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Case Study: Ticketmaster Artist Services & Liam Gallagher Tour
Each year Ticketmaster Artist Services set up hundreds of presales, helping tour announcements drive album pre-orders whilst reaching millions of fans in the process. Liam Gallagher’s new album Why Me? Why Not? was released September 20. The reaction to the lead...
Gallery: Ticketmaster Summit 2019
Browse our photo gallery from the Ticketmaster Summit 2019...
We’re all set for Indy Man Beer Con 2019
We’re back at Indy Man this year, and excited to say the least. This year the event completely sold out in advance, which is testament to it’s reputation and success in the craft beer scene. It’s our third year as sole ticketing provider for the event, and we’ve seen...
State of Play: Festivals 2019
Every year we dive into a segment of the live industry to find out what fans love, what they don’t like and ultimately...why they buy that ticket. This is our sixth State of Play report, revisiting festivals which we looked at way back in 2012. This year we...
Watch our latest Ticketmaster Homecoming film set in Glasgow feat. The Ninth Wave, Walt Disco and Lucia
We’re proud to present the latest release in our Homecoming video series, exploring some of our favourite upcoming artists in their home town of Glasgow, and the venues that make their city and scene so special. Over one weekend, we followed Glasgow’s brightest new...
Auntie Flo win the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2019
Auntie Flo was announced as winner of The Scottish Album of the Year Awards 2019 last night with the album Radio Highlife. Held in the magnificent Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh for the very first time, an audience of artists, esteemed industry figureheads...
Content and advertising opportunities now available in our Groups Guide
Our Autumn Groups Guide is out now! Click here to view. Created specifically for tour operators, social clubs and group bookers of 10 or more, our Groups Guide is a quarterly guide to live entertainment across the UK. The guide now features content opportunities as...
Ticketmaster recognised as fundamental to the success of Slipknot’s first No.1 album in 18 years
Ticketmaster has been credited for its role in Slipknot's first No.1 album in 18 years following a TM Presale campaign in August. Slipknot fans were granted first access to tickets for the band’s upcoming tour after pre-ordering their new album ‘We Are Not Your...
Why our Manchester Pride partnership is far more than just a commercial one
The fight for LGBT+ equality is something we are incredibly passionate about. That’s why we’re so excited to be partnering with Manchester Pride for the 4th consecutive year. To us, this partnership is far more than just a commercial one. Four years ago, we...
KidNation 2019: The Highlights
KidNation 2019 took place last week at Ticketmaster HQ with a special ‘London goes Carnival’ theme. KidNation is Live Nation Entertianment's version of ‘take our daughters and sons to work day’, and this year hundreds of children and parents from across the business...
Two more venue branded e-gift cards launched
Venue branded e-giftcards have launched for The Baths Hall & The Plowright Theatre and the Bonus Arena in Hull. These are the 8th and 9th SMG venues to get branded e-gift cards since the service started for Ticketmaster clients at the end of 2018. AMG venues and...
Books Launched to Help Create and Sustain Grassroots Music Venues
The books are now available to download from here: How to Open a Grassroots Venue | How to Run a Grassroots Venue Yesterday evening the Music Venue Trust and Ticketmaster joined at the Lord Mayor’s City Hall in partnership to launch 2 fully illustrated...