Live Music Industry News

US Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. and Frank Pallone, Jr. have introduced House bill ‘Boss and Swift Act’ to bring transparency and regulation to what they describe as the “badly corrupted” live events ticket market.

The updated legislation follows the introduction of the ‘Taylor Swift bill’ in Massachusetts, which would require ticket-selling companies or resellers to disclose the complete cost of tickets, including all required and associated fees, before customers make a purchase.

The Boss and Swift Act is also aimed at regulating ticket sales. The legislation was named after Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, after recent ticketing-related controversies associated with the stars’ respective tours.

Latin music stars Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, and Pitbull will be heading out on a joint “Trilogy” tour of North America, with each global artist set to deliver a “unique̶…

Oztix has taken over Local Tickets, rebranding it to Localtix, giving it access to over 70 local ticket marketplaces.

Celine Dion has canceled all 2023 and 2024 dates on her “Courage” world tour due to her ongoing struggle with a rare neurological disorder called Stiff-Person Syndrome. The dates had been rescheduled from 2022.

Zach Bryan's Burn Burn Burn tour is schedule to make its way to Albany's MVP Arena on Friday, opening the holiday weekend. But the tour-wide effort to

Romeo Entertainment Group has launched the new Colossal Events Group, a strategic partnership, sponsorship and brand activation company based in Nashville.

Colossal Events Group has already amassed a roster of clients including Circa Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Afterburner Music Festival, The Pacific Airshow, Hell’s Kitchen Season 21 Winner Alex Belew, Mississippi Valley Fair, Tailgate N Tallboys and Country Jam USA, among others. The company has also established brand partnerships with Diageo, Kwik Trip, Anheuser Busch, Great Clips and Mark Anthony Brands.

Following the news that Miley Cyrus will not be touring in support of her latest full-length album “Endless Summer Vacation,” the pop singer offered a detailed explanation behind the decision in a letter addressed to her fans.

Last week, Cyrus spoke with British Vogue in what was her first in-depth interview in several months. She was quoted saying that “singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love,” and said “There’s no connection. There’s no safety. It’s also not natural. It’s so isolating because if you’re in front of 100,000 people then you are alone.”

SeatGeek's "$500 off" discount codes leaked from Major League Baseball meetings, sources tell Billboard.

A new music festival in Puerto Rico, Sauce Boyz Fest, drew sell-out crowds across two events last week.

Dead and Company’s summer tour — the group’s last ever, at least in its current incarnation — had its official kick-off on Friday, May 19, at Los Angeles’ Forum. The first of a two-night stand, the band — featuring original members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane (sitting in for Bill Kreutzmann who had to sit the 2023 trek out) — was in top form musically, playing for nearly four hours and spanning the Grateful Dead catalog from early studio cuts (“St. Stephen,” “The Eleven”) to Jerry Garcia solo songs (“Deal,” “The Wheel”) to fan favorites (“Eyes of the World,” “Wharf Rat”).

Two lawmakers have introduced identical bills in Massachusetts that would outlaw the growing trend of so-called "dynamic" ticket prices in the state.

Japanese virtual live music event platform and metaverse company VARK Inc. has raised 1 billion Japanese yen (approx. USD $7.2 million).

The capital was raised in a series C funding round, the proceeds of which will be used to strengthen the platform’s product development.

Iconic Amsterdam venue Paradiso is targeting new fan experience enhancements after extending its partnership with See Tickets.

Johnny Depp has sustained an injury to his ankle, prompting his group the Hollywood Vampires to delay a set of imminent tour dates. The group announced the news Monday morning, stating that Depp ha…

The live-events business is seeing one of its biggest boom years in recent memory, and few companies are capitalizing on it as well as Live Nation.

The live-entertainment company that owns Ticketmaster clocked $2.28 billion in revenue in its concerts division in Q1 2023, up 89% YoY. A total of 19 million fans attended Live Nation shows in 45 countries in Q1, an increase of 73% YoY compared to the 11 million fans in Q1 2022.

Its ticketing division generated $677.7 million, up 41% YoY. That was on the strength of some big-name tours by artists such as Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Drake.

Fans attending a Harry Styles concert in Edinburgh, Scotland are being warned to come prepared for a throwback ticketing experience: Print tickets at home

According to Luminate (the entertainment market monitor and insights provider that was once known as MRC Data and Nielsen Music), an average of 120,000 ISRCs (i.e. new music audio files) were added to music streaming services – across audio and video platforms – per day in Q1 2023.

That works out to a total of 10.08 million new tracks uploaded to the likes of Spotify, YouTube Music and other music streaming services in the first three months of the year alone, according to Luminate.

SeatGeek has agreed to a nationwide class action settlement in the US, putting a stop to claims that it did not provide customers with full cash refunds for events cancelled due to the pandemic. 

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) -- United Talent Agency announced a major round of promotions at the talent, entertainment, sports and advisory company. According to UTA, 65 team members were promoted across 20 departments, including Motion Picture Literary,

“More stars than there are in heaven!” crowed Peter Zaremba, lead singer of the Fleshtones, taking a cue from MGM’s famous slogan of the 1930s and ’40s as he boisterously extolled the cast of performers taking part in Friday night’s tribute to the garage-rock of the middle and 1960s.

The Prodigy, Muse and Skunk Anansie are just some of the acts that have supported the campaign from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), Brixton BID and Save Our Scene to save O2 Academy Brixton from closure.