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Shakira’s October 3 Madrid concert became Amazon Music’s most-viewed livestream performance by a female artist, according to the platform. Another 50,000+ fans watched inside the temporary "Shakira ...

Fans reported that they were unable to transfer Ticketmaster tickets to multiple events last Friday and Saturday. One customer posted a screenshot showing Ticketmaster displaying “Transfer Unavailable ...

Live music has become a powerful drivers of global tourism. According to a new study from Live Nation, live music fans are taking significantly more trips than the average traveler, building their ...

It was a devastating weekend for live music across the Eastern Seaboard as a fierce Nor'easter brought heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds that triggered a wave of last-minute cancellations. ...

Videojam is an embed-only music video platform. We host nothing: every video on the site is a YouTube embed, played through the IFrame API, served from Google's infrastructure. That gives our ...

Every festival organizer can tell you their ticket price to the cent. Almost none can tell you what their ticketing platform costs them per ticket, because the number hides inside a percentage. I run ...

Live music discovery leader Bandsintown is expanding its Bandsintown For Artists Marketplace, adding seven marketing and CRM platforms that now sync artist fan signups in real time. The addition more ...

Everyone in the music business is talking about AI. Labels are negotiating AI rights clauses into artist contracts. Streaming platforms are debating whether AI-generated songs should chart. Startups ...

Top music distributors unite to fight fraud, but key players have yet to sign on. How the IFPI’s initiative battles fakes and protects royalties.

[UPDATED] Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed a federal lawsuit against DIY distribution leader DistroKid accusing the platform of deceptive trade practices, copyright infringement, and enabling ...

Following a series of legal proceedings against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the music industry is closely watching what comes next. Here is a breakdown of what happens next across the federal ...