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Mighty Hoopla Malta cancelled because of jet fuel shortages

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Mighty Hoopla • 1 min read

Mighty Hoopla Malta cancelled because of jet fuel shortages

Organisers of Mighty Hoopla have cancelled a Malta edition of the festival due to take place in September because current jet fuel shortages will reduce the number of flights to the island, and increase the cost for both performers and festival-goers in getting to the festival…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2026

Lambeth residents fail in latest bid to block Brockwell Park festivals

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Brockwell Live • 3 min read

Lambeth residents fail in latest bid to block Brockwell Park festivals

London’s Brockwell Live festivals will go ahead later this month after local residents failed to force a full review of Lambeth Council’s decision to grant the events planning permission. Campaigners said planning should not have been granted to the festivals in Brockwell Park, but a judge disagrees…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2026

Keir Starmer told to “put fans first” by including touting ban in next week’s King’s Speech

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Keir Starmer told to “put fans first” by including touting ban in next week’s King’s Speech

The FanFair Alliance has again called on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to properly include legislation to outlaw for-profit ticket touting in next week’s King’s Speech. Reports suggest a touting ban might get a mention as a ‘draft bill’, but that will mean further delays in making the ban law…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2026

Kid Cudi kicks MIA off his tour after fans boo her for on-stage comments

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MIA • 2 min read

Kid Cudi kicks MIA off his tour after fans boo her for on-stage comments

MIA has been axed from Kid Cudi’s current ‘Rebel Ragers Tour’ after being booed by fans who disapproved of her on-stage comments at a show in Dallas this weekend. In a statement confirming MIA’s axing, Kid Cudi says “I won’t have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase”…

Chris Cooke • 05 May 2026

BBC moves Radio 2 festival to avoid negatively impacting other Scottish summer events

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BBC • 2 min read

BBC moves Radio 2 festival to avoid negatively impacting other Scottish summer events

Earlier this year the BBC announced that its Radio 2 In The Park festival would take place in Stirling in August. But now it’s happening in September, after concerns the arrival of a big BBC event would negatively impact on other festivals taking place in Scotland in July and August…

Chris Cooke • 01 May 2026

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Bob Vylan • 2 min read

Shindig Festival faces last minute licence review after public safety concerns expressed about headliner Bob Vylan

Wiltshire Council will be reviewing the events licence it has issued to the Shindig Festival just days before this year’s edition takes place in May after an unknown person formally raised concerns that this year’s headliner, Bob Vylan, could cause crime, disorder and public safety concerns…

Chris Cooke • 01 May 2026

Stop dragging feet over ticket touting ban, UK music industry tells PM Keir Starmer

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Secondary Ticketing • 3 min read

Stop dragging feet over ticket touting ban, UK music industry tells PM Keir Starmer

The UK government announced plans to ban for-profit ticket touting last November, but are yet to implement that plan, and it’s looking unlikely a Ticketing Bill will be included in next month’s King’s Speech. The music industry says these delays are costing British music fans millions of pounds…

Chris Cooke • 24 Apr 2026

Shambala founders transfer control of the festival to an employee ownership trust

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Shambala • 2 min read

Shambala founders transfer control of the festival to an employee ownership trust

Co-founders of Shambala are transferring control of the festival to an ‘employee ownership trust’, meaning it will basically be owned by its team. They say this approach will safeguard the event’s independence as many others festivals are acquired by “major live entertainment conglomerates”…

Chris Cooke • 22 Apr 2026

Live Nation pays $9.9 million to settle yet another investigation into dodgy ticketing practices

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Live Nation • 3 min read

Live Nation pays $9.9 million to settle yet another investigation into dodgy ticketing practices

Live Nation has reached a $9.9 million settlement with the Attorney General of Washington DC, who accused the company of employing dodgy ticket selling tactics. Its lawyers also want the damages part of last week’s antitrust ruling set aside based on a dispute over an expert witness’s maths…

Chris Cooke • 21 Apr 2026

Kanye tour cancellations build, as Polish and Swiss shows are pulled

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Kanye West • 2 min read

Kanye tour cancellations build, as Polish and Swiss shows are pulled

Kanye West’s upcoming tour continues to contract amid ongoing controversies over past antisemitic conduct. A concert in Poland, only announced last week, has already been cancelled after the country’s culture minister criticised the show. A stadium in Switzerland has also declined to host the rapper…

Chris Cooke • 20 Apr 2026

MPs call for the creation of a music fan association - and for the government to present new ticket touting laws in Parliament “without delay”

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CMS Select Committee • 3 min read

MPs call for the creation of a music fan association - and for the government to present new ticket touting laws in Parliament “without delay”

Parliament’s culture select committee has published a report based on the input of thousands of music fans. It calls for the creation of a new Music Fan Association, as well as urging the government to act on the agent of change principle and to hurry up with its promised new ticket touting laws…

Chris Cooke • 17 Apr 2026

Live Nation loses monopoly trial in “historic and resounding victory for artists and fans”: but what happens next?

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Live Nation • 6 min read

Live Nation loses monopoly trial in “historic and resounding victory for artists and fans”: but what happens next?

Live Nation lost the big antitrust legal battle in the US, with a jury concluding that it operates an illegal monopoly that negatively impacts on artists and fans. It was a dramatic conclusion to a seven week trial - but how will it now impact on the operations of Live Nation, in the US and beyond?…

Chris Cooke • 17 Apr 2026