The William Morris Agency has signed electronic acts the Chemical Brothers (pictured), Underworld, The Prodigy, Sandra Collins, The Orb and Mark Knight to its William Morris Electronic arm for the US.
One of the first changes under Irving Azoff?s stewardship of Ticketmaster Entertainment will be the customer-friendly move to drop add-on fees for the Eagles? forthcoming tour.
The music industry has accused some local licensing authorities of ?working outside the law? to put a stop to gigs taking place in their neighbourhood.
Battle lines are being drawn over controversial proposals by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) that could force venues and promoters to pick up the total bill for policing live music events.
London has a brand new 50,000-capacity concert venue after Islington Council gave Arsenal Football Club the green light for its Emirates Stadium to be used for three all-day concerts every year.
Beachdown Festival will return to its South Downs location next August bank holiday after a successful debut earlier this year saw a 10,000-capacity sell-out.
Gibson Guitar and the British Music Experience exhibition have joined forces to create the Gibson Interactive Studio, a state of-the-art studio space where visitors to the museum will be able to play Gibson and Epiphone guitars.
The UK box office records were smashed twice last week when the cream of Mancunian talent combined to sell more than one million tickets for tours next year.
The Ting Tings were celebrating a hat-trick of gongs at the UK Festival Awards last night after the Manchester duo won the prizes for best pop act, festival newcomer and the anthem of the summer for That?s Not My Name.
Live Nation has secured a three-year agreement with Royal Parks to continue to stage large-scale public events in Hyde Park, after an appeal against the decision was turned down.