However, there were early signs that the company’s business has been winding down. Songkick peaked in 2015 when it handled ticket sales for Adele directly to her fans through its website to cut out scalpers. For the past decade, the company has helped music fans track live concerts in town and provided ticket services to fans directly through artists’ websites and fan clubs. In July 2017, CERG sold the Songkick discovery platform to Warner Music Group and in October 2017 shuttered its artist ticketing business.On October 12, Songkick, a tech start-up in the music industry, announced that it will stop selling tickets for good later this month. For additional information, visit About Complete Entertainment Resources GroupĬERG (Songkick) was founded in 2008 and became one of the world’s largest concert discovery and artist ticketing platforms. Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. “We are glad to have resolved this litigation and thank all the employees, artists and industry partners who contributed so much to our many successes over the last decade,” said Matt Jones, Chief Executive Officer of CERG.

“We are pleased that we were able to resolve this dispute and avoid protracted and costly legal proceedings, while also acquiring valuable assets,” said Joe Berchtold, President of Live Nation. The two companies also announced that they have agreed to a settlement resolving litigation that was scheduled to go to trial later this month. and related entities formerly known as Songkick (“CERG”) announced today that Live Nation has acquired certain assets from CERG, including CERG’s ticketing commerce platform, anti-scalping algorithm, API applications and patent portfolio. (“Live Nation”) and Complete Entertainment Resources Group, Inc. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

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