Hilltop grows into festivals

South Africa's Hilltop Live will launch three new festivals in 2014 including XOOXITY - planned as a 30,000 capacity multi day event in Johannesburg - alongside a technology conference called Tech4Africa. Hilltop are also looking to launch a touring night time festival called Afro Nista  - alongside Africa's first "black music camping festival".  Hilltop already promote the 20,000 capacity Oppikoppi festival and 20,000 capacity RAMfest.

Stones for O2

After massive hints from both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones have announced a number of 50th anniversary shows - two at London's O2 Arena and two at the Prudential Center near New York. Tickets for the UK shows will officially go on sale on Friday 19th October, though are available now to American Express customers. Tickets will be priced between £106 and £406 face value. The tickets were already being resold on Seatwave for up to £11,000. The shows are the first project for new global touring enterprise Virgin Live, a joint venture between the Virgin Group and the Dainty Group. It is thought the band will tour in 2013.