Event welfare consultant Penny Mellor was presented with the female lifetime achievement award at this year’s UK Events Summit. A longstanding member of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) team, Mellor has racked up 50 years’ worth of experience in the sector. Fifty years ago, she became a field worker for a recently founded charity, […]
Read MoreSteve Jenner’s UK-based Web3 specialist MetaFests is partnering with US-based tech platform Vatom to launch blockchain-powered toolkit Digital Lanyard for festivals. Digital Landyard enables festival organisers and their brand partners to engage audiences year-round and build their own Web3 experiences via the Vatom platform. Vatom’s platform has previously been used to support global events including […]
Read MoreLive Nation has detailed a brand-new alternative music festival based in the US, called Adjacent. Blink-182 and Paramore are set to headline the two-day event, slated for 27 & 28 May 2023 (Memorial Day Weekend). The all-ages festival will be held on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, adjacent to the boardwalk. Turnstile, Japanese […]
Read MoreFyre Fest founder and convicted felon Billy McFarland is reportedly planning a new festival after his release from prison. The 30-year-old received a six-year jail term in 2018 and a US$26 million fine for his role in the notorious festival, pleading guilty to defrauding investors and running a fraudulent ticketing scam. Fans paid between $1,500 and $50,000 […]
Read MoreVirtual blockchain-based world Decentraland has announced details of the second Metaverse Music Festival (MVMF), which will include a virtual performance by Ozzy Osbourne. Set for 10-13 November, the free four-day event will feature “uniquely curated community genre stages” and Web3-enabled, immersive music experiences, presented by digital asset platform Kraken. The first 100 acts have been […]
Read MoreAmazon Music and Prime Video is to livestream Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out 22 October show at the Accor Arena in Paris. Fans will be able to watch the livestream for free exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, and on the Amazon Music app. The […]
Read MoreLive Nation Urban has taken a “significant equity stake” in Broccoli City, a Washington DC-based festival touted as “the largest event in the US for Black people under 30-years-old”. The festival’s co-founders Marcus Allen and Brandon McEachern will now take on executive roles at Live Nation Urban, where they will work with president Shawn Gee […]
Read MoreArlo Parks is the latest artist to call off tour dates due to mental health concerns, following similar cancellations from Shawn Mendes, Sam Fender, Russ, Wet Leg and Disclosure. “I find myself now in a very dark place, exhausted and dangerously low,” reads a statement posted on Parks’ social media accounts. The British singer-songwriter began […]
Read MoreIQ will not be publishing news today as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral. The UK’s longest-serving monarch passed away on 8 September aged 96 at the royal residence in Balmoral, Scotland, following a 70-year reign, with the throne immediately passing to her eldest son, King Charles […]
Read MoreFyre Festival founder and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is planning a comeback following his release from prison. The 30-year-old received a six-year jail term in 2018 and a US$26 million fine for his role in the notorious festival, pleading guilty to defrauding investors and running a fraudulent ticketing scam. Fans paid between $1,500 and $50,000 […]
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