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IQ Magazine
IQ is the essential resource for the international live music business, publishing news, features, analysis & comment covering the global concert and festival businesses.
IQ Magazine compliments our daily news coverage and award-winning editorial, with deeper analysis, longform features, market reports, new signings & comment.
IQ Magazine is read and referenced by the world’s leading promoters, booking agents, venue operators and festival organisers.
The print version (temporarily halted due to COVID-19) is circulated to around 4,000 individuals and companies in more than 70 countries. Online, the magazine reaches a global audience of 20,000 live entertainment professionals.
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Previous issues
Issue 97
Features
- One Year On - 12 months of Covid
- New Tech at ILMC
- Live-streaming
- Music showcases: ILMC
Comment: Agent Mark Bennett on Coping in the Face of Adversity Tone Østerdal highlights funding frustration in Norway's live sector Sybil Bell on this year’s Independent Venue Week Your Shout: Who was the most surprising person you met at a gig or added to a guest list?
Issue 96
Features
- ILMC 33 Agenda
- Market Focus: New Zealand
- 30 Years of EAA
- Agent Mike Malak previews PULSE@ILMC
Comment: Conal Dodds on live-streaming Where music and gaming collides, with Jesse Kirshbaum Your Shout: What are you looking forward to most when life gets back to normal?
Issue 95
Features
- ILMC 33: What's on
- Resorts World Arena at 40
- Unsung Heroes 2020
- The International Ticketing Yearbook
Comment: Mariya Gabriel outlines Creative Europe's schemes to help live music How Iceland Airwaves recalibrated during 2020 Your Shout: What's the most positive aspect of 2020?
Issue 94
Features
- Agents of Change
- Covid Testing Solutions
- Q&A With Michael Chugg
- Hungarian Music Export Feature
Comment: Italian Singer-Songwriter Elisa on her Recent Tour Joe Frankland Talks Equality Your Shout: "What's the strangest superstition you've encountered?"
Issue 93
Features
- Highlights from the iFF
- Market Health: Czech Republic
- New Bosses 2020
- Unsung Hero: MVT's Clara Cullen
Comment: Annabel Coldrick Talks Licensing & Live-streams Tallinn Music Week's Helena Sildna on TMW 2020 Your Shout: Who is the Most Famous Person, Outside of Music, That You Have Met?
Issue 92
Features
- iFF Agenda
- Live-streaming During Covid
- Diversity in the Live Music Industry
- Unsung Hero: The Clapham Grand's Ally Wolf
Comment: Exit Festival's Dušan Kovačević on Social Activism Beverley Knight Talks Socially Distanced Concerts Your Shout: What's your most prized possession... ever?
