Tomorrowland festival in Belgium has seen its characteristically striking main stage catch fire just 48 hours before the event is scheduled to begin. The festival, which regularly attracts around 400, ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP has called on the live music industry to urgently back the LIVE Trust major venue ticket levy. As well as pledging to tackle ticket touts and secure a better deal on ...

Arena Group UK & Europe MD Ross Robertson has been appointed as an ambassador for Ask for Angela. Robertson said the move to become an ambassador of the nationally recognised initiative supporting ...

Presenting the first cohort of graduates from the Event Security Apprenticeship programme with their awards, Figen Murray (pictured) said they were pioneers. The training scheme, involving ...

A Hull Music Board has been formed to oversee a 5-year plan to put the city on the music map. Involving input from ...

International festival empire Tomorrowland has taken its first step into comic book publishing. Since the first festival was staged at the De Schorre park in Boom, Belgium, in 2005, Tomorrowland has ...

Co-op Live (cap. 23,500) arena operator Oak View Group (OVG) said it is marking the Manchester venue’s first year with a £1 million charity donation. OVG said the first in a series of promised annual ...

Notting Hill Carnival will go ahead this August bank holiday, following a last-minute injection of £958,000 in emergency funding. The money, provided by City Hall, Kensington & Chelsea Council, and ...

The promoters of inaugural live music show series Blackweir are looking to make the event series an annual affair having been delighted with the results. Organised by Live Nation-owned Cuffe and ...

Live event production company LS Events has announced changes to its Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the introduction of new projects director roles. Grace Noest (pictured left), who joined LS in ...

AccessLOOP and MyClearText founder Orla Pearson on why focusing on accessibility when producing live events is the ultimate fan-first thinking. The live events industry talks endlessly about ...

Jeff Lynne’s ELO pulled out of BST Hyde Park just 24 hours before he was due to headline, leaving Stevie Wonder (pictured) to close the concert series a day early. Lynne said he was “heartbroken” that ...