Antipodean festival Big Day Out (BDO) is enduring some early strife ahead of its 20th anniversary celebrations, with the six-date event announcing some dramatic changes to key personnel and cuts to the previously-announced line-up.

France’s biggest concert hall – Bercy in Paris – is set for a massive overhaul which will see naming rights auctioned off and the arena’s capacity rise to more than 21,000 seats from its current 17,000.

Having recognised the need to modernise...

Concert promoters’ trade body BDV is launching its own collection society to take advantage of copyright laws on live music recording royalties, in a move that could be replicated elsewhere.

German legislation gives promoters rights on concerts...

Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn believes UK promoters will start demanding Europe-wide exclusivity clauses for their headliners in a bid to prevent fans going overseas to other events.

The festival guru made the remarks during his keynote interview...

The energy used at UK music festivals could power 10,000 homes for a year, but this could be dramatically reduced by phasing out inefficient diesel generators.

According to research conducted this summer by...

The live music industry is celebrating a crucial victory after UK collections society PRS For Music decided to maintain its royalty tariff at 3% of ticket receipts.

In 2010, the organisation launched a consultation to review the tariff...

The hunt is on for a new head of UK Music after charismatic Irishman Feargal Sharkey shocked the business with his sudden decision to quit as chief executive.

The three-year old organisation is the first representative body ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist Intellitix has appointed two key personnel in its new UK office to focus on the European festival market in 2012.

Former IQ editor Greg Parmley will oversee global communications...

A new interactive programme has been added to the schedule at Eurosonic Noorderslag, allowing delegates at the conference and showcase festival to keep tabs on the various new media developments that are generating diverse revenue streams in the music industry.

In a strange buck of recent trends, an opportunity for unsigned artists has been launched which isn’t a TV competition, and doesn’t include a panel of judges that require a mandatory sob story. Live Nation Entertainment (LNE) has partnered with streaming service We7 to launch Live Connection...