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After Spotify, Ticketmaster inks deal with Samsung for voice assistant Bixby

Samsung Galaxy Note9 users in North America can now use voice to search for events
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Blockchain-based solution raises $5 million to create ‘the world’s first music exchange’. MusicLife has closed a $5 million Series A Investment led by Metropolis VC.  The blockchain music exchange company provides an ecosystem where f…

Live Nation now controls over 25% of UK’s 5k-plus cap festivals, as independents decry ‘damaging market dominance’

Live Nation has acquired fellow promoters Robomagic and Metropolis Music in the UK so far this year
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Live Nation and Optus announce partnership. Optus, an Australian telecommunications company, and Live Nation Australia have announced an exclusive multi-year partnership.  Optus Perks will deliver exclusive access to ticket presales at select Live Nati…

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Live Nation continues The War on Straws. 50 House of Blues Entertainment venues have implemented a straw-by-request policy.  The Live Nation-owned venues have made plastic straws and other “accessible alternatives” available upon demand.  Live Nation h…

House Of Blues Bans Plastic Straws, 52 Live Nation Venues Go ‘By Request Only’

House of Blues is completely eliminating plastic straws from all of its venues. A “straw-by-request” policy was implemented at 52 Live Nation-owned and -operated venues and 50 House of Blues Entertainment venues in July. Now, HOB is going farther. In partnership with environmental group Lonely Whale, Live Nation is on…

Ticketmaster Will Close Two Resale Sites in Europe

It appears stiff competition from anti-scalping organizations as well as face-value ticketing platforms forced Ticketmaster’s hand. Live Nation has shuttered two European Ticketmaster secondary ticketing platforms – Get Me In! and Seatwave. Starting to…

Ticketmaster shuts down secondary sites in Europe

GET ME IN! and Seatwave to be replaced by face value or less fan-to-fan ticket exchange
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