![]() ![]() ![]() This began with the launch of a proprietary in-app ticket selling service, then expanded with the start-up’s merger with direct-to-fan platform Crowdsurge, and more recently Songkick has been working with artists on selling tickets to fans before they go on general release, getting widespread media attention for its efforts to ensure that pre-sale tickets for Adele’s current tour didn’t go to the touts. Songkick has filed new legal papers in relation to its ongoing litigation against Live Nation, accusing the live giant of interfering even more in its growing pre-sales business in retaliation for going legal late last year.Īs previously reported, Songkick sued Live Nation last December, alleging that the live entertainment firm – which is a significant player in tour and festival promotion, venues, ticketing and artist management – was holding the artists it works with to ransom, especially in the US, if they decided to collaborate with the gig recommendations service on fan club pre-sales.Īlthough best known as a concert data firm and gig recommendations service – which traditionally encouraged users to click through to Ticketmaster-type platforms if they wanted to attend recommended gigs, taking an affiliate commission for its trouble – Songkick has been increasingly moving into ticketing itself. ![]() Business News Legal Live Business Top Stories Songkick files new legal papers in Live Nation battle, as Ticketmaster partners with Bandsintown By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 24 March 2016 ![]()
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