Premium seats at famed Kyoto festival aimed at foreigners highlight cultural conundrum

Premium seats at famed Kyoto festival aimed at foreigners highlight cultural conundrum

Balancing the need to attract visitors while preserving traditional rituals is an ongoing challenge for Japanese communities where local festivals are valuable assets that bring much-needed tourist spending. But sometimes it comes at a cost to culture. This seems to be especially true for a Shinto shrine whose centuries-old annual celebration for deities has become … Read more

Pushpa 2 breaks records as it becomes first film to sell 18 million+ tickets on BookMyShow : Bollywood News

Pushpa 2 breaks records as it becomes first film to sell 18 million+ tickets on BookMyShow : Bollywood News

One of the most highly anticipated releases Pushpa 2: The Rule has definitely set the cash registers ringing with the tremendous response it has been experiencing. While it doesn’t come as a surprise considering the immense hoopla surrounding its release and the love of Indian fans towards Allu Arjun, it seems that the action movie … Read more

Taylor Swift Concert Gate Crashed By Security Impersonator

Taylor Swift Concert Gate Crashed By Security Impersonator

Taylor Swift Concert Gate Crashed By Security Impersonator Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of … Read more

Toronto run of Come From Away extended through March

Toronto run of Come From Away extended through March

Come From Away is staying in Toronto a few months longer than expected. Mirvish Productions has extended the musical’s run through to March. Performances of the latest run, which started Sunday, had been scheduled to go until Dec. 22, but Mirvish says it’s extending the run for a second block of performances due to popular demand, with … Read more

Why has World Expo 2025 so excited host Osaka? It triggers memories of 1970 Expo in Japan

Why has World Expo 2025 so excited host Osaka? It triggers memories of 1970 Expo in Japan

Visitors to Tokyo and Kyoto might not realise it, but Osaka – one of Japan’s biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist destination – is gearing up to host next year’s World Expo. The city has been plastered with the expo’s red-and-blue “Myaku-Myaku” mascot for months and is abuzz … Read more

U.K. competition watchdog probing use of ‘dynamic pricing’ in Oasis ticket debacle

U.K. competition watchdog probing use of ‘dynamic pricing’ in Oasis ticket debacle

Britain’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing” to hike the cost to fans at the last minute. Thousands of fans waited long hours in virtual queues last weekend to get their hands on tickets for the British band’s reunion shows … Read more

What is ‘dynamic pricing,’ and why are Oasis fans furious about it?

What is ‘dynamic pricing,’ and why are Oasis fans furious about it?

Thousands of Oasis fans waited long hours in virtual queues this weekend to get their hands on tickets for the British band’s reunion shows next summer, only to find that prices had been hiked as part of a “dynamic pricing” scheme. Many fans who waited for more than three hours thinking they would pay the … Read more

Kartik Aaryan starrer Chandu Champion opts for audience-friendly pricing with Rs. 150 ticket scheme on June 14 : Bollywood News

Kartik Aaryan starrer Chandu Champion opts for audience-friendly pricing with Rs. 150 ticket scheme on June 14 : Bollywood News

Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan’s upcoming film Chandu Champion has taken a unique approach to ticket pricing, opting for a Rs. 150 ticket scheme across theatres in India on June 14. This move has been met with positive reactions from fans and industry insiders alike, who see it as a welcome change in an era of … Read more

You’re (still) a superstar: Nostalgia tours drum up big feelings and big money

You’re (still) a superstar: Nostalgia tours drum up big feelings and big money

Nostalgia tours have come for millennials, and they’re they’re no longer confined to big cities.  Halifax star Sarah McLachlan is touring North America this month to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her classic album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, while Belleville, Ont., rocker Avril Lavigne is in the midst of a “greatest hits” run celebrating her early 2000s … Read more

U.S. suing Ticketmaster owner Live Nation

U.S. suing Ticketmaster owner Live Nation

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists. “It is time to break up Live Nation,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. Concert fans … Read more