Monday, February 15, 2010
The HSE has announced it is to revise its guidance for the events industry to reflect legislative changes and improvements in industry practices.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The idea of charging a fee for video and audio from conferences and events is old, and comes from the days of charging for tapes of presentations as a way of boosting revenue from live events. Those days are over.
Today, sitting in little old South River, Ontario, Canada I’m watching the live streaming event LeWebfrom [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
The stadium leg of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida world tour called on the expertise of international staging experts Stageco to create a bespoke stage with vision.
The band’s increasing popularity created high demand for the 2009 seventeen date stadium tour across Europe, including shows in Barcelona, Stockholm and Wembley.
They were very keen to create a [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
Eat To The Beat (ETTB) has been awarded an ongoing contract to provide all catering including media, artist, crew and VIP guests at the Orange Rockcorps concerts for film production company CCLabs.
Orange Rockcorps is a new initiative from telecoms giant Orange, encouraging young people to voluntarily give four hours of their time to local community [...]
Friday, June 5, 2009
70,000 fans were promised refunds by Oasis after some technical issues caused Oasis to abandon the stage at their concert in Manchester, England on Thursday night (4th June ‘09). A generator had caused the problem and engineers were trying to fix it.
Liam Gallagher told the crowd, “Really sorry about that. This is a free gig [...]
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The planned farewell party for the Astoria in central London has been cancelled after promoters failed to get hold of the acts they wanted for the event.
The venue closes this week before being demolished to make way for the Crossrail train link which will run under the site of the 2,000-capacity theatre.
But extravagant plans by [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
UP to £600,000 is to be spent on reopening the Usher Hall – for just four events.
The Capital’s premier concert venue is undergoing a major refurbishment, but a series of delays means it is unlikely to be completed until next summer.
However, council chiefs have agreed to temporarily open up the hall for a two-day Rotarians [...]
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Five teenage girls have been injured at a free concert performed by X Factor finalists JLS.
About 2,000 people had gathered for the concert at the 1,500-capacity Fairfield Halls in Croydon, south London.
Fans were reportedly pushed forward when the crowd swelled as children gathered for tickets to see the boy band on Monday.
London Ambulance Service said [...]
Saturday, December 6, 2008
THE licences of nearly 10,000 private security guards are set to be revoked within weeks, jeopardising crowd control at pubs, sporting events and concerts in the new year.
The guards have until January 8 to meet stringent new training requirements or be struck off the Security Industry Register operated by NSW Police.
The move affects 9682 guards [...]
Monday, December 1, 2008
A Live Earth concert scheduled to take place in Mumbai on 7 December has been called off in the wake of last week’s terror attacks.
Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters were among the stars scheduled to appear at the event, intended to raise awareness of climate change.
“We will continue to work for solutions to [...]
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Five people have been arrested in London for allegedly taking part in a ticketing scam that left thousands fans without tickets they had paid for.
It is alleged that Xclusive Tickets Ltd and Xclusive Leisure and Hospitality Ltd took payment for tickets for events, including UK music festivals and the Beijing Olympic Games.
