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Fans warned over fake tickets as hundreds turned away from Elton John’s Adelaide concerts

South Australia's Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, Dini Soulio has said people should avoid buying tickets on the Viagogo resale website while pledging to investigate of hundreds of…

Dec 6, 2019 Entertainment / Legal / Ticketing / Venues /

Live Performance Australia seeks answers from Google as Viagogo advertising returns

With Viagogo appearing to once again be advertising on Google, Live Performance Australia has sought urgent clarification from the search engine giant about the terms by which the…

Dec 4, 2019 Finance / Legal / Marketing / Technology / Ticketing /

LPA reports live performance industry drives cultural economy but growth rate slowing

Live Performance Australia (LPA) reports that the live performance industry continued to drive Australia’s cultural economy in 2018 with more than 26 million attendances generating…

Dec 3, 2019 Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Events / Ticketing /

VMA launches first dedicated jobs portal for the venue management industry

The Venue Management Association has launched a new industry initiative, the VMA Jobs Board, powered by VenueJobs, as the first venue industry employment portal. Supported by the industry…

Dec 2, 2019 Entertainment / Hospitality / Ticketing / Venues /

Viagogo acquires rival ticket reseller StubHub in US$4 billion deal

Secondary ticketing firm Viagogo has announced a US$4 billion deal to buy its rival StubHub, in the biggest ever transaction in the secondary ticketing market. With eBay having been…

Nov 25, 2019 Entertainment / Finance / Legal / Ticketing / Venues /

Major accolades for Queenstown-based tourism platform Bookme

Online travel booking company Bookme has been acknowledged on both sides of the Tasman Sea, receiving recognition at two separate industry award events. Bookme was last week announced the…

Nov 22, 2019 Marketing / Technology / Ticketing / Tourism /

Ticketmaster fans name Come from Away as Australia’s 2019 Ticket of the Year

Ticketmaster has revealed that Come From Away - the critically-acclaimed Broadway musical which has been playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre since July - as Australia's Ticket…

Nov 21, 2019 Arts / Entertainment / Ticketing / Venues /

EVANZ counts down to Christchurch conference return

The Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) is preparing for its 2019 Annual Conference, being held at the recently reopened Christchurch Town Hall from Monday 25th to…

Nov 8, 2019 Entertainment / Events / Sport / Ticketing / Venues /