Superstruct has bought majority stakes in London-based festivals Mighty Hoopla and Cross the Tracks, as well as Austria’s Snowbombing. IQ understands the controlling stakes were bought from various companies owned by Gareth Cooper (founder and former CEO of Broadwick Live). Financial details have not been disclosed. The deal marks the second time the two companies […]
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Sea Dance will leave Montenegro after the country’s ministry for tourism said it intends to withdraw the funds the festival has been receiving since its inception. Launched in 2014 by the team behind Serbia’s flagship Exit festival, Sea Dance (cap. 40,000) has so far brought over €60 million to the Montenegrin tourism economy. Now, the […]
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A new touring hip-hop festival spearheaded by TEG MJR is coming to Australia and New Zealand this year. Light It Up will hit arenas in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Auckland in early September. American rapper Wiz Khalifa tops the lineup for the event, delivering his first headline shows in Australia since 2015. Rae […]
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China’s live music business is set for explosive growth in 2023, even as the market grapples with a myriad of prevailing challenges. Following extensive pandemic restrictions, the business is now seeing a major uptick in ticket sales, new events and fan demand. In a recent report, the China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) predicted that […]
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Billie Eilish, Lenny Kravitz, H.E.R. and Jon Batiste are among the artists set to perform at Global Citizen’s upcoming event in Paris. The event, dubbed Power Our Planet: Live in Paris, will stream live from Paris’ Champ de Mars on 22 June in a bid to raise awareness about world poverty and climate change. The […]
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A new festival in Puerto Rico curated by rapper Eladio Carrión and co-promoted by Move Concerts and Noah Assad Presents drew sellout crowds to its debut editions. The Sauce Boyz Fest was the first music festival to be staged on the Caribbean island since the Covid pandemic began in 2020. The first event took place […]
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A drug harm-reduction campaign piloted by HSE (Health and Safety Executive) at last summer’s Electric Picnic is being rolled out across a number of other Irish festivals. The Safer Nightlife programme, which will begin at the upcoming Life Festival in Mullingar, will include “back of house” drug checking through the use of surrender bins, media […]
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Organisers of Scotland’s Midnight Sun Weekender have announced the cancellation of the event just days before it was due to take place. Acts including Pretenders, Primal Scream, John Fogerty, Spiritualized, Public Service Broadcasting and Edwyn Collins were among the artists lined up to perform at Lewis Castle in the town of Stornoway from 25-27 May. […]
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Australian independent promoter Untitled Group has told IQ how it capitalised on a late surge in ticket sales to deliver its biggest summer season yet. The Melbourne-headquartered company, which hosted 112 events around the country, sold more than 250,000 tickets during the 2022/23 summer period – a 25% increase on the previous 12 months. Highlights […]
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It has been a strong week for touring power players on the stock market, with Live Nation, CTS Eventim and Madison Square Garden (MSG) Entertainment all seeing significant gains. Billboard‘s Global Music Index increased 4.4% to 1,256.06, with 15 of the 21 stocks showing an upswing over the past week. Shares in concert giants LN […]
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