The State Of European Travel: Opportunities, Challenges & New Norms
By Eamonn Forde If 2023 was a year of recalibration and clearing the backlog of postponed shows due to COVID, 2024 is very much about everything being back to normal and operating at full capacity. That has complex knock-on effects…
BeachLife Festival Bucks High Ticket Price Trend
No two music festivals are identical — even if some lineups sure look similar — but one California beachside festival is bucking the trend in one surprising way. “The idea was, everything’s going up in price, why don’t we be…
Mastercard Introduces Second-Year Artist Accelerator Class
CLASS OF 2024: Brooke Alexx, JANAYAH, Juliet Ivy, Este Haim and Asha Imuno are pictured in Beverly Hills at the announcement of the second year of Matercard’s Artst Accelerator, which this year partnered with the OnesToWatch program. Not in photo…
IAVM Selects New President/CEO
Trevor Mitchell, who currently serves as executive director and CEO of American Mensa, has been selected as the next president and CEO of the International Association of Venue Managers.
Friction over NBA’s screening policy
Frictionless screening has been in place at sports venues for more than five years now, with most of the big leagues providing full approval to use the technology. The NBA is the lone holdout.
Churchill Downs Debuts New Clubs
OFF TO THE RACES: Club SI debuted April 27 to kick off a week of horse racing, which culminates with Saturday’s 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. (Courtesy venue) $200 million paddock renovation broke ground 18 months ago; 2023 renovation…
BeachLife Bucks High Ticket Price Trend
No two music festivals are identical — even if some lineups sure look similar — but one California beachside festival is bucking the trend in one surprising way.
MiLB Parks Play Ball With Music Series
The newly announced Music On The Diamond concert series will bring Thomas Rhett and Miranda Lambert to a handful of minor league baseball stadiums this summer and fall, with Diamond Baseball Holdings CEO Peter Freund promising there is more to come.
Finding A Groove In Festivals: Q’s With Amazon Music’s Kirdis Postelle
Amazon Music made big strides in the live music space last year with a successful second season of Amazon Music Live, City Sessions and the livestreaming of major festivals such as Dreamville, Stagecoach, Head in the Clouds and Primavera Sound.…
The (Consolidating) World Of Cargo: Freight’s Big Year
With the acquisition of North Carolina-based freight forwarder SOS Global by Rock-it Cargo, 2024 already started off as a big year for the freight industry. The acquisition, which closed on Jan. 31, created the largest specialty logistics provider in the…
HOT TICKETS: MAY 2, 2024
STILL PACKING THEM IN: Barry Manilow, seen here being presented a memento by Amalie Arena Manager of Event Booking Samantha Diaz following a concert in 2023, sold 27,733 tickets to his five-show run at Radio City Music Hall in New…
Live Music’s Golden Era Boosts Coach Industry
One needn’t look at charts with ticket sales for every artist and venue to know the state of the live entertainment industry. A simple phone call to a coach company and asking them what’s available would suffice, and it’s likely…
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