On September 17th, 2020, Six String Salute will premiere a virtual concert to support and celebrate the touring and venue crews who are the backbone of live music and depend…
View More Legendary Guitarists Including Satriani, Vai And Other Musicians To Participate In Six String Salute Virtual Concert!
Less than one week after unveiling a controversial memo featuring revamped artist-compensation specifics for the 2021 concert season, Live Nation has walked back some of the proposed…
View More Live Nation Backtracks After Threatening To Dramatically Reduce Artist Payouts
Owing to the immense fiscal and operational impact that the novel coronavirus has had on the live music sphere, leading concert promoter Live Nation is…
View More Live Nation Will Dramatically Reduce Performing Artist Payouts In 2021 Since April, following the domestic onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Live Nation has furloughed 20 percent of its team – approximately 2,100 employees –…
View More Live Nation Furloughs More Than 2,000 Employees As Arenas Remain Empty
On Monday, in response to ample fan criticism over its COVID-19 refund policies, Ticketmaster announced that it would start offering refunds to ticketholders whose events have been postponed, as…
View More Ticketmaster Isn’t Technically Offering Refunds On All Postponed Shows Under pressure from hundreds of thousands of fans and multiple members of the U.S. Congress, Ticketmaster has agreed to change its refund policy on postponed…
View More Ticketmaster Changes Course — Allows Refunds on Postponed Shows
Live Nation has taken several steps to enhance its liquidity and ability to overcome the financial difficulties of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, including securing an…
View More Live Nation Secures Emergency $120 Million Loan — CEO Michael Rapino Foregoes Entire Salary Live Nation is now canceling all upcoming concerts in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) fears, according to a report this morning. An increasing number of city…
View More Live Nation Postponing All Concerts Indefinitely — Stock Plunge Continues Nearly 10 years after its merger with Ticketmaster, Live Nation confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department Of Justice…
View More DOJ And Live Nation Reach Tentative Agreement To Extend Consent Decree The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed that it is investigating whether Live Nation has been violating a consent decree that it has been required to…
View More Live Nation Is Officially Under Investigation By The U.S. Department Of Justice