Latest about Gigs & Festivals
Festivals are down… but gigs are through the roof as new figures show how important live performance has become
With streams earning artists pennies, music’s cash increasingly comes from big tours with no shortage of fans willing to pay big money
“I never quit the band. I just got outvoted”: Kevin Cronin on why REO Speedwagon has ended, against his wishes
Band play their final show on Saturday
Soundgarden members kick out the jams at Seattle Children’s Hospital benefit
Reunited band play short six song set
Taylor Swift gives away $197 million away in bonuses to her Eras tour crew
Sunday’s Vancouver show marks the end of Swift's record-breaking tour, in which she spent a total of 484 hours on stage
Is music nostalgia really dead as new acts out-ticket established artists?
New gig-going research shows that passion for older acts is being outpaced by music’s increasingly active social stars
"It’s going to cost me a fortune to do it”: Rod Stewart spills the beans on the price of playing Glastonbury
$300,000 to bring his band over from America, he claims
“A devastating period for the UK’s festival organisers”: More than 200 UK events have disappeared since Covid
Promoters are campaigning for reduction of VAT on tickets
“My arse is shining a light on the problem”: Kate Nash to sell pictures of her bum to fund current UK tour
It was either that or cut people’s wages or travel dangerously, she says
