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IQIndustryEU’s Digital Fairness Act proposal advances ‘ambitious’ ticketing reform The European Commission today formalised the proposal for the Digital Fairness Act (DFA), progressing a pan-European crackdown on dynamic pricing and resale in what one commissioner says is the “most…

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IQIndustryInside Diljit Dosanjh’s record-breaking Aura tour On the final Sunday of May, approximately halfway through a sold-out show at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, Diljit Dosanjh stopped to tell the crowd where he was going next.

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IQIndustryUS studios seek to unite production disciplines with Loudbox launch US-based production studios FragmentNine and Jaw.Studio.NY have combined to form show direction and production group Loudbox, as the sector sees more moves towards full-service production services.

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IQIndustryMovers & Shakers: Aviva Arena, SeatGeek, WME Bristol’s incoming arena has named its live programming director, SeatGeek has a new chief business officer, and WME has added two new agents, leading the latest movement for the live music industry.

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IQIndustryDua Lipa, Tame Impala & SZA to lead Coachella 2027 Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, and SZA are set to headline the 26th instalment of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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IQIndustryThe Team names new board for ‘next phase of growth’ The Team has announced its first ever public board which the agency says will “guide its next phase of growth” following its sale to Providence Equity Partners.

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IQIndustryCanada’s live orgs applaud government’s $67m pledge Canada’s live industry has welcomed the government’s CA$67 million (€42.3m) pledge to support the Canada Music Fund as part of a more than $600m (€378m) package in support of the country’s creative…

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IQIndustrySkiddle and AIF expand support for ‘foundational’ UK festivals UK ticketing platform Skiddle is continuing its partnership with the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), announcing that it will fund memberships and bespoke marketing packages for 20 small…

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IQIndustry‘Independence cuts both ways’: Untitled Group’s secrets of success As Australia’s festival season gets underway, Untitled Group co-founder Nicholas Greco fills IQ in on what’s driving the independent promoter’s festival growth and why “independence cuts both ways”…

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IQIndustryFestival news: Sziget reveals headliners as UK announcements come in force Festival announcements for summer 2027 continue to gather pace, with announcements including first line-ups and headline bookings across Europe and the US, as well as a new concert series in the UK.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.