Tag: live

There has been growing unrest from musicians in the UK over the cut taken by venues of the merchandise sales at their concerts.

Santigold published an explanation laying bare the challenges that many artists are facing as they return to the road post-lockdown.

Earlier this year, the UK's Music Venue Trust (MVT) launched a campaign to raise £3.5m to buy the freehold of venue properties.

Bodies representing music venues in the UK have warned that spiralling costs of gas and electricity could put members out of business.

Snapchat and Live Nation announced a partnership around augmented reality (AR) and live concerts earlier this year.

Lawrence Peryer, the Lyte COO who recently appeared on the Music Ally Focus podcast, has made an interesting claim in a Bloomberg Soundbite article

Anti-touting campaigners the FanFair Alliance have teamed up with British broadcaster ITV for the investigation.

Bandsintown has long been a popular way for artists to gauge demand for their tours and connect with those fans.

"Hospitality operators face average annual bill increases in the region of at least 300%, putting at risk businesses and jobs."

Spotify's latest expansion into the world of live music will see the streaming service selling tickets directly to fans.

The company's live business continues to bounce back: it reported $4.43bn of revenues for Q2 2022, up from just $575.9m a year ago.

Will Page, the former Chief Economist of Spotify, and British collecting society PRS for Music, has brought together some hefty sets of data in order to map the change in UK consumer behaviour around music before, during...