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To confuse anyone that goes to shows the one you don’t have to pay for sponsored by a brand, that’s the one artists make money from, and the one they do themselves that may feel expensive to you, that’s the one they make a loss on.

The success of Liquid Death comes down to Live Nation taking an investment position in the company and then pushing it as the water option at all of their venues.

Theory: the rise in people queueing outside restaurants correlates with the shift from club gigs to arena and stadium shows. Social media driven herd mentality.

Putting the pros and cons of blockchain ticketing aside for a moment, OPEN (formerly GET Protocol, formerly GUTS) deserve huge credit for driving innovation on this front, and demonstrating that it can work at scale. I hope they figure out a path forward from here.

“If you don’t make something in life you can only be defined by the things you consume” - tobi lutke dropping bars on Tetragrammaton

Tell that to Robert Smith. If artists want to price their tickets affordably then it’s entirely within their ability to do so.

smartphones have obliterated our ability to focus, and being unfocused is a root cause for depression focus isn't just necessary for productivity, it makes you a happier person

A$AP reminding everyone why streaming exclusives aren't a thing in 2025

Bad news for Live Nation's DOJ investigation... Indicative of how Live Nation's influence extends not just across companies that they explicitly control, but also through sweetheart deals with adjacent companies they ostensibly compete with, but actually work hand-in-glove with.

Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong

We'll see lots of this as celebrity estates sell control of their likeness to unscrupulous 'brand management' companies who then license them on to whoever's willing to pay for access

The Viagogo / StubHub IPO is reportedly back on. The world's biggest ticket touting platform had previously sought an ambitious $16.5bn valuation. Although the prospectus suggests that the toxic viagogo "brand" may not stay the course...

Investors don't love secondary ticket marketplaces if Vivid Seats is anything to go by