With a comparatively robust economy and passionate music fans, Finland’s enterprising live music industry is enjoying record numbers of events and ticket sales, despite its northerly location and small population. Christopher Barrett reports Bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia, Finland is one of Europe’s most northern countries and, with only 5.5…

Along with music streaming, ticketing is at the head of the digital revolution and having to respond to consumer needs at the same pace as advances in mobile technology, both in the sales process and delivery of tickets to event-goers. It’s a rollercoaster ride for the key players, as Tom…

SPAIN      A new rock and metal festival Malaga will see stages split between the backdrop of the Costa del Sol and a historic castle. Rock the Coast takes place between 14 and 15 June, at the site of the Mare Nostrum, with one stage onside the Sohail Castle. The…

UNITED STATES                Anew three-day festival in North Carolina is being launched by producer Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP). Epicenter Festival will be held at the newly-created Rockingham Festival Grounds in Richmond County, North Carolina between 10 and 12 May. Festival producer Danny Wimmer says,…

WORLD      Lighting for country singer Garth Brooks, at Notre Dame Stadium (cap. 80,800) in Indiana, required a design that would look good on television, says lighting designer Bob Peterson. He needed 100 fixtures for the CBS Television coverage in addition to the 300 deployed by the production, which…

WORLD      Constant motion and changing looks were the brief for creative director and lighting designer Rob Sinclair for Shania Twain’s Shania Now tour. He based the show on five automated LED video cubes which each served as a platform for dancers and band members. “With the band, the…