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Oasis brings dynamic ticketing practices under fire from UK’s competition and advertising regulators, plus EU

Following all the criticism of the use of dynamic pricing for the sale of tickets to the Oasis reunion shows last weekend, both the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority and the European Commission have announced they are reviewing this practice to check if it is compliant with consumer rights laws…

Chris Cooke • 04 Sep 2024

Live sector provides £6 billion boost to UK economy, but grassroots still in crisis

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LIVE • 3 min read

Live sector provides £6 billion boost to UK economy, but grassroots still in crisis

LIVE has published a report that says live music delivered a £6 billion boost to the UK economy last year. However, the grassroots of the sector is still in crisis. LIVE calls for a VAT cut on tickets, while LIVE member Music Venue Trust has renewed its call for a ticket levy on large-scale shows…

Chris Cooke • 04 Sep 2024

Chaotic scramble for Oasis tickets puts dynamic pricing in the spotlight of upcoming government inquiry

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Oasis • 4 min read

Chaotic scramble for Oasis tickets puts dynamic pricing in the spotlight of upcoming government inquiry

The UK government has expanded its consultation on the ticketing market - which was originally focused on secondary ticketing - to also consider dynamic pricing. It follows criticism of the dynamic pricing of tickets for the Oasis reunion which left many fans paying much more than they expected…

Chris Cooke • 02 Sep 2024

Michael Rapino knew about Travis Scott’s “dangerous concert antics” says court filing as Live Nation desperately tries to avoid CEO’s deposition in Astroworld case

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Live Nation • 3 min read

Michael Rapino knew about Travis Scott’s “dangerous concert antics” says court filing as Live Nation desperately tries to avoid CEO’s deposition in Astroworld case

Although Live Nation has settled lawsuits filed by the families of those who died at the 2021 Astroworld festival, legal action continues involving those who were injured. CEO Michael Rapino has been ordered to sit for a deposition, but the live giant is working hard to stop that from happening…

Chris Cooke • 30 Aug 2024

Music industry needs to stop writing endless impact reports and “pledging” on climate change, says Massive Attack’s Del Naja

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Massive Attack • 3 min read

Music industry needs to stop writing endless impact reports and “pledging” on climate change, says Massive Attack’s Del Naja

Impact reports are a way for large live music companies to park climate change issues, say Massive Attack, and there are too many NGOs taking public money but achieving little. “We don’t need more pledging”, adds Robert Del Naja, “just put it into action”…

Chris Cooke • 23 Aug 2024