UK live music firms report significant gender pay gap

Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Academy Music Group and AEG today revealed gender pay gaps ranging from 16.5% to 37.5%

News By Lisa Henderson | 5 April 2023

Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Academy Music Group and AEG are among the UK-based live music businesses that have submitted a gender pay gap (GPG) report for 2022/23.

From 2017, all companies in mainland Britain with more than 250 employees have been required to report their GPG – defined as the “difference in the average hourly wage of all men and women in an organisation” – for the previous year to the government equalities office.

The requirement was put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic, though many…

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