Music Glue is a specialist e-commerce platform for the music business which allows artists to sell physical and digital music, merchandise, and event tickets in multiple currencies and languages direct-to-fan.[1][2][3][4] The company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Sydney.[5][6][7][8]
Music Glue was launched in 2007 by Mark Meharry, with the goal of allowing artists to sell their music directly to consumers.[9][4][10] "Controlled filesharing" was introduced with the band Marillion.[11][12]
In July 2014, Music Glue became the primary ticket vendor for Gentlemen of the Road, a two-day festival in Lewes, Sussex.[14]
In September 2014, UK promotion group MAMA & Company announced a partnership with Music Glue for all applications for
The Great Escape 2015, whereby artists applying to play the Brighton-based festival would need to create a Music Glue profile in order for their application to be accepted.[15]
Music Glue now runs the apply to play service for The Great Escape, Bushstock, Mondo NYC, Live at Leeds, Kendall Calling, Focus Wales, Evolution Emerging, Norwich Sound & Vision, Metropolis Rising.[16][17]
In 2015, Public Service Broadcasting used Music Glue for pre-orders and direct-to-fan sales for their album The Race For Space which charted at number 11 in the UK Albums chart and number 1 in the UK Independent Albums chart, and for tickets for The Race For Space tour. That year, Music Glue also was the ticketing vendor for Mumford & Sons UK Arena Tour with up to 50% of tickets per show sold via the platform.[18]
In 2017, Music Glue celebrated their 10th birthday[19] and announced a partnership with Probity, an independently owned music merchandising company offering worldwide tour, retail and licensing services.[20][21][22]
Music Glue has been chosen by British Rock band Enter Shikari to be their official tickets partner on their UK and EU arena tour, selling direct to fans.[23][24]
In October 2007, Music Glue was nominated for a Best Innovation award at the BT Digital Music Awards.[25] Music Glue had been called one of the "Top 100 tech media companies" by The Guardian.[26]
