Entertainment company Live Nation is making it easier to find concerts you’ll actually be interested in with a tailor-made gig-finding experience that learns your location and musical preferences. Open the Concert Finder bot through Messenger, search your favorite artists or musical genre and over time it’ll learn your preferences, so you can consult the bot […]
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Lady Gaga tour POSTPONED: Health fears for singer as European concerts are called off
The star, who had already cancelled an appearance at Brazil’s Rock In Rio festival, has been suffering from “severe pain”, her label said. As a result, the upcoming Joanne shows will not be going ahead on the originally-intended dates. She wrote on Instagram: “I have always been honest about my physical and mental health struggles. […]
Adele to ‘miss out on MILLIONS’ over cancelled concerts – for THIS shock reason
The reason, it seems, is because they were supposed to be filmed for release on DVD. The “huge production” was expected to net millions, according to a report. “The DVD was a huge production and all the plans were in place for it to go ahead,” a source told The Sun. “But obviously that extra […]
Adele fans rage over travel and hotel costs as unwell star cancels Wembley concerts
The Hello hitmaker was due to bid farewell to her current tour with a double-whammy of concerts this weekend but has had to pull the plug after seeking medical advice. Whilst fans have sympathised with her ill-health, many have been left with wasted travel and hotel expenses – and have taken to Twitter to complain. […]
Ariana Grande tour ‘suspended’: Singer calls off concerts after Manchester terror attack?
Grande is due to perform at London’s O2 Arena on Thursday and Friday, May 25 and 26. The O2’s Twitter account posted overnight: “Ariana is due to perform at The O2 on Thursday and Friday and we will advise as soon as we can as to the status of those shows.” They had previously written: […]
Amazon’s latest Prime incentive is exclusive music concerts
Not content with merely streaming music, Amazon is preparing to put on its own live shows. Prime Live Events will be ticketed and exclusive to Prime members, adding an extra incentive to its “all-in” subscription. The initiative starts on May 23rd with a Blondie performance at the Round Chapel in Hackney. Alison Moyet will then […]
Live concerts are music tech’s next frontier
With recent speculation about Spotify soon going public (without an IPO) and the belated launch of Pandora Premium, the music streaming space is increasingly nearing both maturity and saturation. The market is crowded by such giants as Apple, Google, and Amazon, as well as smaller companies like Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Pandora, and Tidal. For 2016, it was estimated that […]
Austria cancels ‘political’ Turkish music concerts amidst referendum campaign scandal
Austria has canceled contracts for Turkish concert events in Salzburg and Tyrol on the weekend, over concerns they may be political in nature. This comes amid an escalating row between Turkey and the EU over pro-Erdogan rallies, banned by several EU states. The Olympic Hall of Innsbruck in Tyrol state, western Austria, on Thursday decided […]
SHINee: SM Entertainment K-Pop Boy Band To Have First US Concerts During ‘SHINee World V’ In March 2017 [Video]
Thanks to the growing popularity of Hallyu or the Korean Wave, K-pop has experienced a dramatic increase in international popularity. However, there is one region that Hallyu had a very hard time breaking into and ironically, it is technically the most profitable when it comes to all music markets and industries, the United States. There […]
