Are you organising a concert or an event?
When you organise a concert or an event featuring musical works managed by TONO, you must obtain a license and compensate the songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers through TONO. See TONO’s terms for concerts and events in the document list below.
This is what you need to do:
1. Obtain a License
If you are organising a concert, you must apply for a license in advance. This can easily be done through our digital customer portal “My TONO”. For festivals, tours, and revue performances, please use the web form. You will find links to both below.
2. Report
To ensure that composers and lyricists receive the correct payment, you must, no later than 14 days after the concert, provide us with information on gross ticket revenues, audience numbers, and the repertoire list.
3. Payment
Finally, you must pay the invoice we send you. The money is then distributed to the composers and lyricists.
Major rights, such as musicals, ballet, opera, and other theatrical productions, must be cleared directly with the rights holders and/or music publishers. If you have any questions about this, please contact TONO’s market department at marked@tono.no. Read more about major rights here.
Please note that changes will be introduced to how TONO calculates remuneration from concerts for songwriters, composers, and lyricists starting from 1 April 2025. Read more about this here.