UK concert-goers spent £2 billion on tickets in 2022 – up 23% on pre-pandemic 2019. But the industry has a ‘go big or go home’ challenge on its hands. July 20, 2023By Music Business WorldwideSorry, you have hit your monthly limit of MBW+ articles! Subscribe or log in to gain unlimited access to all analysis and data on Music Business Worldwide, plus other member benefits. Subscribe LoginAnalysis United Kingdom MBW DataRelated Posts Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m Superstruct’s UK company revenues jumped 26% to $222m in 2023 – the year before firm was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal Sony’s music rights business generated over $10bn for the first ever year in 2024; firm’s outgoing CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, applauds EMI buy as best of his tenure
Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months
BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m
Superstruct’s UK company revenues jumped 26% to $222m in 2023 – the year before firm was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal
Sony’s music rights business generated over $10bn for the first ever year in 2024; firm’s outgoing CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, applauds EMI buy as best of his tenure