Christopher Barrett is a Content Director at [Employer]. He specializes in arts and entertainment, covering a wide range of topics including concerts and festivals, pop culture, and consumer events and conferences, with a particular focus on event technology. Christopher's work has been featured in Access All Areas Magazine, MFE Magazine, Archello, and Interior Design Magazine.
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Christopher Barrett's coverage primarily focuses on local entertainment news, particularly live events, concerts, and the music industry in London. He often reports on government announcements related to these topics and covers private sector developments as well.
If you have insights into new initiatives or significant changes within the London-based live events, concert promotions, or event venue management sectors, Christopher may be interested in hearing from you. Pitches related to exclusive interviews with key figures involved in shaping the cultural landscape of London's entertainment industry could also resonate well with his coverage focus.
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By: Christopher Barrett
WOMAD will, for the first time, entirely power its main stage with batteries using 100% green energy. The independent festival was one of the first events to work with Ecotricity and Grid Faeries to battery power a stage with renewable energy. In 2024, Grid Faeries and Ecotricity’s 1 MW clean energy battery was used to […]
Live Nation Entertainment has reported an operating loss of $371 million in Q1, impacted by a $450m ‘legal accrual’. The concert giant posted revenues of $3.79 billion during the quarter, 12% up on the same period last year and close to its Q1 record set in 2024. Despite the huge revenue result, Ticketmaster’s owner posted […]
By: Christopher Barrett
Amid concerns the UK Government will significantly delay its long-promised laws to ban ticket touting, artists and industry figures are campaigning for legislation to be included in the King’s Speech. With the speech scheduled for 13 May, the FanFair Alliance has launched a campaign urging prime minister Keir Starmer to keep the promise he made […]
By: Christopher Barrett
Apple Corps has announced The Beatles at 3 Savile Row, a seven-floor ‘fan exoperience’ in the venue where the band staged their final public performance. 3 Savile Row in London was one of the first homes to The Beatles’ management company, Apple Corps Ltd, where the band recorded the album Let It Be, and the […]
By: Christopher Barrett
Representatives from across the events industry have aired frustration that the UK Government has failed to include promised legislation in the King’s Speech to stamp out ticket re-sale profiteering. The Labour Government did use the speech to introduce a draft Ticket Tout Ban Bill to cap resale platforms’ service fees and make it illegal to […]
By: Christopher Barrett
A House of Commons committee has called for a full market investigation after becoming alarmed by the “climate of fear” around dominant firms in the UK’s live music industry. Live Nation’s market prominence in the UK could be set for further scrutiny, with the Business and Trade Committee now calling for the UK’s Competition and […]
London Warehouse Events (LWE) has partnered with placemaking group PROJEKT to open a 7,000-capacity temporary London venue. Located at Thames Wharf, Ironworks is set to open with a limited run of events in October. It will comprise of more than 80,000 sq ft of external riverside space alongside 78,000 sq ft of internal warehouse space. […]
By: Christopher Barrett
Harry Styles’ record run of 12 shows at Wembley Stadium (cap. 90,000) will inject £1.1 billion into the UK economy as London prepares for a record summer of live music. The Mayor of London’s office is predicting summer shows will attracts 7.5 million visitors and bring in around £2.7bn in revenue to the capital. Live […]
By: Christopher Barrett
Live Nation Entertainment has expanded its reach in Greece with the acquisition of local promoter High Priority Promotions (HPP). HPP’s recent show projects include an Iron Maiden gig in front of 50,000 fans at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, the band’s biggest show in Greece to date, and a Metallica show at the Olympic […]
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is preparing to stage a grass court tennis competition in New York’s Central Park. The Wimbledon Court Invitational will take place on a pop-up grass tennis court laid on the Wollman Rink in Central Park from 26-29 June. The tournament will see tennis legends take to the court […]
