Touring

Australia’s live entertainment sector desperately needs a new fund to shield businesses from future lockdowns, like the one that turned 2020 into a wasteland for concerts and touring. Live…

Australia’s live entertainment sector has welcomed the federal Government’s long-overdue rescue funds and its adoption of a roadmap for the rebirth of concerts. On Friday, Federal Minister for…

Following the good, early news from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, Ticketmaster is said to be deep in planning for a post-COVID concerts restart. Live Nation’s ticketing subsidiary is reportedly building…

There are plans for the partnership to go global in 2021.

Empire has signed a 'multi-year strategic alliance' with TEG.

2020 is a write-off. Touring proper is still some way off, there’s no sight of a vaccine and with summer coming, you’d best book your break close to home. With all that in mind, Michael Gudinski has…

If you thought we’d experienced the bumpiest stage of 2020, buckle in. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has quietly hiked the price for U.S. visas by more than 50%, and tweaked some key…

The year 2020 has been a wrench. Buckle in because we haven’t yet seen the worst, according to a new report which warns that three in five U.K. music industry jobs will be lost in the wake of the…

Don’t expect international acts to play Australia until March 2021, at the earliest. That’s the word according to Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski. “All my touring is completely finished, and…

Already reeling from the global shutdown of the live music economy, Australia’s concert promoters are absorbing another financial hit, this one created by the federal government. TIO understands the…