Named Live Event of the Yeat (Europe) at the Access All Areas Awards, Altitude Festival has been taking comedians to new heights for the best part of two decades. We caught up with the festival’s CEO ...

Luke Lloyd-Davies, formerly chief operating officer at Sir Elton John’s Rocket Entertainment Group, has been appointed chief growth officer, while Ed Hepworth (pictured right), whose previous roles ...

Seventeen live music industry organisations have signed an open letter to the UK Prime Minister calling for an urgent review of the Business Rates changes announced in the recent Budget. The impact of ...

The O2 arena’s owner AEG Europe is to make a donation to Music Venue Trust (MVT) every time a new artist headlines the arena.

The Barbican Centre, a live event, conference, and arts venue, will temporarily close for a year from June 2028 to June 2029 to accommodate for a £191m renewal that was approved yesterday (11 December ...

Climate Machine has released the first comprehensive annual calculation of greenhouse gas emissions from the live music industry in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ticket Fairy, an event management and ticketing platform, has expanded its financing to provide new funding options for promoters, festivals, and venues in the UK, Europe and the US.

Coldplay have sold 24.8m tickets across 731 shows since 2001. More than half of these sales (13.2m) were sold as part of the band’s record-breaking Music of the Spheres World Tour (pictured). Coldplay ...

Saudi Arabia’s Event Investment Fund (EIF) and global venue management giant Legends Global have announced a joint venture they describe as being a defining moment for the events industry in the ...

Reggae Land, the UK’s largest reggae and Caribbean culture festival, organised by JBM Music, will introduce two new stages at the Milton Keynes National Bowl (cap. 65,000) on 1 and 2 August 2026. The ...

Quarters Brighton, a new cultural venue in the city, has partnered with youth music charity AudioActive to create opportunities for young artists and future music industry professionals.

Nottingham-based promoter and venue owner/operator DHP Family has added Julie Tippins and Michele Somers to its board of directors. The promoter of festivals including Splendour (pictured), Bearded ...