Ticketmaster Transfer Outage
Fans reported that they were unable to transfer Ticketmaster tickets to multiple events last Friday and Saturday. One customer posted a screenshot showing Ticketmaster displaying “Transfer Unavailable” and telling the recipient, “Unfortunately, Transfer is not available at the moment. Please try again later.”
The dozens of effected events ranged from Harry Styles in NYC to Bruno Mars at California's SoFi Stadium. The ticketer acknowledged the transfer backlog which appeared to clear by late Saturday.
Ticket resellers were quick to pounce with their cleverly named Coalition for Ticket Fairness calling the incident the "clear consequence of allowing one company’s unprecedented control over live event ticketing."
SeatGeek launches predictive Tour IQ
SeatGeek has launched TourIQ, a predictive intelligence product built for the people who book and price live shows.
TourIQ is designed to help a promoter or venue know that an event is worth at any building, for any artist, on any date before it is booked and calculate the apporpriate price for each seat.
Here's a quick SeatGeek TourIQ demo:
Pollstar Live! Moves
Top U.S live music industry conference Pollstar Live! is moving to Indian Wells near Palm Springs for its 2027 edition.
Presented by insurance brokers Marsh and Ticketmaster, the next edition of Pollstar Live! is scheduled for April 13-15 between the two Coachella weekends. Stay tuned for more details. Discount registrations are open here.
ILMC's Arthur Awards Expand
Across the pond, the Arthur Awards are expanding their global live music business accolades and moving to the London Hilton Park Lane. For the first time, ILMC members can submit nominations in any of this year’s categories. Nominate your peers here.
Held on February 25, The Arthurs are part of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) running February 23-26. Discount registrations are available now.
New Partnership For Greenville's Foundry
John Peters of MassConcerts and Wesley Gilliam of Radio Room are partnering to run the 1,200-capacity The Foundry at Judson Mill in Greenville, South Carolina.
The venue will undergo substantial renovations including an expanded stage, upgrades to sound and lighting, and new dressing rooms.
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