UNITED KINGDOM AEG's deal to manage London's 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission (CC) ahead of its final report, which must be published by 5 September.
AEG, which also owns The O2 (cap.17,000) and co-owns Hammersmith Apollo (5,039) with German ticketing giant CTS Eventim, signed a management agreement with the arena's owner Quintain Estates & Development earlier this year, replacing previous incumbent Live Nation Entertainment.
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from Audience Magazine
UNITED STATES Live Nation Entertainment (LNE) has confirmed the departure of Nathan Hubbard, CEO of its Ticketmaster (TM) division, following days of speculation.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Hubbard will receive five months compensation, 100 per cent of the 2013 target bonus and company stock that is due to him. Hubbard can also be requested to co-operate regarding ticketing-related products and platforms through 31 March 2014.
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Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from Audience Magazine
FINLAND More than 100 up-and-coming acts will be showcased at the seventh Lost In Music Festival, set to take place in Tampere from 16-19 October, as part of the Music & Media Finland conference.
Organisers are hoping to build on what they see as a breakthrough year for the event, with visitor numbers rising from around 10,000 two years ago to over 16,000 last year.
"In the past, we have presented fresh artistes who have then become increasingly popular," Lost In Music promoter...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from Audience Magazine
900 acres of Somerset farmland, 177,000 people on site and three full days of music, entertainment, political speaking, campaigning, and other worldly activities marked the return of Glastonbury. Now considered the world's largest green festival, Michael Eavis and the festival's 25,000 staff once again drew a worldwide... audience to some of the most spectacular live production feats of the British summer. Although the Rolling Stones may have caught the attention of many, TPI's kelly Murray discovered...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
900 acres of Somerset farmland, 177,000 people on site and three full days of music, entertainment, political speaking, campaigning, and other worldly activities marked the return of Glastonbury.
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Music Bank has been officially involved with the festival for 21 years. As well as supplying individual artists on request the company also supplied the generic backline and risers to so many of the iconic stages and areas of the festival. These requests come from the production...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
For an artist known for his larger than life stage presence, Robbie Williams' exquisitely designed stadium production, take the crown, needed to be awash with inventive pyro, ambitious flying sequences, incredible sculptural elements and explosions of colour. TPI's Zoe Mutter spoke to the innovative team behind the tour at the Etihad Stadium.
Robbie Williams was the first artist Wob Roberts [Snow Patrol, Coldplay] production managed, working on every tour since they first joined forces...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When electronic pop duo the Pet Shop Boys embarked on the Electric tour, the creative minds of Es Devlin, Rob Sinclair and Treatment Studios joined forces with the technical excellence of NEXO's STM system from Capital Sound, Creative Technology, PRG, Total Solutions and laser magic from ER Productions. Zoe Mutter met with Production Manager Thomas Stone's team to explore Electric's iconic style and technical achievements.
"This is more of an art and design or theatre based production...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from TPi Magazine
The promoter of The Rolling Stones' summer concerts, where tickets were sold for as much as £300, has said his shows are under-priced and warned fans they will need to pay more for spectacular performances.
Rob Hallett, president of international touring at AEG, the company which staged the British Summer Time concerts in Hyde Park, said the flourishing secondary ticket market, where fans can re-sell spare tickets at a huge profit, indicated the box office price charged by promoters...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from RotD
You could pay hundreds of dollars to see Paul McCartney and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or you could see them for free. More music festivals are livestreaming their concerts without charge as the ultimate marketing tool. For music fans, it's a chance to rock out from the best seats in the house.
The summer music festival season is in full swing. In San Francisco, that means the three-day Outside Lands music festival, which this year featured the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Vampire...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from RotD
Ticketmaster president Nathan Hubbard has exited the Live Nation-owned ticketing company.
Sources confirm to Billboard.biz that Hubbard will step down as Ticketmaster president in a deal to be finalized in the coming days. Ticketmaster North America president Jared Smith will assume the position. Apparently the transition has been in the works for some time.
The Wall Street Journal, citing various people close to the situation, says Hubbard's departure could've resulted from a...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from RotD