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CAN FESTIVALS STILL BREAK ARTISTS IN 2025?
Is the festival circuit as important as ever to emerging talent, or does it now serve a different role? IQ investigates
R&L ANNOUNCES ‘HISTORIC OVERHAUL’ TO CAMPING SITES
Reading & Leeds Festival have announced details of a ‘historic overhaul’ to its camping offering – marking the biggest site change in the festival’s 55-year history.
LOWLANDS DIRECTOR TOASTS 23-MINUTE SELLOUT
The 2025 edition of Lowlands sold out in less than half an hour on Saturday (8 January), becoming the latest speedy sellout of this year’s festival season.
ENTRIES OPEN FOR MICEBOOK AWARDS 2025
The micebook Awards 2025 are open for entry, and brands, agencies and suppliers are invited to enter their teams, businesses and best work from the past year.
BRIDGING THE GAP: ALIGNING PROCUREMENT, STAKEHOLDERS, AND EVENT AGENCIES FOR SUCCESS
At this year’s micebook EXPO, industry experts gathered to discuss how event agencies, procurement teams, and corporate stakeholders can work together more effectively.
THE (BEHAVIOURAL) SCIENCE BEHIND MEMORABLE EVENTS
At this year’s micebook EXPO, Lea Karam, behavioural scientist and consulting director at Behave, took the stage to explore how behavioural science can be leveraged to design truly memorable and engaging events.
Highly successful’ ISE 2025 sets attendance milestones
Spain – Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 wrapped up ‘a highly successful week’ in Barcelona. The exhibition showcased its highest number of exhibitors with 1,605 and the largest show floor space with 92,000 sq.m net.
The Week in Light & Sound
Stepping Down – Celebrated lighting designer Paule Constable has announced her retirement from theatre. The multi-Olivier award-winning designer announced the move after accepting her award for Services to UK Theatre at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025.
Clair Global joins live music industry for FireAid fundraiser
USA – Billed as an ‘evening of music and solidarity’, the FireAid Benefit Concert – hosted by the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum on 30 January – saw 35 artists perform in a live broadcast that helped to raise millions for wildfire recovery efforts.
BEN HOWARD’S ANNIVERSARY TOUR HITS THE RIGHT NOTE WITH EIGHTH DAY SOUND
Ben Howard’s 10th anniversary tour for 2014’s UK number one album, I Forget Where We Were, visited venues across Europe with Eighth Day Sound’s audio services, looked after by Account Executive, Stuart Wright.
KYORITZ EQUIPS HIKARU UTADA’S SCIENCE FICTION TOUR WITH ROBE
FragmentNine (F9) led by Jeremy Lechterman was asked by Creative Director and Production Designer, Jason Ardizzone-West of JAW Studio to collaborate on the lighting elements of an impressive production design for Hikaru Utada’s 2024 tour, as the artist returned to live performance after a six-year hiatus for an extensive tour of Japan and Asia, supporting a new album project, Science Fiction.
SENSAPHONICS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF IEM INNOVATION
Sensaphonics is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025. As the only custom in-ear monitor manufacturer founded and operated by a practicing audiologist, Sensaphonics stands uniquely positioned to deliver safe, high-fidelity audio solutions for professionals in high-SPL environments.
Leeds Castle unveils new 2025 delegate packages
The historic Leeds Castle, located near Maidstone, Kent, has enhanced its meetings and events offer with the addition of two 24-hour delegate packages.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort achieves sustainability milestone with globally recognised EarthCheck certification
The Belfry Hotel & Resort achieves sustainability milestone with globally recognised EarthCheck certification
Last chance to host an event at 66 Portland Place before temporary closure
RIBA at 66 Portland Place, the Grade II* listed home of RIBA, will temporarily close from June 2025 as part of a two-year modernisation programme, meaning there is just four months left to host an event in this Art Deco building.
UK CLIMATE MINISTER KERRY MCCARTHY TO JOIN MOBY AT GEI17
Organisers of the Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI) have announced the conference speaker line up, which will include a keynote address from UK Climate minister Kerry McCarthy.
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