Crowded, controversial, but rarely dull, the ticketing market is one of the most talked about sectors in the entire music industry.

It’s big business, of course – Live Nation’s market-leading Ticketmaster division is on track to deliver record results for the year, the ticketing arm of German behemoth CTS Eventim was up 4% for the first nine months of 2018 and US-headquartered Eventbrite posted significant increases in all key performance indicators after floating on the New York Stock Exchange in ...