Eventbrite Grabs $50 Million More For Live Ticket & Marketing Platform
Even as Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was touting synergies created by its merger with Ticketmaster at this morning's JP Morgan conference, investors were signalling that it's far from game. Continue reading
TourIntel Offers Free Look At Live Show Data
TourIntel offers "Concert Business Intelligence" and accounts are currently free for a limited time. TourIntel claims to provide data on over 15,000 artists performing at over 7500 venues for more. Continue reading
Live Nation Trims Losses To $48.5 Million, Credits Lower Ticket Prices
Live Nation has pared losses in the first quarter of 2011, reporting upticks in ticket sales for concerts and sporting events, driven by lower ticket prices. Overall, Live Nation's net. Continue reading
Live Gig Engine NuevoStage Wins Rethink Prize
NuevoStage, a service that helps fans and bands work together to book live gigs, has won the $50,000 top prize at the Rethink Music business plan competition sponsored by Berklee. Continue reading
Sonicbids Teams With House Of Blues Clubs For “New Music Nights”
Sonicbids has teamed with Live Nation to bring an emerging music night to select House of Blues concert halls. "New Music Nights at House of Blues" will launch in Los. Continue reading
ScoreBig Scores $14 Million More For Ticketing
In case anyone needed more proof that investors believe that Ticketmaster's dominance is waning and ticketing is still up for grabs, ScoreBig, which offers discount and no fee tickets for. Continue reading
As Ticket Sales Slumped, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Got A 137% Pay Hike
2010 was not a great year for the live touring industry in general or concert and ticketing giant Live Nation in particular. Ticket sales fell, "synergies" created by the merger. Continue reading
Simple, Effective Cross Promotion – Folk Artists Cover Each Other’s Singles, Tour U.S. Together
Love a fellow musician's song? Do they love your music too? Perfect. Cover each other's singles and take off on a tour of the U.S. That's the strategy being employed. Continue reading
Rihanna + 20 Radio Singles = Weak Concert Sales
To date, Rihanna has 20 singles; 1,056,094,048 views on YouTube; and 10 million album sales. But, at the moment, she can't sell concert tickets to save her life. Last year, her. Continue reading
Where To Gig When There Are No Venues [VIDEO]
(UPDATED) South East LA is a difficult place to gig because there aren't many venues to play at. Thus, kids create their own venues in the oddest of places. One. Continue reading
