Sean | Drowned in Sound
@drownedinsound.bsky.social
Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000). Manager of musicians including Charlotte Church and The Anchoress.
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Could ticket touts finally be on their way out?
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
UK Caps Ticket Resale at Face Value: What Took So Long?
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 19/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Could ticket touts finally be on their way out?
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Too many of us have ticket horror stories!
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Too many of us have ticket horror stories!
The BBC has a lot of problems
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The BBC has a lot of problems
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
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We’re facing an emergency.
We understand how busy MPs are, but ask them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
Top scientists will set out latest threats and key actions so MPs can protect the public.
Please click to see if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
We understand how busy MPs are, but ask them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
Top scientists will set out latest threats and key actions so MPs can protect the public.
Please click to see if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We’re facing an emergency.
We understand how busy MPs are, but ask them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
Top scientists will set out latest threats and key actions so MPs can protect the public.
Please click to see if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
We understand how busy MPs are, but ask them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
Top scientists will set out latest threats and key actions so MPs can protect the public.
Please click to see if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
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Feel like a lot of people wrapped up their relationship with Spotify this year and it’s gonna be a bit of a badge of shame to share this over the coming weeks
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Feel like a lot of people wrapped up their relationship with Spotify this year and it’s gonna be a bit of a badge of shame to share this over the coming weeks
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
When did you last feel like the music industry or the world was getting better rather than worse?
Just went beyond 'cringe on main' and just shared 'hope in your inbox' - is there anything more cringe? www.drownedinsound.org/defunding-ti...
Just went beyond 'cringe on main' and just shared 'hope in your inbox' - is there anything more cringe? www.drownedinsound.org/defunding-ti...
Defunding Ticket Touts
Fairer ticketing coming to the UK?
www.drownedinsound.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When did you last feel like the music industry or the world was getting better rather than worse?
Just went beyond 'cringe on main' and just shared 'hope in your inbox' - is there anything more cringe? www.drownedinsound.org/defunding-ti...
Just went beyond 'cringe on main' and just shared 'hope in your inbox' - is there anything more cringe? www.drownedinsound.org/defunding-ti...
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We talk a lot about the things that need to change in music and on this week’s Drowned in Sound podcast we meet one of the driving forces behind ending touts and bots ripping off fans 🙌
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
UK Caps Ticket Resale at Face Value: What Took So Long?
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 19/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We talk a lot about the things that need to change in music and on this week’s Drowned in Sound podcast we meet one of the driving forces behind ending touts and bots ripping off fans 🙌
Reposted by Sean | Drowned in Sound
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
UK Caps Ticket Resale at Face Value: What Took So Long?
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 19/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
UK Caps Ticket Resale at Face Value: What Took So Long?
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 19/11/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
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Trump’s callous dismissal of Khashoggi: unforgivable
Disparaging one of his own citizens so he can cozy up to the same Saudi govt his *own* admin + CIA found liable for the murder 🤮
UN, Turkey, UK & US all concluded it was MBS => Saudi Consulate, Agents, Planes
It is *beyond* doubt. Bubonic cunt.
Disparaging one of his own citizens so he can cozy up to the same Saudi govt his *own* admin + CIA found liable for the murder 🤮
UN, Turkey, UK & US all concluded it was MBS => Saudi Consulate, Agents, Planes
It is *beyond* doubt. Bubonic cunt.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump’s callous dismissal of Khashoggi: unforgivable
Disparaging one of his own citizens so he can cozy up to the same Saudi govt his *own* admin + CIA found liable for the murder 🤮
UN, Turkey, UK & US all concluded it was MBS => Saudi Consulate, Agents, Planes
It is *beyond* doubt. Bubonic cunt.
Disparaging one of his own citizens so he can cozy up to the same Saudi govt his *own* admin + CIA found liable for the murder 🤮
UN, Turkey, UK & US all concluded it was MBS => Saudi Consulate, Agents, Planes
It is *beyond* doubt. Bubonic cunt.
Just interviewed Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social about the end of unregulated secondary ticketing / touts / scalpers
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
Plans afoot to ban ticket touts and secondary ticketing in the UK: good idea?
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
The end of ticket touts
Viagogo can go talk a long walk off a short pier
community.drownedinsound.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just interviewed Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social about the end of unregulated secondary ticketing / touts / scalpers
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
If the UK govt had any spine, they'd be doing a JD Vance and calling out freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the US
Sounds like a job for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Sounds like a job for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If the UK govt had any spine, they'd be doing a JD Vance and calling out freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the US
Sounds like a job for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Sounds like a job for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Plans afoot to ban ticket touts and secondary ticketing in the UK: good idea?
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
The end of ticket touts
Viagogo can go talk a long walk off a short pier
community.drownedinsound.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Plans afoot to ban ticket touts and secondary ticketing in the UK: good idea?
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
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I always just assumed that gig time guesswork was a normal cultural thing, until I started going to gigs with my partner who - as a theatre fan - was bewildered by my vague assertion that "maybe the headliner is on at 9".
Interested to read this and the MVT blog that's come out since.
Interested to read this and the MVT blog that's come out since.
Should venues share stage times?
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?
Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?
www.drownedinsound.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I always just assumed that gig time guesswork was a normal cultural thing, until I started going to gigs with my partner who - as a theatre fan - was bewildered by my vague assertion that "maybe the headliner is on at 9".
Interested to read this and the MVT blog that's come out since.
Interested to read this and the MVT blog that's come out since.
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Great, balanced article on this: markdavyd.substack.com/p/the-room-w... Personally, it doesn't sit right with me to to make gigs pay by making people buy overpriced drinks; but what do they actually need to cost to make them sustainable to the act, promoter and venue? That would be interesting data.
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great, balanced article on this: markdavyd.substack.com/p/the-room-w... Personally, it doesn't sit right with me to to make gigs pay by making people buy overpriced drinks; but what do they actually need to cost to make them sustainable to the act, promoter and venue? That would be interesting data.
Not everyone who thinks “immigration is out of control” is racist but a lot of racists are happy to hear it
Not everyone who thinks “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and that their wealth extraction is out of control is a socialist but they’re happy to hear it
It’s interesting which gets more airtime
Not everyone who thinks “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and that their wealth extraction is out of control is a socialist but they’re happy to hear it
It’s interesting which gets more airtime
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Not everyone who thinks “immigration is out of control” is racist but a lot of racists are happy to hear it
Not everyone who thinks “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and that their wealth extraction is out of control is a socialist but they’re happy to hear it
It’s interesting which gets more airtime
Not everyone who thinks “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and that their wealth extraction is out of control is a socialist but they’re happy to hear it
It’s interesting which gets more airtime
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
Feel like a lot of people wrapped up their relationship with Spotify this year and it’s gonna be a bit of a badge of shame to share this over the coming weeks
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Feel like a lot of people wrapped up their relationship with Spotify this year and it’s gonna be a bit of a badge of shame to share this over the coming weeks
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
Or am I wrong? youtu.be/yPC6Xt6wGho?...
Elon Musk’s friend is one of the only people thrilled by Labour’s new immigration policy
It’s time to stop calling Labour a “centre left” party as they offer little sign of it in how they’re running the UK
Recommend listening: @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s pod
It’s time to stop calling Labour a “centre left” party as they offer little sign of it in how they’re running the UK
Recommend listening: @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s pod
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Elon Musk’s friend is one of the only people thrilled by Labour’s new immigration policy
It’s time to stop calling Labour a “centre left” party as they offer little sign of it in how they’re running the UK
Recommend listening: @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s pod
It’s time to stop calling Labour a “centre left” party as they offer little sign of it in how they’re running the UK
Recommend listening: @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s pod
In a week where criticisms of the BBC from Tory & radical right politicians as well as people who work for offshore media barons…
It’s great to wake up to BBC World Service leading the news with the climate protests in Belem and giving people trying to protect the planet a fair shake
It’s great to wake up to BBC World Service leading the news with the climate protests in Belem and giving people trying to protect the planet a fair shake
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
In a week where criticisms of the BBC from Tory & radical right politicians as well as people who work for offshore media barons…
It’s great to wake up to BBC World Service leading the news with the climate protests in Belem and giving people trying to protect the planet a fair shake
It’s great to wake up to BBC World Service leading the news with the climate protests in Belem and giving people trying to protect the planet a fair shake
This is a vision of the UK’s Trump loving future
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is a vision of the UK’s Trump loving future
The same people obsessed with historic grooming gangs are not at all interested in the involvement of the powerful with historic grooming gangs
BBC is far from perfect but…people who’d rather have a media run by Murdoch and Paul Marshall will also decry elites in a time of billionaires & food banks
BBC is far from perfect but…people who’d rather have a media run by Murdoch and Paul Marshall will also decry elites in a time of billionaires & food banks
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The same people obsessed with historic grooming gangs are not at all interested in the involvement of the powerful with historic grooming gangs
BBC is far from perfect but…people who’d rather have a media run by Murdoch and Paul Marshall will also decry elites in a time of billionaires & food banks
BBC is far from perfect but…people who’d rather have a media run by Murdoch and Paul Marshall will also decry elites in a time of billionaires & food banks
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As a frequent gig-goer, I totally get this article. Some venues a lot better than others.
Should venues share stage times?
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?
Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?
www.drownedinsound.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As a frequent gig-goer, I totally get this article. Some venues a lot better than others.
It’s also failing to mention that Trump repeatedly speaks things that turned out to be untrue, shares deep fakes, and appears to be saying things about the BBC could lead to a legal rebuke
He claimed “They changed the words coming out of my mouth.”
No they didn’t. They edited the order.
He claimed “They changed the words coming out of my mouth.”
No they didn’t. They edited the order.
A lot of the anti-BBC commentary this week has omitted to mention that:
a) Trump himself lost a defamation suit (against E. Jean Carroll)
b) Trump was fined in 2023 for bringing a frivolous claim against his political enemies on.ft.com/3XA1qnW
a) Trump himself lost a defamation suit (against E. Jean Carroll)
b) Trump was fined in 2023 for bringing a frivolous claim against his political enemies on.ft.com/3XA1qnW
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s also failing to mention that Trump repeatedly speaks things that turned out to be untrue, shares deep fakes, and appears to be saying things about the BBC could lead to a legal rebuke
He claimed “They changed the words coming out of my mouth.”
No they didn’t. They edited the order.
He claimed “They changed the words coming out of my mouth.”
No they didn’t. They edited the order.