AEG facilities has been officially cleared to manage London's Wembley Arena (cap. 12,500) by the Competition Commission (CC),
The 15-year agreement with the venue's owner Quintain Estates and Development was referred to the CC by the Office of Fair Trading in March, as it would give AEG control of three of the four largest indoor venues in the capital. The company also owns The O2 (17,000) and co-owns Hammersmith's Eventim Apollo (5,039).
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from Live UK
JESSIE J's management company is releasing an undisclosed number of tickets through StubHub, selling them at face value and promising fans that it is not a ploy to increase revenue for the artiste.
However, the eBay-owned ticket marketplace charges buyers 15 per cent in booking fees, as opposed to approximately 11 per cent charged by the tour's primary agency Ticketmaster.
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from Live UK
Michael Bublé's latest touring creation saw the Canadian artist sell out venues in the UK and Ireland before performing in arenas across the US. TPI's Zoe Mutter attended one of the o2 arena shows in London to meet the crew responsible for the production's success.
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
American rockers Kings of Leon pushed their latest tour to new levels, incorporating ambitious automation, unique visual effects, a flexible and powerful audio configuration and striking show design from Paul Normandale. TPI's Zoe Mutter met with the family-orientated team to discover how the production was brought to life.
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
One half of electricfly productions - and LD - Nick Jevons, has once more supplied the visual designs and production manifesto for the British leg of Global Gathering. Now in the 6th year of its collaboration with the festival, the creative experts talk to TPI's Kelly Murray about keeping afloat with innovative show designs which are seen by over 50,000 people across the two-day event.
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Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
In the summer of 2012 the one word tripping off most Londoners' tongues was 'Legacy'. While great things were taking place east of the city (for the London Olympics), over in the west end, Hyde Park was suffering the combined problems of restrictive sound levels, environmental noise pollution and curfew infringement during its concert season. TPI hit Hyde Park one year on to hear about the latest sonic developments...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Edith Bowman is to lose her Saturday morning on 6 Music in the latest schedule changes at the digital BBC station.
From Saturday 2 November, Huey Morgan moves from Sunday afternoons to Saturday mornings, 10am-1pm.
Huey Morgan says: "I can't wait to get down and spread the love to my listeners with the coolest way to start their weekends."
Edith, who has hosted the Saturday morning show since November 2012, will continue to work with 6 Music with occasional specials planned...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from RotD
When HMV went into liquidation in January, many people assumed that was the end for nationwide chains of music stores. But in April, HMV was bought out for an estimated £50 million by Hilco. This week, HMV has re-opened its flagship store at 363 Oxford Street. Here, Hilco chief executive and HMV chairman Paul McGowan explains HMV's future.
When Hilco bought HMV in April, lots of business people told us we were making a mistake. We were told nobody wanted to buy physical music any...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from RotD
Next year's Glastonbury festival sold out in record time on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of music fans scrambled to book their place.
Around 120,000 tickets, costing £210 each, were snapped up in one hour and 27 minutes, according to organisers, who said more than one million people had registered for the event.
Michael and Emily Eavis, who put on the festival, said in a statement: "We have, once again, been blown away by the numbers of people who were hoping to join us...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from RotD
WHEN the Mobo Awards return to Glasgow this month, some of the runners, ushers, and set up and breakdown crew will be young people working for free.
The event has faced harsh criticism for this. When the Mobos advertised for unpaid staff back in 2011, the union Bectu issued a sternly worded press release accusing it of exploitation. Result: the advert was withdrawn and the Mobos announced all its workers would be paid after all, claiming "the wording on the advert was not approved by management...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from RotD