Report: 67% of Viagogo ticket buyers say they’ll attend less concerts now, Eminem to donate proceeds from NZ lawsuit, and more
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67% of those who purchased above-face-value tickets from sellers on sites like Viagogo, StubHub, Get Me In! and Seatwave said they would attend fewer concerts in the future. 60% said they would attend fewer festivals, 58% that they would spend less on food & drink at venues, and 47% that they would spend less on recorded music. – via Fanfair alliance
Revenues at Spotify’s UK business rose by 27% to £237m last year. The main driver was a 26% growth in subscription revenues to £215m. – via Guardian
FBi Radio announces Daniel Ahern as new Program Director. Daniel Ahern will take the place of FBi Radio’s outgoing Program Director, Caroline Gates, and commences in the role on November 27.
Are Irving Azoff & James Dolan Trying To Buy Rolling Stone? – via Hypebot
Universal Music, WITHIN Partner For Music-Focused Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality – via Hypebot
Drake Didn’t Submit ‘More Life’ to the Grammys: Report – via Billboard
Tickets for Flight of the Conchords‘ 2018 UK tour apparently sold out within seconds of the ‘on sale’ time and then appeared on secondary ticketing websites moments late. – via Independent
Donald Trump tweets ‘Happy Birthday!’ to random Lee Greenwood, not the country music star – via Mashable
Facebook denies ‘listening’ to conversations – via BBC News
Big Machine names Andrew Thoen Northeast Director of Promotion and Marketing – via MBW
Haim have left Roc Nation for Full Stop Management, where they have signed with manager Brandon Creed. – via Variety
Pandora announces Featured Playlists that sound an awful lot like Spotify’s – via The Verge
Niall Horan debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 albums chart with a figure of 152,000 (128,000 sales). – via Billboard
Facebook Messenger claims 13 million Australian users – via Mumbrella
YouTube TV coming to Apple TV within matter of weeks – via AppleInsider
Two of the most used YouTube to MP3 conversion sites have closed their doors to UK traffic. – via TorrentFreak
Eminem to donate proceeds from New Zealand lawsuit to hurricane relief efforts – via NME
Lucy Blair, Director, International Sales & Marketing at The Orchard is understood to be joining Spotify – via RoTD
NASA put together a playlist of spooky space sounds for Halloween
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.