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Better Than Revenge: Swifties Help Expose Ticketmaster's Monopoly
Rolling Stone
"There's no nice way to tell 10 million Swifties, 'There are no tickets,'" said Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino a day after the company's colossal failure to deliver Taylor Swift tickets to fans who hoped to see her Eras Tour. He added: “So they do what they do and they go to social, and we deal with that every day."
But angry Swifties aren't Rapino's only concern. As its platform was melting down under the unprecedented demand for Swift tickets, news broke that a Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust investigation into Live Nation had been underway.
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Austin, Texas events task force delivers recommendations for managing major gatherings
Austin Monitor
The city of Austin, Texas will likely begin collecting and publishing comprehensive information on major events and music festivals in the coming years as part of a widespread revision to the special events ordinance that regulates large gatherings impacting communities and city services.
City Council is expected today to approve the long-awaited recommendations of the Special Events Task Force, which was formed in 2018 to evaluate how the city can better manage major events such as South by Southwest and the Austin City Limits Music Festival, as well as smaller gatherings such as neighborhood festivals that had routinely been hampered by the approvals and permits needed from various city departments.
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Las Vegas Strip Adds a Very Modern Experience
The Street
Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC), the world's largest electronic music festival, has been a Las Vegas fixture since 2011. The three-day festival takes over the Las Vegas Motor Speedway while filling hotels all over the Strip. For the 2023 version, EDC will have a huge Las Vegas Strip presence as it takes over the Hilton at Resorts World Las Vegas.
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Monkey Feast Festival in Thailand
The Associated Press via NewsCenter 1
A meal fit for monkeys was served on Sunday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand.
Amid the morning traffic, rows of monkey statues holding trays were lined up outside the compound of the Ancient Three Pagodas, while volunteers prepared food across the road for real monkeys — the symbol of Lopburi province, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Bangkok.
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Musicians, DJs and Crews Benefit From Australia Council Initiatives
The Music Network
The City of Melbourne is offering up to $50,000 for creatives to develop ideas for a new as-yet-unnamed music, arts, future technologies and innovation festival to take place in August 2023.
It combines the 12-year-old Melbourne Music Week which was scrapped this year (it attracted 72,000 and gave the economy a near $6 million boost) and Melbourne Knowledge Week.
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Risk-based Security Approach to Festivals and Fairs
Security Today
The event security industry, which includes concerts, conventions, sporting and other special events, was one of the sectors hit hardest by the global pandemic, as events ground to a halt overnight, but the sector has come roaring back to life with lightning speed.
While pre-pandemic, there were generally one two major festival at a time across the county, today, there are often six to 8 festivals occurring simultaneously. As the sector is in ‘catch-up’ mode with more events occurring than in any time in recent U.S. history, a risk-based approach to event security at festivals and fairs is more important than ever.
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Festivals in the metaverse: How Web3 projects are taking culture virtual
Cointelegraph
Engagement in the metaverse of 2022 is looking less like a Sims-esque video game and more like government agencies creating virtual offices to connect with future generations of clients or nations facing the existential threat of climate change using the metaverse to create digital versions of themselves.
One way brands and organizations are using the metaverse is by hosting large-scale virtual events similar to those they already hold in-real-life.
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How World Cup politics explain the modern world
CNN
Billions of people will watch the World Cup in Qatar, fixated on one of the world’s premier sporting festivals. But football’s governing body FIFA has also unleashed a political tempest, highlighting moral, business and geopolitical dilemmas shaping the modern world.
So far, the tournament has been consumed by more controversies off the field than have been caused by the erratic VAR video review system that can send fans into fury.
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