Concert Industry Archives
Aug 16, 2008
Canada Pulls a Fast One | Public Funds Cut for Artists
There's been an interesting story coming out of Canada over the last few days and it is unfortunately negative news for a lot of touring bands that come from the great white north. PromArt is a funding program for artists......
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Aug 10, 2008
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad: Touring in the Current Economy
With the the stock indexes in the first bear market in almost six years and gas prices that have hit lifetime highs, we are all feeling the proverbial tightening of the belt. Obviously I am not a columnist for the......
May 10, 2007
Heady Links | Digital Music/Concert Industry Edition
I’ve been trying to catch up on some digital music and concert industry news this week. There’s a lot going on, so you know what that means? Yep, a ‘Digital Music and Concert Industry’ version of Heady Links. Grab your afternoon coffee and check it out......
May 7, 2007
Concert.TV Adds News Division for Live Music Scene
The TV channel and website for "Live Music Television" seems like it has slowly been bubbling out of the underground since its initial launch back in 2003. I don't have Comcast Cable so I haven't seen enough from Concert.TV to give a solid assessment. But I did find it interesting that they've now launched a news division. ...
Apr 20, 2007
eMusic Reaches 300,000 Subscribers | Great, Now How About Improving eMusic Live?
As CD sales continue to plunge, it's nice to hear more good news about digital music stores. Congrats to eMusic for reaching 300,000 subscribers, which they announced earlier this week. I really like my eMusic subscription. it provides me with......
Apr 19, 2007
Ticketmaster Sues StubHub | Ticket Industry In-fighting Continues
Billboard is reporting that Ticketmaster has filed suit against secondary ticket market site, StubHub, over its supposed sale of primary-market tickets....
Apr 6, 2007
Do Great Live Bands Need an Album to Tour?
So I was catching up on some of the more mainstream industry publications and came across this Billboard article about Pearl Jam's big Spring and Summer tour plans. The premise is that the band, despite not having a new album......
Mar 30, 2007
Live Nation Expands Fillmore 'Franchise' | Continues Trend of Corporatizing Venues
So concert giant, Live Nation, has announced that it plans to expand its Fillmore "franchise" to New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit (adding to the Fillmores currently running in Denver and San Francisco). This continues a trend by Live Nation......
Feb 15, 2007
The 'Elephant in the Room' | Concert Industry Ticket Talk
Last week I discussed concert industry giant Live Nation and its attempts to utilize the web to continue to focus its business truly on the "live music fan." My post came just days before the Concert Industry Consortium took place......
Feb 14, 2007
Online Concert Scene Going Web 2.0 | Small Changes, Big Effects?
Over the past few months I've been thinking a lot about all the new web 2.0 types of online services and how they relate to the live music world. Last week, I discussed the plans of concert industry giant Live......
Feb 5, 2007
Live Nation Goes Web 2.0
Live Nation has really been on the Internet business rampage lately. Since the official spin-off from Clear Channel late in 2005, the concert industry giant has become much more focused on its Internet businesses with CEO Michael Rapino at......
Jan 23, 2007
Where the Indie Rock and Jam Worlds Collide: Brothers Past
Updated with new dates below Over the last few years, there seems to be some sort of uneasy convergence of indie rock and jambands playing out at summer music festivals across the nation (the rumored line-up for Bonnaroo, thought......
