Ticketmaster In The News

Ticketmaster sold 15,000 tickets per minute at ‘peak sale times’ in North America during Q1 2023

Concerts giant Live Nation delivered record results across all its divisions in Q1 2023.

The Taylor Swift ticket sale crash was a bit like a Prada store break-in… and 4 other things we learned from Michael Rapino’s new podcast interview

Rapino was interviewed on the latest Bob Lefsetz podcast last week

‘There can be a lot of mystery and complexity around live music and I see our role as demystifying all of that.’

Songkick General Manager Sarah Jones traces the evolution of the Warner Music-owned concert discovery platform and shares her views on the importance and future direction of live music…

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$100m-backed rights company AMR Songs launches, acquires interest in catalog of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian

Sources tell MBW that AMR Songs has raised USD $100m in backing from institutional investors

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Zach Bryan signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music

Artist and songwriter has more than one billion global streams

Interviews

‘This is an industry where fast-talk is acceptable and double-talk is expected. But everything comes back around.’

MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Mari Davies, Live Nation Urban’s VP of Booking and Talent, about her career to date, and challenges in the live music business

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Bad Bunny grosses $435m from 81-date tour in 2022, setting new all-time calendar year record

Previous record was set by Ed Sheeran in 2018 for his Divide tour, which amassed $432.3m

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Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster over The Eras Tour presale

Lawsuit alleges that 'Ticketmaster intentionally and knowingly allowed scalpers and bots access' to the presale