Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman on rewarding superfans, breaking artists, and the business of festivals
Few platforms in the history of the live music business are credited with breaking as many artists as the Vans ...
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The Unravelling of a ‘Bulletproof’ Brand: Wireless Festival’s Self-Inflicted Crisis
MBW Views is a series of op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes ...
Sony Music and UMG form NINE BY NINE music festivals joint venture in Japan
Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group have established a joint venture in Tokyo aimed at producing music festivals across ...
From Pershing Square’s $64 billion bid for UMG to Wireless Festival’s Kanye West cancellation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit ...
Music Industry Events Calendar: Festivals, Awards & More
As part of our continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard Pro now features a music ...
Sick New World Announces Lineups for Two 2026 Festivals
After a 2025 cancelation, the Sick New World Festival is returning for 2026 in not one, but two locations! Organizers ...
AEG expands global partnership with American Express across festivals, venues, events on four continents
AEG has renewed and expanded its long-running partnership with American Express, making the credit card brand its official payment partner ...
Inside Portola Dance Festival’s 2024 Sustainable Power Initiative
A sustainability initiative focused on festival-wide power use at San Francisco’s Portola in September resulted in the avoidance of using ...
We’ve got to rethink music festivals.
MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following comes ...
