With less than a month to go until the International Live Music Conference (ILMC), we look forward to The Arthur Awards ceremony which sees the best in the industry recognised. The Arthurs are to be handed out during ‘The Big Bang’ Gala-xy Dinner on Thursday, 29 February 2024. With 450 of the world’s top live music professionals in attendance, it’s bound to be a truly cosmic affair.

We are delighted to see not one, but four members of the Ticketmaster team nominated for an award.

Mark Jansen, VP – Ticketmaster Music has been nominated for The Ticketing Professional Award (The Golden Ticketer’ Award). Jansen said:

“It’s a huge honour and a delightful surprise to be nominated for the Ticketing Professional Award at this year’s Arthurs. It’s an amazing feeling to be recognised for this award in what will be my 20th year working in the industry, alongside so many friends and colleagues from across the live music business. Thank you to those who nominated me and thank you to everyone at Ticketmaster for making 2023 one of the biggest and most memorable yet.”

Chloé Abrahams-Duperry, Senior Manager of Artist & Promoter Relations – Ticketmaster Music has been nominated for Young Executive Award (Tomorrow’s New Boss). You can find Chloé’s interview in IQ magazine here.

Bhavika Patel, EA to the President of Ticketmaster Global & Director has been nominated for The Assistant Award (The People’s Assistant). Patel said:

“It’s an honour to be nominated for a role I love doing!  Thank you for the nomination, it means a lot.”

Andrea Myers, SVP of Legal at Live Nation Entertainment (UK and Ireland) has been nominated for The Professional Services Award (Most Professional Professional). Andrea said:

“I feel very honoured to have been shortlisted for the “Most Professional Professional” award at this year’s Arthur’s, and to be ranked alongside the other amazing nominees. Thank you to everyone who nominated me.”

The nominees in each category are decided by a committee of 150 industry professionals, and the final winners are then decided by an open vote of all ILMC members, IQ Magazine readers, and a closed panel of judges made up of senior industry figures.

Other nominees from the Live Nation Entertainment family include:

  • Anna-Sophie Mertens – Live Nation – nominated for The Promoter Award (The Promoters’ Promoter).
  • Daniel López – Live Nation – nominated for Young Executive Award (Tomorrow’s New Boss).

We are also delighted to see many of our clients and industry friends including OVO Hydro for ‘First Venue To Come Into Your Head Award’ and British Summertime Hyde Park for ‘Liggers’ Favourite Festival.’

For the full list of nominees click here.

Voting ends 9 February at 18:00GMT. Please vote here.

Good luck to all the nominees from everyone at Ticketmaster.