ILMC 37 Open Forum report: Beyond the headlines
An all-star panel took a deep dive into ticket prices, grassroots and changing audience tastes – plus the emergence of India
News By James Hanley | 26 February 2025
ILMC’s annual state-of-the-nation opening session delved into the stadium boom, ticket pricing and the industry’s evolution following a huge year for live music.
Chaired by CAA’s Maria May, The Open Forum: Setting the Course brought together DF Concerts’ Geoff Ellis, Samantha Kirby Yoh of UTA, FKP Scorpio’s Folkert Koopmans and Ashish Hemrajani of India’s BookMyShow.
In her introduction, May noted it had been a “great year for some” but a “hard year for others”, and…