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@anastasiat.bsky.social + Elizabeth Blair: More Staff Departures At The Kennedy Center | @npr.org

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More staff shakeups at the Kennedy Center

The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.

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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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@annabetts.bsky.social: Kennedy Center Artistic Programmer Resigns Less Than Two Weeks After Hiring | @GuardianUS

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Kennedy Center official resigns less than two weeks after hiring

Kevin Couch says he ‘resigned yesterday’, amid recent turmoil following a leadership overhaul initiated by Trump

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January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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@tedstew.bsky.social: Kevin Couch Kennedy Center Head Of Programming Resigns Less Than Two Weeks After Hire Was Announced | @deadline.com

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Kennedy Center Head Of Programming Resigns Less Than Two Weeks After Hire Was Announced

Kevin Couch departed the arts institution, now controlled by Donald Trump.

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January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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Todd Spangler | Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks | @variety.com

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Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks After His Hiring Was Announced

Kevin Couch, a veteran live entertainment exec and musician, was announced as the head of artistic programming at the newly rechristened Trump Kennedy Center on Jan. 16. Less than two weeks later, Cou...

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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM

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@hannahdailey.bsky.social: Musicians Who’ve Cancelled Kennedy Center Appearances To Protest Donald Trump’s Takeover | @billboard.com

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Musicians Who’ve Canceled Kennedy Center Appearances to Protest Donald Trump’s Takeover

Here's a list of musicians who've canceled Kennedy Center shows and appearances to protest Donald Trump's takeover of the institution.

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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM

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A Record One-Day STR

The usual musings about Bruno Mars, or Taylor Swift, and who sold the most tickets in a single day.

And in Other News …The Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell and Live Nation

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A Record One-Day STR … And in other news (30.01.26)

TJ Chambers Apparently, Bruno Mars now holds the record for the largest single-day ticket sales for the promoter Live Nation, with 2.1 million sold for ‘The Romantic Tour’ across North America, Eur…

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January 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM

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04.11.63 The Beatles @ Royal Variety Show - John Lennon introduced 'Twist & Shout' w/ 'For our last number I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you'll just rattle your jewellery'

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Some good points, but let's not confuse 'most engaged' with 'most affluent'. No direct mention of exploitative dynamic pricing practices either.

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@robsealy.bsky.social COO Openstage: UK Government Cap On #Ticket Reselling Will Allow Artists To Re-Capture Secondary Spend | MusicWeek

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January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM

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Radio Bremen (Chris Olley) – Live Session 47 (2026)

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Live Session 47, by Radio Bremen

8 track album

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January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM

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Murray Stassen | Universal Music Acquires Minority Stake In Superfan App Stationhead | Music Business Worldwide

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Universal Music acquires stake in superfan app Stationhead - Music Business Worldwide

UMG’s minority investment in the company follows Stationhead’s merger with online music event platform Mellomanic…

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January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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@robsealy.bsky.social COO Openstage: UK Government Cap On #Ticket Reselling Will Allow Artists To Re-Capture Secondary Spend | MusicWeek

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We can't stop with price caps for live events - we need to reimagine artists' relationships to fans

With the UK government pledging to introduce a cap on ticket resale pricing, it’s a big victory for campaigners. Here, Rob Sealy, chief creative officer at Openstage, says it offers the potential to b...

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January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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Opendate Event Booking, #Ticketing And Marketing Platform Raises $14 In Series A Round | #PR

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Opendate Raises $14M Series A Led by High Alpha to Accelerate a New Operating System for Live Events | Opendate

Opendate, the all-in-one platform for booking, ticketing, and marketing live events, announced today that it has raised a $14 million Series A led by High Alpha, with participation from existing inves...

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January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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@owenlloydsj.bsky.social: Demand For #Tickets To Access @nhm-london.bsky.social's New Pokémon Pop-Up Shop Crashes The Website | Ticketing Business News

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Pokémon ticket demand crashes Natural History Museum website

Demand for tickets to access the Natural History Museum’s new Pokémon pop-up shop in London have caused the institution’s website to crash.

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January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM

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@eamonn-forde.bsky.social: Ticketmaster In Conjunction w/ Ariana Grande To Redistribute #Tickets In Breach Of T&Cs | @iqmagazine.com

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Repossessed Ariana Grande tickets put into fan lottery

Tickets for Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour deemed to have violated Ticketmaster’s T&Cs are now being offered afresh to fans

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January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM

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@speriod.bsky.social: Ticketmaster Will Resell Cancelled Ariana Grande #Tickets From ‘Violating’ Sellers To Fans | @variety.com

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Ticketmaster Will Resell Canceled Ariana Grande Tickets From ‘Violating’ Sellers to Fans

Ticketmaster revealed that it will re-sell canceled Ariana Grande tickets from those who violated their terms directly to fans.

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January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM

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Cerys Davies | California’s AB 1349 Would Ban Speculative #Ticketing But Some Critics Claim This Will Strengthen Ticketmaster | @latimes.com

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Why California's fight over ticket fraud has become a proxy war against Ticketmaster and Live Nation

Fake and speculative tickets pop up all over secondary market ticket sites, due to high demand and limited stock. In California, these kinds of ticket sales could be banned.

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January 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM

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Kevin Dolak | Kid Rock States: For Fans And Artists The Live Nation-Ticketmaster 'Experiment Has Failed Miserably' | @thr.com

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Kid Rock to Congress: For Fans and Artists, the Live Nation-Ticketmaster “Experiment Has Failed Miserably”

The country-rock artists returned to Capitol Hill to discuss the astronomical cost of tickets and how to combat speculative ticketing and ticket-scooping bots.

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January 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM

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U.S. Senate Committee Commerce, Science And Transportation: Examining The Impact Of Ticket Sales Practices And Bot Resales On Concert Fans | #Blog w/ Testimonies

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Examining the Impact of Ticket Sales Practices and Bot Resales on Concert Fans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Pr...

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January 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM

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@eamonn-forde.bsky.social: Senate Hearing Told Music Industry 'Bent Over Time By Unchecked Consolidation, Deceptive Business Models, And Deliberate Inaction' | @iqmagazine.com

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US Senate hearing: Ticketing 'not broken by accident'

Industry professionals examined the live music ticketing sector during a committee hearing in the US Senate yesterday

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January 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM

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@chrisunlimited.bsky.social: Kid Rock Tells US Senate Committee 'Resale Price Caps Work' So The US Should Follow European Lead On #Ticket Touting | @cmuhq.bsky.social

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Kid Rock tells lawmakers “resale price caps work”, so US should follow European lead on ticket touting

Kid Rock yesterday testified in the US Senate at a session on ticketing, calling on American lawmakers to introduce a price-cap restricting how much touts can mark up the prices of tickets they sell. ...

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January 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM

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Nate Rau | U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Criticises Live Nation For Not Doing More To Combat Online #Ticket Scalping | @axios.com

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Blackburn presses Live Nation about ticket bots at Senate hearing

The Tennessee senator and Kid Rock pressured Live Nation to fight online ticket scalpers.

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January 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM

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Thomas Barrabi | Sen. Marsha Blackburn Rips Live Nation For ‘Very Insufficient’ Response To Online #Ticket Bot Allegations | @nypost.com

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