The regulator has ruled Live Nation will still face "sufficient competition" in the UK festival market following its acquisition of John Giddings' Isle of Wight Festival.
The Consumer and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Live Nation's acquisition of a majority stake in Isle of Wight Festival, finding the deal does "not raise competition concerns" and that British consumers will "continue to be able to choose between festivals owned by Live Nation and a variety of competing festivals".
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TickX co-founder Steve Pearce says Spain presents the "ideal location" for country #3 for the innovative UK-based ticket search engine.
UK-based ticket search engine TickX today launched a localised website for the Spanish market, TickX.es, in partnership with the country's biggest ticket sellers.
"We're really pleased with TickX's growth since we appeared on BBC's Dragons' Den," explains CEO Steve Pearce. "We have secured funding from incredible investors, expanded our team and...
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The courier company is now AEG's official logistics partner, adding to deals with Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra and iEC's Stones retrospective Exhibitionism.
Courier service DHL Express has agreed a three-year deal with AEG to become official logistics partner to a number of its venues, including The O2 in London.
DHL – a division of Deutsche Post, the world's largest parcel company – inked the new partnership on the roof of The O2, the world's busiest venue, yesterday,...
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The UK capital is by far Europe's biggest city for live music, IQ can reveal—with what mayor Sadiq Khan calls its "world-class" venues hosting 19,940 shows in 2016 alone.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has hailed the UK capital's "world-class arenas" and "amazing grassroots music venues", as it emerges London hosted the most concerts of any city in Europe last year – a feat it is on course to repeat in 2017.
There were 19,940 total live music events in London in 2016...
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