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Both businesses will merge their respective academies

Events including X-Fest and Sonic Boom now under Live Nation control

Tool combines event booking, box office and guest list administration

Beatport and Tomorrowland owner now looks to be taken private and wipe $300m off debt bill

British boyband grossed over $300m on primary and secondary markets, MBW estimates

Former Google exec will report into Randy Befumo

'EIP and Integro will become a combined force with unrivalled expertise'

Littlewood has spent 25 years at the CPA

Modest, Wildlife, Rocket, Closer and Urok co-sign letter

Entire business now worth just $27m

Recorded music contributed £615m to GVA - live was over £900m

First gig to benefit will be Bomba Estereo

Cooking Vinyl's Sammy Andrews on the music biz's converging elements

Kentish Town Forum and Manchester Ritz included in deal

But total GVA of country's music biz slightly behind UK