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Index In Brief
from IQ105
by IQ Magazine
IN BRIEFINDEX
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. Assomusica slams Italy’s latest rollback of restrictions as being “inadequate and useless.”
Live Nation announces election of Walmart executive Latriece Watkins to its board of directors.
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. DreamHaus enters strategic partnership with advertising agency Publicis Groupe Germany.
Austrian promoter Barracuda says only one Covid-19 case could be linked to one-day pilot event Nova Rock Encore.
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.
AEG Presents’ Rock en Seine festival in France expands to four days for its 2022 return.
Around 86,000 jobs in UK’s cultural nighttime economy sector lost due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to new report.
Eighties rockers Marillion ask fans to become their insurers for upcoming UK tour due to lack of suitable commercial insurance. 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.
Organisers of Bay Dreams in New Zealand cancel their events due to difficulty securing quarantine spots for international acts.
Benjamin Leaver is named CEO of festival discovery and booking platform Festicket and its subsidiary, Event Genius.
Goldenvoice announces new festival California Vibrations, or Cali Vibes, for Marina Green Park, Long Beach, from 4-6 February 2022.
Primavera Weekender to return from 5–6 November after government of the Valencian community announces standing festivals can once again take place.
Glasgow’s Hydro arena secures naming rights deal with UK’s third-biggest energy supplier, OVO.
Stage11 partners with artists Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Snoop Dogg, Ne-Yo, and Akon following €5million seed round led by European venture capital fund Otium Capital.
Russia’s regulation of its cultural events industry dubbed “unsystematic and often excessive” by public ombudsman.
Coldplay announce that their first tour in four years will have an “eco-friendly” focus (see pages 8 & 16).
ASM Global launches corporate social responsibility platform ASM Global Acts.
NorthSide promoter Down the Drain declares all food at 2022 festival will be plant-based and 100% organic.
Iceland Airwaves team announces return of streaming event Live from Reykjavík in lieu of brand’s flagship festival.
Live Nation, Oak View Group, and GL Events partner on development of new 20,000-capacity arena in São Paulo, Brazil (see page 11).
Live Nation signs new deal with Olympique Lyonnais Groupe to develop new 16,000-capacity arena in France (see page 11). Facebook plans to hire 10,000 people to accelerate development of so-called metaverse.
Bloodstock Open Air director Vicky Hungerford takes “step back” after coming under fire for “uninformed” tweet.
Danny Wimmer Presents sets festival attendance records with triumphant return to live music.
German event companies call for all remaining Covid restrictions to be lifted by 1 December.
Impact of Covid-19 wipes out 69,000 music industry jobs in UK – one in three of total workforce.
DreamHaus plans first-ever arena tour with German rapper Marteria.
More than 100,000 fans tune in to a live-stream of AEG Presents’ four-day Firefly Festival.
Concerns mount within UK business about government’s £800m (€947m) insurance scheme for live events.
Republic of Ireland’s concerts business dealt blow after government announces new restrictions on standing at indoor live events.
Decentraland prepares to host world’s first multi-day festival in metaverse (see page 11).
Music Venue Trust reports botched rollout of Scotland’s vaccine passport app costs venues £250,000 (€296,000) a week. IQ’s daily live music business coverage bolstered by addition of veteran music business journalist James Hanley as news editor.
Madrid’s Mad Cool announces additional day for the festival’s fifth anniversary from 6-10 July next year.
Camden’s Koko venue to relaunch as “new global music platform” in spring 2022 after £70m (€83m) of investment.
Ticketmaster ramps up global expansion with appointments of Jim Kotsonis as regional VP, Asia Pacific, and Anjelica Devoe as general manager – New Zealand.
ESNS festival and conference inks long-term deal with See Tickets.
Live industry’s staffing shortage, returning customer confidence, and no-shows at concerts figure prominently in IQ’s latest Recovery Sessions webinar.
Live Nation partners with NS2 and FPC Live for Charleston’s Music Farm, which reopens in 2022 (see page 11).
Live Nation’s new Dallas venue The Echo Lounge & Music Hall set to open in November (see page 11).
DEAG acquires literary events production company Fane Productions via its subsidiary Kilimanjaro.
Hit The North Festival
in Newcastle hit by mass cancellations due to allegations against promoter SSD Concerts.
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More than one million tickets sold for European leg of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres – World Tour.
ASM Global and Loud and Live announce strategic partnership to produce concerts together.
Adele reveals first live dates since 2017 with two shows at AEG Presents’ BST Hyde Park in London on July 1-2 next year.
New Zealand government puts NZ$800,000 (€494,000) towards recreational drug checks at festivals and concerts.
AEG Global Partnerships hires sales and marketing executive Lara Fox as VP.
BMG and live partner Undercover form strategic alliance with Taubertal Festival founder Volker Hirsch.
Covid-19 strips Australia’s live entertainment industry of AU$1.4bn (€905m) in revenue during 2020.
