Front Gate Tickets launches in the UK

The Texan company, acquired by Ticketmaster in 2015, makes its British debut this summer, joining TicketWeb and Universe in TM's stable of specialised ticketing solutions

News By | 10 May 2017

New Order play Latitude 2016. The 2017 festival is the first UK event on Front Gate Tickets © Jen O'Neill for Latitude

Front Gate Tickets, the US white-label festival ticketing company whose clients include some of North America’s biggest events, has launched in the UK, IQ can reveal.

Front Gate Tickets (FGT), headquartered in Austin, Texas, was acquired by Ticketmaster/Live Nation along with DIY platform Universe in September 2015. It was previously jointly owned by AEG, Live Nation’s chief rival, and Lollapalooza promoter C3 Presents, itself now a Live Nation company.

The decision to launch FGT locally came as a…

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