Ticketmaster has rolled out an app overhaul across 21 markets built around For You, Trending and Watchlist features, the exact discovery-and-personalization approach DICE pioneered for independent venues over a decade ago.
A Dazed op-ed argues that six-figure superstar DJ fees, like the up to £1 million Fred again.. reportedly commands per show, are starving the small venues that built house and techno's biggest names.
Security researcher Ian Carroll used Anthropic's Claude to break into Front Gate Tickets, the Live Nation and Ticketmaster subsidiary that runs entry for EDC, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands, gaining full administrative control before he reported it, the company patched it within a day, and the write-up went public on July 1.
A US federal court has certified a nationwide class action accusing Live Nation and Ticketmaster of using monopoly power to inflate primary ticket fees at the country's 500 biggest venues since 2010, and fans have until July 6 to decide whether to stay in it.
Reserved by Spotify, live in the US since 18 June through a multi-year Live Nation deal, hands early ticket access to an artist's top streamers, ranked by the listening data Spotify already holds on you.
A voluntary £1 charge on arena and stadium tickets is meant to refill the grassroots circuit. If adoption misses 50% by June 30, the UK government says it will legislate, and Live Nation is the named holdout.
A House of Commons committee found Live Nation controls up to 66 percent of UK ticket sales and operates in a 'climate of fear,' and has urged the Competition and Markets Authority to open a full market investigation before the end of 2026.
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