Far And Beyond has hired former Live Nation UK COO John Probyn (pictured) as group head of event operations in a move that will not only see the hugely experienced live events professional return to ...

Isle of Wight Festival promoter and Solo Agency MD John Giddings (pictured) is among a host of leading live event professionals due to address pertinent issues during the conference element of the ...

The UK music industry contributed a record £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023 but significant challenges mean it has reached a tipping point, according to music industry representative body UK ...

Scotland’s largest camping festival, the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (cap. 25,000), has raised nearly £200,000 for local ...

PRS for Music has confirmed it is taking legal action again Live Nation to address what it claims is the promoter giant’s continual failure to correctly report the full price consumers have paid for ...

LIVE (Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment), which represents 15 live music industry organisations, has joined forces with Small Green Shoots; a UK charity dedicated to increasing career ...

Having overseen the final, 60th anniversary, edition of Towersey Festival (cap. 5,000) at Buckinghamshire’s Claydon Estate in ...

Creative Industries Minister Sir Chris Bryant has called on the live music industry to introduce a voluntary levy on all stadium and arena tickets to help support grassroots venues, festivals, artists ...

Alt-rock band Pixies are to donate tickets for every date on the band’s forthcoming international tour to Tickets For Good (TFG). TFG, a platform that provides free and heavily discounted tickets for ...

Having received a new Home Office (HO) license to test at venues, drug testing charity The Loop has begun a year-round programme of testing at events, to be rolled out nationwide. The Loop, which ...

The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) is set to launch a skills and development programme for Welsh music festivals and associated freelancers, backed by funding from Creative Wales. Spanning ...