IN BRIEF INDEX The concert business digest
IFF enjoys a successful return to a physical event, as more than 600 delegates registered for the event that focuses on booking agents and festivals. The Dutch event sector loses summary proceedings brought against state due to latest Covid-19 restrictions. Deezer acquires a minority stake in UK-based live-streaming company Driift. Live Nation UK hires longtime alternative promoter Ryan Cornall to work on projects including Download festival. FKP Scorpio, DreamHaus and Loft Concerts join forces on a brand new open-air festival, set to launch in Berlin next year. Tomorrowland organisers submit application for third festival weekend in 2022 “out of economic necessity.” Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon apologises to the event industry for botched rollout of country’s vaccine passport app.
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Assomusica slams Italy’s latest rollback of restrictions as being “inadequate and useless.”
DreamHaus enters strategic partnership with advertising agency Publicis Groupe Germany.
Live Nation announces election of Walmart executive Latriece Watkins to its board of directors.
Austrian promoter Barracuda says only one Covid-19 case could be linked to one-day pilot event Nova Rock Encore.
Denmark’s music industry lost over DKK3billion (€403m) in revenue in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, according to a new report. SMS Event Production announces inaugural Wide Skies & Butterflies Festival for Raynham Estate, Norfolk, UK, from 5–7 August 2022. New Zealand festival promoters welcome plans unveiled by prime minister Jacinda Ardern for a vaccine passport that could be operational by November. OVG reveals new partnership with Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group, which will serve as launching point for a Canadian office. CTS Eventim snaps up German software and hardware developer Simply-X.
Leading Austrian companies Arcadia Live and Ink Music announce new partnership. TEG appoints Rachael Carroll to the newly created role of MD for TEG Sport & Experiences. UK governments announce varying approaches towards vaccine certification and Covid-19 requirements.
Supersonic promoter Creativeman says event was “big step” towards resumption of festivals and concerts in Japan. Veteran agent and founder of live music booking agency Art & Industry, Mick Griffiths, passes away (see page 9). EAA welcomes Arena Gliwice in Poland, and AO Arena in Manchester, UK, to its ranks, taking its total membership to 36 arenas across 20 European countries. Roskilde Festival organisers plan to release 5,000 extra tickets for the 2022 edition, exclusively for fans aged under 25.
AEG Presents’ Rock en Seine festival in France expands to four days for its 2022 return.
Organisers of Bay Dreams in New Zealand cancel their events due to difficulty securing quarantine spots for international acts.
Around 86,000 jobs in UK’s cultural nighttime economy sector lost due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to new report.
Benjamin Leaver is named CEO of festival discovery and booking platform Festicket and its subsidiary, Event Genius.
Eighties rockers Marillion ask fans to become their insurers for upcoming UK tour due to lack of suitable commercial insurance.
Goldenvoice announces new festival California Vibrations, or Cali Vibes, for Marina Green Park, Long Beach, from 4-6 February 2022.
