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Alpha Vantage · end-of-day closes, not real time · read 2026-11-13 09:16 UTC

Listed companies with reported live-music exposure. Not an index, not a recommendation, and not a measure of live music alone: only Live Nation is close to a pure-play, and the others report material revenue from sport, theatre, media or other events. Methodology

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Legends Global Expands Long-Term Partnership With House Of Townend Across UK Portfolio (opens news.pollstar.com in a new tab)Pollstar

Live Music Industry in Motion

Wire updated 2026-11-13 08:49 UTC / 160 stored headlines

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Archival alternative-press covers digitally arranged by Live Index, including The Rocket, Village Voice, New Times and Free Press Houston.

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How the Death of Alternative Weeklies Changed the Ecology of Local Music

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Long-form analysis from Testset

Lead selected by rank; the stream below is newest first. No engagement data is used.

Sources and method — 16 active publishers

Live Index links to original reporting and does not republish full articles. Each item shows the publisher and the publication time supplied by that publisher’s feed; the headline opens the original page. The wire has two layers: a primary business wire covering ticketing and fees, promotion, venues, festivals, consolidation and policy, and a smaller curated Underground & experimental lane drawn from selected independent publications, where music editorial is retained even when it is not strictly business reporting. Personal-conduct and non-music items are filtered out of both. Preview images are supplied by the publisher and remain theirs. Published by Live Index, founded by Omar Afra.

Active

Pending or disabled

  • Resident Advisorpending

    RA no longer exposes a working public RSS endpoint: the historically documented /rss/news path returns 404 and ra.co publishes no rel=alternate feed. Held until an official feed is available.

  • VenuesNowpending

    No feed endpoint returning items could be confirmed. Pending.

  • Music Weekpending

    No public feed retrievable: the site returns 403 to automated requests. Awaiting a confirmed feed or licensed access.

  • Hypebotpending

    The only reachable public feed (FeedBurner) has not updated since 2019 and no current endpoint could be confirmed. Pending a working feed.

  • MIDiA Researchpending

    No public blog feed could be confirmed. Pending.

  • Digital Music Newspending

    Feed endpoint returns 403 to automated retrieval. Pending a permitted access route.

  • HITS Daily Doublepending

    No feed endpoint returning items could be confirmed. Pending.

  • Business Wire — Entertainmentdisabled

    Category feed identifier not confirmed. Disabled pending verification.

  • PR Newswire — Entertainmentdisabled

    Wire releases are primary documents rather than reporting; no confirmed category feed. Disabled pending an editorial decision.

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National indicators, documented relationships and original analysis. Every published relationship leads back to its source.

Published records
552
Public entities
274
Sourced links
260

Evidence graph / Public record

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260 cited relationships across published people, companies, venues, festivals and representation records. Every edge retains its source and status.

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Research instruments

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Research / instrumentU.S. Concert Ticket Sales by Year, 2000–2025: What the Public Record Actually MeasuresA source-led annual history of North American top-tour tickets, gross and prices, with the Pollstar revision seam and changing cohorts visible.Research / instrumentWhere Do Concert Tickets Go Before General Sale? Holds, Presales and the Inventory StackA sourced account of ticket presales, production holds, public sale and late release; historical New York allocations are not national rules.Research / instrumentWhere Does Concert Gross Go? Artist, Promoter, Venue and Ticketing EconomicsTrace face value, fees, expenses and artist deals without treating a DOJ-described Live Nation practice as every concert contract.Research / instrumentHow Many Concert Promoters Are There in America? What Federal Data Can Actually CountCensus counted 9,305 employer establishments in broader NAICS 7113 in 2023, not concert-only promoters; employment counts workers, not firms.Research / instrumentWho Controls America’s Amphitheaters? Ownership, Operation, Promotion and TicketingSeparate DOJ allegations about U.S. large amphitheaters from Live Nation’s global portfolio disclosure and documented local venue relationships.

From the Data Console

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  • Admissions prices

    +2.5%

    Admissions prices, 12-month change

    September 2026

    Series and method

  • Performing arts employment

    144,300

    Payroll jobs · 109.3% of February 2020

    September 2026

    Series and method

  • Promoter workforce pay

    $21.64

    Median hourly wage, NAICS 711300

    May 2025

    Series and method

Live Index is a public research, data and evidence layer for the business of live music. the Data Console holds the national indicators, market instruments and price series behind the wire, and research documents the method.