Over 75,000 artists in 20+ countries can now sell concert tickets directly within the TikTok app

In August 2022, TikTok struck up a ticketing partnership with Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster to permit TikTok customers to purchase live performance tickets from throughout the TikTok app.

Now the businesses are increasing that partnership into greater than 20 new markets, following the beta launch within the US in 2022. The characteristic is accessible now for over 75,000 artists.

The combination now launches within the UK, Eire, Australia, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden.

Licensed Artists on TikTok in these collaborating nations can now choose Ticketmaster beneath the ‘Add hyperlink’ possibility earlier than posting a video.

They will then seek for any occasion on Ticketmaster after which choose “Add to video” so as to add the hyperlink. As soon as creators share their video, TikTok customers will then see a “Get Tickets” button throughout the video description that directs customers to purchase tickets on Ticketmaster.

To date, the partnership has seen ticketing campaigns for each established and rising artists, comedians and sports activities groups, together with Niall Horan, The Kooks, Burna Boy and Shania Twain.

TikTok says that there have been greater than 2.5 billion views of movies utilizing the in-app characteristic by artists, sports activities groups and occasion organizers since its beta launch.

The enlargement of the partnership with Ticketmaster marks TikTok’s newest transfer on this planet of dwell occasions.

Final month, TikTok announced that it will likely be internet hosting its first-ever dwell music occasion, known as ‘TikTok In The Combine’ in December 10, 2023, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, which can even be streamed globally by way of TikTok Dwell. (The ticketing accomplice for the venue is tickets.com and that TikTok’s promoter accomplice for the occasion is DWP.)

The lineup options headliners Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta, and Charlie Puth, together with rising expertise Sam Barber, Isabel LaRosa, Kaliii, and LU KALA from TikTok’s Elevate rising artists program.

“By enabling followers to purchase tickets straight by means of TikTok, we’re giving artists the chance to succeed in ticket consumers in an entire new manner and alter the sport for dwell occasions around the globe.”

Michael Kümmerle, TikTok

Michael Kümmerle, World Music Partnership Improvement Lead, TikTok, stated: “That is an thrilling second for the hundreds of thousands of passionate music followers within the TikTok group.

“By enabling followers to purchase tickets straight by means of TikTok, we’re giving artists the chance to succeed in ticket consumers in an entire new manner and alter the sport for dwell occasions around the globe.

“As we deliver followers nearer to the artists and occasions they love, we hope to ship additional worth to all artists all through all phases of their careers and supply extra alternatives for a rising fanbase. We’re very excited to see how our partnership with Ticketmaster will develop over time.”

“At present’s music lives on a worldwide stage and the demand for ‘dwell’ has by no means been better.”

Michael Chua, Ticketmaster

Michael Chua, VP World Enterprise Improvement & Strategic Partnerships, Ticketmaster, stated: “At present’s music lives on a worldwide stage and the demand for ‘dwell’ has by no means been better.

“By our partnership, TikTok and Ticketmaster are empowering artists to simply join their content material to occasion discovery and ticket buy in-app making it simpler than ever for followers around the globe to expertise their favourite artists dwell.”Music Enterprise Worldwide