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Lyte-ing It Up: Q’s With Lyte’s Ant Taylor And Lawrence Peryer by Francisco Rendon on Pollstar.com, April 6, 2020 With the live industry dramatically disrupted, some have adopted anxious or more doom and gloom tones when talking about the business. Ticketing platform Lyte was seeing astronomical growth before the shutdown, matching its total 2018 revenue…

Will Call War Ticket agents strike out at scalpers over fan club ticket fraud Linda Deckard, Venues Today, June 30, 2006 The war between scalpers and musicians took a heated turn in May, when veteran rocker Tom Petty exercised what his management called unprecedented action against ticket re-sellers. When Petty’s management found out that 460…

What We’re Doing This Weekend: Hitting SoHo’s Bowie 75 Pop-Up Vogue article by Corey Seymour, October 29, 2021 First things first: The just-opened Bowie 75 space at 150 Wooster in SoHo isn’t a David Bowie museum, and it isn’t a capsule version of the recent acclaimed traveling exhibition David Bowie Is—but it’s much more than a mere shop….

The Pandemic Robbed Music Of Its Rapport. These Immersive Experiences Are Restoring It In Mind-Blowing Ways. Morgan Enos, Grammys.com, January 7, 2022 Sorry, music community: virtual concerts have proven to be no substitute for the real thing. In lieu of festivals and gigs, though — pandemic or no pandemic — these creatives are dreaming up…

Emerging Secondary Market In ‘Presale’ Passwords Irks Dues-Supported Fan Clubs By Joseph De Avila, September 20, 2007; Page D1 Stephanie Kendrid, a 31-year-old accountant in Los Angeles, could have paid $29.99 to join Kelly Clarkson’s fan club and gain special access to concert tickets. Instead, she placed an ad on Craigslist and paid $4 for…

Lawrence Peryer named CEO of Artist Arena by Chris Morris, Variety, February 7, 2012 Exec will head WMG’s artist-to-fan division Lawrence Peryer has been named CEO of Warner Music Group’s artist-to-fan division Artist Arena, the company announced internally on Tuesday. At the same time, Artist Arena founder Mark Weiss will move to a new role as senior…