Live Nation loses in court; Strong Opinions On Geese (of course); Live royalty argy-bargy; and live music reform in the UK...

About this episode

This episode discusses Live Nation's lawsuit, the success of BTS, live music royalties in the UK, and features a special post-show lock-in segment.

Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. Become a ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section! ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ This week... → Geese have been one of the big breakthrough rock bands of the last year. But now some of the marketing tactics that helped them cut through are under the spotlight … → Live Nation has lost a major lawsuit in the US that could see it forced to sell its Ticketmaster division. But is that likely to happen? → 739.1m - that’s how many streams the new BTS album got in its first week (and yes, this is an official, not-made-up number this time…) → There’s a big argument in the UK between the Music Venue Trust and collecting society PRS for Music , and it’s all about how royalties from concerts are collected and divided… → While we’re on the subject of live music in the UK, a new report from a parliamentary committee made some interesting recommendations for reforms … And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our ⁠⁠ Patreon Superfans ⁠⁠ , Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar – and Steve's getting the first round in – as they discuss this week's bonus material: Steve shares a story…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve, Stu

Topics covered

• Live Nation lawsuit
• BTS album streams
• UK live music reform
• royalties in live music
• geese rock band marketing
• industry plants conspiracy

Keywords

• Live Nation
• Ticketmaster
• BTS
• royalties
• UK music reform
• geese band
• industry plants

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Live Nation, Ticketmaster, BTS, Music Venue Trust, PRS for Music

Places: UK, US

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