By Jill Goldsmith
13.02.2020 - 18:21 / billboard.com
TOKYO – The Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster announced it will be expanding into Asia with the purchase of Tixcraft in Taiwan and the launch of Ticketmaster in Singapore. This will increase Ticketmaster’s presence to 32 countries worldwide.The news follows a December 2019 announcement that Ticketmaster successfully secured a place on the Sports Hub panel in Singapore.
This gave it a seat at the table as one of three ticketing companies that promoters can select in market. Sports Hub is Singapore’s
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has revealed that her daughter Rosie has self-isolated after falling ill in Singapore. The TV host spoke about the threat of the coronavirus on her ITV show, and explained that despite Rosie just having "a bit of a cold", her husband Steve had flown over to Asia to be with their only child.
Marg Helgenberger, Norah O’Donnell, Jessica Camacho and Carrie Inn Ababa will be among those taking part in a continuing effort by ViacomCBS to press for more accurate portrayals of women and girls in advertising, marketing, media, and entertainment, an initiative led by the Association of National Advertisers’ “See Her” initiative.
Lorraine Kelly revealed her daughter has 'self-isolated' in Singapore amidst worldwide Coronavirus fears.
FAITH is a five-member up-and-coming J-pop band whose latest track, "Party All Night," has been getting huge airplay.
U.S. rock band Green Day on Friday called off all of the Asian shows in its upcoming world tour because of the coronavirus outbreak, the latest music act to pull back from performances in the region.
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences president and CEO Adam Sharp hopes that spreading the Daytime Emmys out over three nights this year will give more winners their due — and the audience a chance to breathe.
Green Day has canceled scheduled tour dates in Asia due to the coronavirus epidemic. The band’s Hella Mega tour would have taken them throughout the continent in March — and in countries with confirmed cases of the virus — starting in Singapore and stopping in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo.
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Vevo is expanding into Australia and New Zealand. The video streaming company launches a new sales office in Sydney
FilmOne Entertainment, the Nigerian distributor and production company, has gone into production on the first movie to cash in on the $1 million film fund it launched with China’s Huahua Media and South Africa’s Empire Entertainment in December.
Scandinavian powerhouse SF Studios has boosted its presence in the U.K. with two new executive hires.
As it continues to expand its global profile, Nordic major SF Studios is ramping up its U.K. operations with high-profile new hires and is developing “Don’t Move,” an English-language survival thriller project to be directed by Scandinavian up-and-comer Alain Darborg (“Alex”).
Stephen Malkmus has shared a video of his previously unreleased song “Brainwashed.” The solo acoustic performance was filmed for La Blogothéque at La Fontaine de Belleville in Paris. He also expanded his U.S. tour in support of his forthcoming third solo album Traditional Techniques. Check out the “Brainwashed” video and the full list of dates below. Find tickets for Stephen Malkmus’ tour here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)