Overview

• CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg forecasts that live concert ticket prices will continue to climb as touring has overtaken recorded music sales as artists’ primary revenue source.
• Event organizers face limited pricing flexibility after infrastructure and staffing costs climbed about 45% since the end of the pandemic.
• Automated scalpers generate millions of bot purchase attempts at major onsales, but Eventim’s blocking systems now reject most of these attempts.
• Fansale, Eventim’s authorized secondary-market platform since 2007, continues operating under the April 2025 regulations with price caps, transparency mandates and penalties on unfair practices.
• As the world’s second-largest ticket provider behind Live Nation Entertainment, Eventim is balancing fan protection with rising artist fees and venue demands.