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# Live Music Industry News: StubHub, LMS, NIVA, VENU & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/live-music-industry-news-4/
- Published: 2025-06-17T14:59:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-17T15:00:11.000Z
- Description: In the latest live music industry news UK fans, venues and artists are gutted (not) over StubHub‘s threat to leave the UK if a proposed price cap on resale tickets. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/06/live-music-industry-news-4.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Business, The Live Stage, love music, music, music industry, musician, musicians, ticketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

In the latest live music industry news UK fans, venues and artists are gutted (not) over **StubHub**‘s threat to leave the UK if a proposed price cap on resale tickets becomes law.

The UK government has been considering a cap on resale tickets as part of a crack down on scalpers.

**StubHub International** chief executive chief executive **Bob Kupbens** told the *[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/7cbab211-fac6-43b4-aa74-d60577c3d70b?ref=hypebot.com)* that “even at 30%, we feel very strongly that would make it very challenging for us to operate” in the UK.

#### More Live Music Industry News

• **[Live Music Society](https://myvthl6ab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWEtpBPNGBuWFdKotBJKcToDXIOZMvx9BfvzTt5I59cvnD3z65XdTmsgIV9gj3nI1hykd3I0WhQoRaOARmyXCLL8RrBqYqBskIpW0fJM%5FLkxUPPaWDnQjdqAcSUsUc0uLWe2dbRthN58yyy88L2dLAgEw8WUx%5FDw&c=pQ4tRArfz%5FvSPWT7OV-bGEWPrVlcQo8kPdsIGbxQsLv4tvOj8jS%5FVw==&ch=b8YEeCX0y2r7V9y6Fi%5FHP9SYWYkSpBAVdJdUlU6pl%5FWCdIPwA-Nv9A==&ref=hypebot.com),** the nonprofit organization that has distributed $4.8 million in funding to small venues across the United States since 2020 will have a strong presences at **[NIVA ‘25 Conference](https://myvthl6ab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWEtpBPNGBuWFdKotBJKcToDXIOZMvx9BfvzTt5I59cvnD3z65XdTnd0InbrhIkVeHzgaIzCwPu2wW51dksBYEW3Fvt58x3C4cXvqc2spfdVZn0eV4Mc%5FmXaAm-58o6yCPKxD0nSGqXs0CpXySkix-JvDqR3TMVrLdYKjUlg%5F2o=&c=pQ4tRArfz%5FvSPWT7OV-bGEWPrVlcQo8kPdsIGbxQsLv4tvOj8jS%5FVw==&ch=b8YEeCX0y2r7V9y6Fi%5FHP9SYWYkSpBAVdJdUlU6pl%5FWCdIPwA-Nv9A==&ref=hypebot.com)** in Milwaukee next week.

A panel on June 24 will explore LMS’s first-of-its-kind **One Night Live** touring initiative. On June 25 Live Music Society will host a Happy Hour followed by live music at **Cactus Club** (a Live Music Society grant recipient), as well as a VIP brunch for invited small venue owners and operators in their growing LMS network.

• Speaking of **NIVA**… they’ve just released the [**full conference schedule**](https://www.nivassoc.org/conference?ref=hypebot.com) and app for NIVA ’25 Une ne 23-25 in Milwaukee.

**Hypebot** will be there covering the entire event. Be sure to say hello!

• **VENU Holding Corporation** has broken ground on **Sunset Amphitheater** powered by **EIGHT Elite Light Beer** in McKinney, Texas.

The 20,000-capacity amphitheater will feature flexible configurations, a canopied roof and wind-walls for year-round performances. The amphitheater is expected to open its doors in the third quarter of 2026.

• **Concert Stuff Group,** a live event production and creative media services company, has acquired **7 Cinematics,** an Emmy Award-winning company specializing in live concert broadcasting and cinematic production.

7 Cinematics live concert broadcasts have featured Tyler Childers, Imagine Dragons, KISS and Dead and Company. With the acquisition, the company can deliver end-to-end production services from staging and logistics to full-scale broadcast and cinematic post-production.

#### Find the latest **Live Music Industry News** under **[LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS](https://www.hypebot.com/live-music-industry-newstarget=%5Fblank%20rel=) tab** above.

*Bruce Houghton*