In his new role, Blackburn will be responsible for EVENTIM's business development in the UK and Ireland in order to help expand the company's market share.

Blackburn said he was excited about joining the company and added, "EVENTIM has always been at the forefront of technological advance and I believe the EVENTIM system really has an edge over the competition in terms of attractive features and impeccable performance."

EVENTIM CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg, noted Blackburn was the driving force in ticketing ...