Liberal Democrat peer Lord Tim Clement Jones has received answers to questions he posed about the government's recent report on live music in the UK.

The Cambridge News reports that the Police have called for the 15,000-capacity Strawberry Fair to be banned because of “widespread drug abuse, excessive drunkenness and anti-social behaviour”.

The number of U.S. music purchasers declined by 24 million between 2007 and 2009, a drop of 21% during a period when consumers were purchasing far fewer CDs but beginning to experiment more with digital music, according to data presented by market research firm NPD Group.

Having been ordered to reconsider the Live Nation / Ticketmaster merger, the UK Competition Commission (CC) has said that it will release a new decision by May 11.

Here's what usually happens. New developers move in to an area where there already are nightclubs and venues: they then build flats, they take the profit, they leave, and then the new residents object against often long standing venues because of noise and disruption - and noise annoys!

Sellaband, the online website facilitated fan-financed recordings for musicians has filed for bankruptcy in a Dutch court according to press reports.

CitySide Tickets, the Boston-based event ticket purchasing service that covers music, theatre and sporting venues has signed an agreement to acquire StadiumTickets.com, the entertainment and event ticket broker exchange.

Ticketmaster has reportedly agreed to refund money to fans who bought tickets for two Bruce Springsteen concerts in New Jersey last year at inflated prices via the firm's secondary ticketing website TicketsNow.

The UK government's Department For Culture, Media & Sport has backed a new code of practice for the secondary ticketing market, which has been developed by the ticket resale sector but which, the DCMS says, should overcome  concerns about the growth of online ticketing touting and the risks for consumers who buy tickets in this way.