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https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ticketmaster-launches-global-ticketmaster-livestream-service/

One passage in particular caught my eye...

“Most recently, the platform sold over 125,000 tickets to a virtual performance in the UK by Niall Horan, with fans in more than 150 countries tuning in. The event was streamed by live-stream firm Driift.”

So no, not ‘powered by Napster’ at all. No mention of Melody or Napster whatsoever throughout the article in fact. It seems we’re out in the cold on this.

No. It isn’t. This did make me smile though. Anyone who watched along in horror in the old CTAG days will remember all the hype about ‘powered by Cloudtag’ and will be able to tell you how that turned out. I was never in there, but one or two of our semi-regulars here were.

Yes indeed. Let's wait until people can go out and watch things live again before we attempt to produce a streaming version which could be viewed in the home. Bulletproof strategy that.

Albert, surely even you, one of the company’s most ardent cheerleaders, must admit that it’s all gone suspiciously quiet on that front? The ‘great deal’ hasn’t produced a great deal so far, has it? And that’s before we get in to the situation with LiveNation.

Well this particular thread has been one of the more embarrassing displays I've ever seen on LSE - and AIM bulletin boards are full of them. Quite the feat. Two grown men presumably. Excruciating. Hopefully the moderators will take pity on them both and remove the whole thing before too many others see it.

I agree that it’s not looking great scotty. I’m hoping the change to Napster will bring about a bit of an artificial sp bounce, at which point I’ll be dumping this. I have little faith that this new app is going to land on time, based on company performance to date. Not without a load more dilution anyway.

“We did know it was due in the AD”

Lol, you were one of the ones trying to deny it when I mentioned it last week. Then when the RNS hit yesterday your first question was ‘what does this mean?’ Stop pretending you have a single clue what’s going on.

Yes, indeed. SP tanking again this morning, which is hardly a surprise. The market knows a duff deal when it sees one.

I won’t be buying any more. I’ve already got more of these than I’d ideally like to be holding.

If that's how you see it then fair enough. Smells a lot like death spiral funding to me.

Anyone seen 'TopSharePicks' or whatever his name is? He was ramping the life out of this last week and seems to have vanished just in time for the dilution RNS. Nothing fishy about that whatsoever.

TBB, that isn’t ‘the best way’ to deal with anything, much as you can’t avoid a difficult medical diagnosis by putting your fingers in your ears and going ‘la la la can’t hear you’. Don’t hide from debate. Develop the courage to participate like an adult, instead of resorting to childish petulance whenever you’re confronted with difficult opinions.

Rikki is right in saying that the timing isn’t ideal. They’ve launched a deal which establishes the Melody name in an important new territory, right before they shelve the Melody name forever. This is suboptimal by any measure.

That said, I’m impressed that they’re dialling up the RNS output. The consistent news flow is helping to get more investor eyeballs on the company and has broken the slow decline that the sp has been in of late.

'Pre-NASDAQ manipulation'. Lol, I don't think I'll ever get bored of reading AIM bulletin boards. You could write a comedy about some of the fantastical nonsense that gets posted on these things.

This would actually be brilliant if they could pull it off. I know Metallica is already well in to streaming and concert recording anyway though. They were posting full concert shows from around the world on YouTube, for a limited time, during the first lockdown.

They did a charity show recently which was livestreamed - https://www.metallica.com/news/2020-11-24-helping-hands-raises-over-one-million-dollars.html - LiveNation mentioned in there as a delivery partner, whom we may or may not still have a relationship with.

Forgive me 'topsharepicks', but it seems like you've just turned up to ramp this based on speculation, nonsense and hot air. I'm sure that couldn't possibly be the case. Good luck with those Maplin shares.

Well if you're basing that on info from 2018 then you should probably have a look at buying some Toys 'R' Us and Maplin shares as well.

An article from 2018 now! Well we're on fire today aren't we?

I agree with this tones, but probably for slightly different reasons. The company has essentially existed entirely on 'jam tomorrow' thus far and a NASDAQ listing would likely be the ultimate version of this. The sizeable bump provided by a NASDAQ listing would almost certainly enable me to get a decent chunk of my investment out at a very tidy profit, without ever having to worry about whether the company can deliver on its aims & claims. It'd be a fantastic result and I hope it's what they're aiming for.

"I’m holding a long position on MVR (have been for years) and therefore I’m hoping your baseless prediction comes true."

Lol MG85. With that comment you've summed up a good 90% of the output on here. 'Evidence? Nah, don't need it mate. Pie in the sky predictions and blind faith make for a robust investment case, right?'

In all seriousness though, the Napster name change is the right decision, albeit not fresh news. They've been saying all along that they planned to fold Melody in to Napster and that the Napster name would be the surviving entity.

"Each question was answered with a question. Would I like to see more? I asked about theatre which i could tell took her by surprise. Im fairly sure she was advised at that point. I was interviewed for approximately 45 mins but I haven't said anything because I couldn't glean anything new out of the conversation."

Thanks Sjd. Exactly as I assumed.

"Simple as that, in my opinion"

Yes, 'simple' seems an apposite description.