German powerhouse DEAG has further expanded its international promoting network and enhanced its UK activities by acquiring a majority stake in Scotland’s Regular Music. Edinburgh-based Regular is the ...

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 ...

International ticketing executives have given a mixed picture on live music markets around the world as the business bids to pick up where it left off pre-pandemic. ILMC’s Ticketing: All change please ...

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 ...

Ethical ticket resale platform TicketSwap is continuing its European expansion by launching in the UK. The resale firm caps all ticket resale prices and also works directly with event organisers to ...

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 ...

Almost 5,000 people have claimed they were injured in last November’s Astroworld tragedy, according to a new court filing. Ten concertgoers, aged between nine and 27, were killed after a crowd surge ...