Live Music Industry News: ‘Unity’ for Tomorrowland & Insomniac • Brooks conquers Vegas • Pollstar Live! • Delsener doc • More
In the latest live music industry news, Tomorrowland and Insomniac Events, two of electronic music’s top festival organizers, are joining forces for an EDM event series August 29-31 at the Las Vegas Sphere.
“UNITY is an opportunity to take you on an electrifying journey through a fusion of music, storytelling, and technology,” the festivals said in a statement. “This guided adventure takes you deep into some of our most beloved realms, all inspired by the themes and characters of our festivals. Tomorrowland’s enchanting themes of Planaxis, Adscendo and Orbyz merge with Insomniac’s vibrant universes of Beyond Wonderland x Nocturnal, Escape x Countdown, and EDC, transporting you into a new multi-sensory dimension.”
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• Since Garth Brooks opened at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on May 18, 2023, he has played 72 performances, selling 99% of tickets, totaling more than 300,000 tickets, with grosses exceeding an impressive $130 million.
• Ryan Harlacher of Creative Artists Agency, Ken Fermaglich of UTA, Mark DiDia of Red Light Management, Amanda Phelan of Insomniac, Keith Cunningham of KLOS-FM Los Angeles / Meruelo Media and Allison Hagendorf of A-Game Productions are confirmed speakers for the Pollstar Live panel Rock Is Back.
Pollstar Live! will be held April 15-17 in Los Angeles. Visit https://www.pollstar.live/ for more information and to register.
• Film distributor Abramorama has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to RadicalMedia and Jake Sumner’s feature-length documentary “Ron Delsener Presents,” a look at the career of the legendary New York concert promoter.
From Variety: “From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, it’s a miniature history of much of the rock music of that era — and arguably the highlight of the doc is his recounting of Simon and Garfunkel’s 1981 reunion concert in Central Park, which features a flawlessly edited back-and-forth chronicling how he convinced Simon that the reunion was actually the singer’s own idea (which Delsener knew was the only way the reunion would happen).”
• The Bomb Factory in Austin’s Deep Ellum is returning to its old name with an April concert. LCD Soundsystem will headline on April 27, supported by art punk band Gustaf.
• FKA twigs has joined a growing list of US visa related tour cancellations, pulling North American dates of her ongoing Eusexua Tour. Cancelled FKA twigs shows include Chicago, Toronto and New York. [Hypebot]
• The UK appears poised to move forward with substantive restrictions on predatory ticket resale, unlike US legislators, who are dragging their feet on comprehensive reform
In a blow to resellers like Viagogo and StubHub, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said for the first time that it will push for 10% cap on “secondary” ticket prices. The move would effectively make running a major secondary ticket operation unprofitable in the UK. [Hypebot]
Bruce Houghton
