Ireland Moves to Ban Ticket Scalping for Large Concerts and Ticket Bots
Finally, after years of ticket scalping and ticket bots worsening the state of the live music industry, a country has responded. Ireland has passed legislation ...
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Festival Put On Hold Due To Mother Bird & Her Eggs
Festivals and festival organizers face challenges throughout the event process, from booking acts to selling tickets. But something that no one really prepares ...
Music Producers & Engineers Could Be Recognized in US Copyright Law with New Act
People love artists like Beyoncé, Marshmello, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and other huge icons. Unfortunately, not many people recognize the hard-working ...
Bassnectar, Moby, Dillon Francis & More React to Newly Passed Tax Bill
DJ/producers are weighing in on the new tax bill, along with the rest of the country...
In a long, 400+ word document, the new tax bill was presented to the ...
Berlin Government Pledges €1 million To Help Sound Proof Club Venues & Save Nightlife
The Berlin government is making a massive effort to help protect the city's nightlife. The Parliament has pledged to put €1 million towards equipping clubs ...
Pill Testing Plans Abandoned For Australian Music Festival, Spilt Milk
It's gone as quickly as it came... plans for pill testing at Australia's Spilt Milk festival have been abandoned, citing 'pressure' from government officials fo...
The RAVE Act Is Finally Being Revisited
We've all heard about the nebulous R.A.V.E. act and it's widely understood to be the reason why drug safety at dance music events is virtually non-existent in t...
Two Of India’s Biggest EDM Festivals Owe Two Years Of Taxes, Cancellation May Be Imminent
Goa, one of India's western states, may have to cancel two of its largest end-of-year EDM festivals in the coming week, following opposition claims that two of...
Romanian Prime Minister Responds To Protests Following Deadly Club Fire
Following a massive and deadly club fire in Bucharest that left 27 dead (now 32), protests erupted in the country of Romania. The protests focused on corruption...
DEA Agents Infiltrating EDM Festivals In Response To “High-Profile” Deaths
First the FBI, now the DEA. It seems the federal government has a bone to pick with music festivals.
After news of the FBI having undercovers at Burning Man ...
Bassnectar & ill.Gates Explain The Dangers Of Letting Net Neutrality Disappear And Government Censorship Of Our Media
This Should Be Played At High Volume
With SoundCloud making deals with record companies and removing music coupled with the advertisement-driven YouTube c...
Entertainment Tax Is Implemented At 25%, Festivals Included
With recent complaints about festival ticket prices, fans will not be happy to hear that the Indian government has implemented a new entertainment tax on ev...