A little over a year ago, the recording industry was surprised to learn that Madonna wasn’t signing a new record label contract, but instead was signing a deal with Live Nation, a big concert promoter, to handle pretty much everything having to do with her business, including releasing new CDs. The WSJ Magazine is running [...]

Article Written By: Rock Along Productions As you may know the Blooze Bar suffered a fire recently, so the community pulled together to help the owner! The result was a rockin show last night! Martini Ranch has been one of those venues, you know you can go and see great live music. Last night was no [...]

The worst-selling summer concert season in recent memory has claimed another victim — Lilith Fair, which on Thursday canceled 10 shows, adding to a grim list that includes U2, Christina Aguilera, Limp Bizkit, Simon & Garfunkel, certain Eagles stadium dates and Rihanna’s tour opener originally scheduled for tonight. “It’s the reality of this summer,” says [...]

Cancelled shows and tours by usually reliable marquee artists like Christina Aguilera, the Eagles, U2 (due to Bono’s back surgery), Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, Rhianna, John Mayer, Limp Bizkit, and the Go-Go’s seem to belie the fact that the live music business is taking a beating this summer. Multi-act [...]

Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, is on the case of paper tickets. The firm has been trialling smart-chip wristbands in an attempt to cut down on ticket fraud, and it is expected that the promoter will roll out the scheme at British festivals this summer. Although this can only be good [...]