So, who’s to blame – Nicki Minaj or the original DWP Music Festival? Last weekend, Nicki Minaj boarded a plane to China. After landing at Shangai, she warmed up backstage to perform a 90-minute set at the DWP China Festival. Then, right before the show…
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Dutch Artists Issue a Manifesto Against Ticket Scalping — ‘Our Fans Pay Through the Nose’
Dutch artists are taking a stand against ticket scalping with a new manifesto demanding an end to high ticket prices on the secondary market. Backed by singers and songwriters like Guus Meeuwis and Blaudzun, the newly-formed alliance presented the mani…
Nearly 50,000 Sign Petition Begging Maroon 5 to Cancel Unconfirmed Super Bowl Performance
Thanks to Amy Schumer, a Change.org petition has called on Maroon 5 to renounce its yet-unconfirmed Super Bowl LIII performance. Several weeks ago, Rihanna declined an invitation to play at the upcoming NFL Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia. She repo…
Playing the Gender Card, Lorde Accuses Kanye West and Kid Cudi of ‘Stealing’ Her Stage Design
Lorde accuses Kanye West and Kid Cudi of ‘stealing’ a stage design she herself didn’t invent. Last weekend, Kanye West and Kid Cudi appeared for the first time as a duo. At the Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles, both rappers performed as Kids See …
Festicket Unveils $10.5 Million in Funding for a Major Global Expansion
With the global live concert industry booming, Festicket’s latest fundraising round will help the platform pursue an aggressive expansion plan. Festicket has announced a new fundraising milestone. The UK online booking platform has just secured $10.5 m…
Eventbrite Is Sunsetting Ticketfly. Introducing Eventbrite Music.
Just a year after acquiring Ticketfly for $200 million from Pandora, Eventbrite has announced it will shutter the brand. The newly announced Eventbrite Music will use Eventbrite’s existing platform to merge features from Ticketfly into Eventbrite Music…
British Musicians Launch a Post-Brexit ‘Save the Music’ Campaign — With a Focus on Two-Year Touring Visas
The reality of Brexit is that it will be a mess for UK recording artists hoping to perform on a global stage. Now, a new campaign called ‘Save Music’ is hoping to change that by maintaining freedom of movement — or at least allowing two-year working vi…
Indie Festivals Contribute Over $1.3 Billion to the British Economy
AIF’s latest report reveals the growing power of indie music festivals in Britain. The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has published a new report revealing that the UK’s indie music festival scene has contributed over £1 billion ($1.3 billio…
Hackers Steal Account Details of 64,000 Tomorrowland Attendees
The personal information of more than 64,000 attendees of the 2014 Tomorrowland festival has been stolen in a new hack. A Belgian site is reporting that suspicious activity was detected on an old server used for ticket sales. The server was promptly de…
Orchestras Are Speeding up Classical Pieces by as Much as 30%, Study Finds
A study from two labels under the Universal Music Group umbrella has discovered something strange about modern-day classical performances. It looks like classical music isn’t being played the way the composers intended. A new study released this week …