatched secret plans to sabotage Labour’s bid to cap ticket resale if the party wins the next UK general election, according to a new report. Footage filmed by the Guardian shows touts ...

KCON, the Korean pop music and culture convention operated by Korea’s largest media conglomerate CJ ENM, will hold five editions in 2024. This year, the world’s biggest K-pop festival will visit Hong ...

Dealing with heat at festivals due to the ongoing effects of climate change, and managing generational change, were two of the key takeaways from the European Festival Conference this week. The fifth ...

Organisers of Morocco’s Oasis: Into the Wild have announced a brand new location for the festival’s second edition. The first wave of acts unveiled include Honey Dijon, DJ Koze, Jyoty, Partiboi69 b2b ...