Motorpoint Arena Nottingham has dedicated a backstage promoter office in memory of late promoter Chris York as the venue marks 25 years in operation. York, who died last year aged 55, was a director ...

Blue Note Jazz Club has been granted a licence to open its first UK club, which is due to open its doors in early 2026. Set within the basement of the St Martins Lane hotel in Covent Garden, London, ...

Aitch, Hot Chip, Sugababes, The Wombats, Sigala and Kaiser Chiefs are among the first artists to offer fans Access-All-Areas (AAA) digital passes. Launched by multi-channel D2F platform Planet, the ...

SJM Concerts paid tribute to the late Chris York after being named Live Music Promoter of the Year at the 2025 Music Week Awards. Accepting the award at last night’s ceremony at London’s Grosvenor ...

A class action lawsuit against the state of NSW has begun in Australia over potentially unlawful strip-searches at music festivals by police officers. More than 3,000 alleged victims have joined the ...

AEG Presents has acquired live music venue The Complex in downtown Salt Lake City. Established in 2010, The Complex contains multiple indoor and outdoor event spaces and has welcomed more than two ...

A new 7,000-capacity live entertainment venue called Idea Live Arena has officially opened in Malaysia. The arena is located in Petaling Jaya – a metropolitan community to the west of Kuala Lumpur – ...

The Mack is back. Following two acclaimed Las Vegas residencies and a revered Super Bowl halftime show, Usher returned in full force with Past Present Future – his first widespread tour in a decade.

IQ 135, the latest issue of the international live music industry’s leading magazine, is available to read online now. In the May 2025 issue, Hanna Ellington goes behind the scenes of Usher’s Past ...

The German touring sector is gaining a new awards ceremony as a successor to the Live Entertainment Award (LEA). First held in Hamburg in 2006, the LEA had been held at Frankfurt’s Festhalle since ...

Festival lineups are coming in thick and fast as events in the US, Europe, and Australia deliver impressive programmes for 2025. Texas’s Austin City Limits revealed its stellar lineup yesterday, with ...

Sensible Events founder Andrew Zweck has taken IQ behind the scenes of “the world’s longest running free festival on a mountaintop” following its 30th anniversary celebrations. Live Aid production ...