Market Report: Spain

Spain’s ticketing sector has had another eventful year, with record revenues, regulatory pressure, and another round of high-demand on-sale controversies

Spain’s ticketing sector has had another eventful year, with record revenues, regulatory pressure, and another round of high-demand on-sale controversies. The live music box office climbed to €807.2m, with Madrid alone accounting for 29.4% of spend, while Bad Bunny’s run sold around 800,000 tickets.

Yet controversy over their sale, and scrutiny over fees, availability, and resale, has kept Ticketmaster in the regulatory spotlight. Eventim’s entradas. com has diversified into festivals, sport, public-sector ticketing, and high-demand on-sales such as the Operación…