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Gerry Eeman, the president of the AFL Fans Association, says the Grand Final ticket allocation is an “insult” to competing club members after the on-sale this weekend. Eeman said more tickets s...
Tags: AFL, Allocations, Fan Group, grand finalViagogo says the Rugby World Cup’s resale policy is “unfair and disingenuous” after it was found to be listing tickets against the tournament’s rules. Organisers of the Japan event, which k...
Tags: Japan 2019, Resale, Rugby World Cup, RWC, ViagogoFIFA said women need to be allowed to enter football matches in Iran freely and that the number of women who attend the stadiums be determined by the ticket demand. Iranian women have been banned f...
Tags: Fifa, Iran, stadium, Women, World CupLive Nation-Gaiety and SJM Concerts have acquired Rewind Festival, the three 80s themed events in Oxfordshire, Cheshire and Perthshire, IQ reports. The UK festival, which first launched in 2009, wa...
Tags: Festivals, Live Nation, Rewind, SJM ConcertsUS punk rock band The Offspring has become the latest artist to perform a virtual show within a video game. The band were featured within the World of Tanks free mobile game based on World War 2 on...
Tags: The Offspring, Virtual Concert, World of TanksConcert discovery service Bandsintown has rebranded its artist portal with a free geo-targeted messaging to fans, among other changes. The updates have expanded the direct-to-fan messaging tool tha...
Tags: Artists, Bandsintown, Concert Discovery, MessagingThe National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) has teamed up with Aspire Sports Marketing Group to drive ticket sales for the 2019 season. The remote Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) for the ...
Tags: Aspire, Attendance, Ice Hockey, NWHL, SalesThe English Football League (EFL) has launched a new fan engagement app with incentives to win prizes such as match tickets by attending live games. In partnership with its title sponsor, the Sky B...
Tags: App, Attendance, EFL, Fan Engagement, Prizes, RewardsBookMyShow is bringing U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour to Mumbai in India for the band’s first ever performance in the country. The show will be the final stop on the band’s record-breaking tour on...
Tags: BookMyShow, DY Patil Stadium, India, joshua tree, U2Rob Edwards has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of London Theatre Direct (LTD). Edwards joins the UK ticket retailer and distributor from Artos Systems, where he held the same pos...
Tags: London Theatre Direct, LTD, Rob EdwardsLive Nation president Michael Rapino said the consent decree that governs its merger with Ticketmaster “gets a lot of misconception.” The concert promoter has operated under the Department of J...
Tags: DOJ, Live Nation, michael rapino, Ticketmaster
