Belgium’s minister for economic affairs has instructed the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) to investigate Live Nation’s takeover of the Pukkelpop festival. Pukkelpop, a four-day festival ...

Parklife Festival has allocated £155,000 to support community projects in areas surrounding Heaton Park – the festival’s Manchester home. The funding is delivered through the Parklife Community Fund ...

Some of the UK’s biggest artists, consumer groups and associations representing every corner of the live music industry have called on Sir Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to protect fans from online ...

An initiative launched by Skiddle in partnership with the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) to provide support for UK independent festival organisers is being hailed as a success. The ...

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has hired former ATG Entertainment boss Mark Cornell as its president and chief executive officer. Cornell, who spent seven years as CEO of ATG Entertainment, ...

Bristol is set to become a pioneer in the provision of renewable energy to festivals and other major public events next summer. West of England Mayoral Combined Authority and Bristol City Council have ...

Kendal Calling has been expanded steadily from a 900 to 35,000-capacity event since it was founded in 2006, with every edition having sold out. On the back of the 20th anniversary festival, its ...

AEG owned ticketer AXS has made two new appointments in the form of Peter Quinlan as managing director and Hannah Rouch as vice president of marketing, both of Europe.

Live music has overtaken film, streaming and sports as the world’s favourite form of entertainment, according to research by Live Nation Entertainment (LNE). Among the findings of LNE’s survey of ...

Ben Street, the promoter behind Norfolk’s Wild Paths and Wild Fields festivals, has joined the programming team at Shambala Festival (cap. 15,000). Shambala directors Sidharth Sharma and Chris Johnson ...

The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol have been purchased by a scheme set up by the Music Venue Trust (MVT). The purchases bring the number of venues acquired by MVT’s Music Venue ...