Enjoying a resurgent economy and live music industry that continues to strengthen since the government sales tax from 21 to 10 per cent in 2017, Spain’s concert and festival promoters hit a revenue high last year, report Christopher Barrett Although unemployment is still at an uncomfortable 14 per cent, that…

Like so many veterans of the live music industry, Tobbe Lorentz, an agent with UTA and marking 30 years in the business, started out on his own, help-ing out at shows and learning the ropes. But his talent for spotting talent and knowing how to help it grow soon shone…

THE 85,000-capacity Roskilde festival has announced the first headliners to mark its 50th edition. Located in the town of Roskilde, west of the capital Copenhagen, the 27 June and 4 July, will feature Taylor Swift, Mura Masa and Whitney. The not-for-profit event, which focuses on music, arts and activism, has…

ORGANISERS OF Creamfields (cap. 70,000) has invested £2 million ($2.45m) into improving the site’s facilities and security for what they describe as a better customer experience. Proposed improvements for the festival include 24-hour security patrols, CCTV in the car park, increased visibility of welfare staff and incentives to recycle. The…

Infrastructure service provider eps Australia, a subsidiary of German multinational eps, has entered an agreement with Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall (cap. 3,000) to provide temporary seating, crowd control and overlay design. The new venue, which hosts shows by artistes including The Cat Empire, The Jungle Giants and Tyga, is run…

The front-of-house (FOH) engineer for Calvin Harris, Nathan Lettus, needed a console which could travel with him, as the artiste played events including Germany’s Sonnemondsterne XXIII (cap. 40,000), Switzerland’s Zurich Openair (80,000), Creamfields (70,000) in the UK and during a six-week residency at Ushuaia (4,000) in Ibiza. Lettus specified a…