Live Nation In The News

Oasis to cancel 50,000 resale tickets amid tour scalping crackdown

The tour’s ticketing policy only allows purchases made through Ticketmaster or an authorized resale partner

Apple Music inks major deal in China: App now accessible for China Mobile’s 1 billion+ customers

Apple's music streaming service faces stiff competition in the Chinese market from Tencent, NetEase and others

From UMG’s lawsuit against Chili’s to Ticketmaster’s bot problem… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Ticketmaster hit by ‘billions’ of bots in Oasis ticket sale, and 3 other things Michael Rapino said at Bloomberg’s Screentime event

The Live Nation CEO criticized scalpers saying there shouldn't be "a middleman that has nothing invested in the business making any money from it."

atVenu, a live event commerce and music merch sales platform, secures $130m equity investment from Sixth Street Growth

News arrives amid the investment world's continued interest in the live events space

Lauryn Hill sued for alleged fraud, breach of contract by The Fugees’ Pras Michél over cancelled tour; slams lawsuit as ‘baseless’ and ‘full of false claims’

Hill issued a detailed statement, describing the lawsuit as 'baseless' and 'full of false claims and unwarranted attacks'

Oasis confirm they’re not using dynamic pricing for North American tour; suggest Ticketmaster’s tech could not ‘cope’ with the demand for tickets in the UK

The Oasis Live ’25 tour marks the band’s return to North American stages after 16 years

‘Clinging to old-school methods of breaking artists is holding the industry back. It’s like, do you want to be Blockbuster or Netflix?’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Chief Zaruk and Simon Tikhman, co-founders and CEOs of The Core Entertainment