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"I've got poop on me!" We took Kittie to a cat cafe (obviously) to ask them about their amazing comeback, the nu metal nostalgia train and surviving the music industry as a band of young women

What happened when we took Kittie to a cat cafe in LA to talk life, music and fur babies?

Metal Hammer

‘Amazonification’ of Australian live music industry hurting artists and crew, inquiry told

Union tells inquiry consumer watchdog should investigate and accuses Live Nation and competitor TEG of anti-competitive behaviour

The Guardian - AU

Chris Brown sued for $50m over alleged assault on four concertgoers

Lawsuit is the latest legal issue for Brown, who has been accused of violent conduct repeatedly in the past

The Independent UK

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‘I puked virtually every morning’: inside the stressful life of a festival organiser

You’re battling rising costs to source enough essentials for a small city and always competing for the best acts. So why would anyone run a festival? We speak to those behind Green Man, Parklife and Krankenhaus to find out

The Guardian - UK

WA government gave $8m to Live Nation Entertainment to subsidise Coldplay concerts

Contribution adds to $16m previously reported that was given to Live Nation or companies it owns by state and federal governments

The Guardian - AU

Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift ticket data to extort Ticketmaster

Hackers claim they obtained barcode data for hundreds of thousands of tickets to Eras tour and demand millions in ransom

The Guardian - US

Gen Z’s enthusiasm for all things touchable is resurrecting the analog economy—and costing parents

Live Nation had its biggest year yet for concert attendance. Print book sales are at a record high. The vinyl record industry has enjoyed a resurrection.

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Ellen DeGeneres abruptly cancels four stand-up shows

Comedian and former chat show host presenter has addressed her past controversies in recent shows

The Independent UK

First Thing: Far right wins big in first round of French election

Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration party is in reach of becoming the biggest political force in parliament. Plus: the songs of summer

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: PM defends Payman suspension; humpback whale rescued; and US offers Boeing ‘sweetheart’ plea deal

Anthony Albanese accused Labor’s youngest senator of disrupting the government’s message as stage-three tax cuts rolled out

The Guardian - AU

‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city

Portland has no Live Nation concert arena, and fans and artists love its fiercely independent music scene. But with a new venue looming, will all that change?

The Guardian - US

Glass Animals Are Touring Australia This Year So Start The Ticket Convo In The Group Chat ASAP

Glass Animals will be kicking their Aussie tour off on the 20th of November.

Pedestrian.tv

Sabrina Carpenter fans rage as Ticketmaster crashes during tour presale

‘Nonsense’ singer recently announced her Short n’ Sweet tour dates

The Independent UK

Finally, the time to tackle ticket touts may have come

Attempts dating back well over a decade to introduce specific financial mechanisms for ticket resales are yet to result in legal controls to protect fans. So it’s notable that the cultural plan in Labour’s manifesto singles out ticket touting for making “access to music, drama and sport … difficult and…

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The Guardian - AU

Madonna fans who sued singer over late concert start dismiss their own lawsuit

Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez have dismissed their suit with prejudice, having previously argued that the late concert had impacted their sleep

The Guardian - US

My nine-year-old wanted to fly to Scotland to see Taylor Swift. Somehow I agreed

Mothering a Swiftie can mean making decisions that make you feel like either the best or worst parent in the world

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“I don't believe that a company like Barclays, given their financial ties to war crimes, has any place at a metal festival.” Why the conversation around Britain's summer festival season has been all about Gaza, Barclays, and boycotts

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

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Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following artist protests and cancellations

Numerous artists had pulled out of major UK festivals due to their links to Barclays, who have invested in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel

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The Guardian - UK

Barclays suspends sponsorship of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals

Move follows protests from bands and fans over the bank providing financial services to defence companies supplying Israel

Salon

Biden busts monopolies, Trump just talks

“Antitrust enforcement during the Biden administration has been extremely vigorous," one policy expert told Salon

Fortune

The ‘funflation’ economy is dying as a consumer attitude of ‘hard pass’ takes over and major artists cancel concert tours

Without a Taylor Swift or Beyoncé megatour, prices for summer concerts are falling back to normal.

TechRadar

Ticketmaster confirms data breach and personal info lost, says Snowflake systems were hacked

Live Nation submits more info on Ticketmaster hack to SEC, confirming earlier reports of a data breach.

The Guardian - US

As Coachella struggles, nostalgia festivals are booming: ‘We never stopped listening to these bands’

Events like Lovers & Friends, with big R&B names from decades past, sell out immediately while Coachella sales plummet

Salon

Hackers sell stolen Ticketmaster data

Names, phone numbers, addresses and partial credit card info were listed for sale for $500k on a dark web forum

The Independent UK

500 million Ticketmaster customers have their data hacked: LiveNation investigating breach

Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States

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