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In case you hadn't noticed, this blog is dead.There will be a new one later. In the meantime, don't believe everything that you read.

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Lollapalooza full lineup finally announcedIn addition to such big-name headliners as Modest Mouse, the Stooges and the previously confirmed Pearl Jam, the August 3-5 festival in Chicago's Grant Park will feature sets from Daft Punk, Muse, Interpol, Lupe Fiasco, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snow Patrol, the Roots, Paulo Nutini, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Patti Smith

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I'm back and hoping I can get away with stealing Largehearted Boy's blogroll style.....Pollstar discusses one company that is offering ticket insuranceThe company, World Access, is also in the travel insurance biz, and VP of Marketing Communications Mark Cipolletti explained to Pollstar that when people travel for big events like concerts and something goes wrong with the trip, those people miss

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So this call was brief and to the point. They are still operating at a loss, but a much narrower loss. They've acquired a lot of very valuable properties in the past year and while there were expenses involved in the purchases, they were one time costs, so the losses were brief investments which should (hopefully!) bring more profits (and get them out of the red) soon.OK, enough money stuff......

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Live Nation Fourth Quarter Earnings Call is on now!* What I’m Listening For:* What’s been sold? What markets are they pulling out of?* What’s been acquired? What markets are they entering?* What is their mission now (were looking for a clarity of mission last we checked)?* Where are they with House of Blues acquisition?* Where are they on the online store with Music Today?* More details on

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Live Nation has maintained its "buy" rating from Morgan Stanley after purchase of Gamerco, the largest promoter in Spain. As Gamerco is also a major holder in French promotion company Jack Lombar, this acquisition is an important part of Live Nation's strategy to further push into European markets.More info here.

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(via Seattle PI ) One Reel, producer of Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, will receive a much needed boost of financial support for the festival from concert promoters AEG Live. The hope is that this support will allow the festival to attract bigger draws. "Obviously, they are titans on the sponsorship and talent buying level, so they can bring a lot to the table in those areas," Bumbershoot

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Second life expectancy: Health (Eddie) and aging (Roth) issues, plus possible personality clashes, make a longtime return a long shot.- USA Today, February 14, 2007So lo and behold they were right (and won't that learn ya to just toss that complimentary copy of USA Today after the flight)! According to Pollstar, the drama-ridden hair rockers couldn't stop the infighting long enough to get the

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In light of all the upcoming band reunions, USA Today decided to try and gauge how long these "comebacks" will stay back. Here's a snippet:Rage Against the Machine Original life span: The agitprop rap-metal band was founded in 1991 in Los Angeles and crashed in 2000 with vocalist Zach de la Rocha's abrupt departure. Guitarist Tom Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford forged rock band

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(Via Entertainment Tonight) As rumored by many, 80's super pop group The Police will indeed be touring this summer. Fresh from a reunion performance at last night's Grammy Awards ceremony, the threesome announced a worldwide which will run from late May to early August."We started 30 years ago, so it would be nice to do something to celebrate," Sting said recently at a press conference in

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(Via CNN Money) The rumors (or possibly just positive thinking) proved true. According to a recent report, revenues on the touring side are up!A recent Pollstar report states that North American tour revenue topped up at $3.1 billion last year, and increase of 16 percent from 2005. The top 100 tours of last year garnered a whopping $2.3 billion."There is no reason not to expect 2007 to be bigger

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(Via Filter)In yet another announcement from the Concert Industry Consortium, Ticketmaster has announced that they have sorted out a deal with ITunes wherein ticket buyers will get free downloads with ticket purchase. Though this is not the first Ticketmaster "freebie" deal (I linked to news about other giveaway deals here, oh and and they did offer free downloads during the Bob Dylan ticket

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(Via Pollstar) Major Tour Of the Year:Tim McGraw/Faith HillMost Creative Tour Package:Def Leppard/JourneyMost Creative Stage Production:MadonnaBest New Touring Artist:Panic! At the DiscoMusic Festival Of the Year:Coachella Valley Music & Arts FestivalInt'l Music Festival Of the Year:Reading/Leeds Festival Nightclub Of the Year:House Of Blues ChicagoTheatre Of the Year:Gibson Amphitheatre at

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= + According to Roadrunner Records' heavy metal newsite Blabbermout, Sharon Osbourne and Live Nation are now feverishly working on plans to make 2007 Ozzfest shows absolutely cost-free. You heard me right, it won't cost a dime The announcement was made today at the Concert Industry Consortium conference in Los Angeles"For the last few years," says Sharon, "ticket prices have steadily climbed

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(Via Desertsun.com) In order to ensure that fans looking to buy 3-day pass are prioritized, organizers of Coachella have discontinued sale of one-day tickets but won't say the event is officially sold out. With Red Hot Chili Peppers headlining Saturday Night and a Rage Against The Machine reunion planned for Sunday, tickets for individual nights were flying, so event planners claim they had to

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(Via PRNewswire) Everyone's fave concert promoters is delivering on their promise to focus more and more on the music. To this end they have reorganized North American Operations. Here are the main changes:* Bruce Eskowitz (former President of Global Venues and Alliances) has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Executive Officer - North American Music* Live Nation's North

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While this week brought the unfortunate news of the closing of V2, the merger of Capitol and Virgin, and the uncertain news of changes at Live Nation, we also have the very exciting (but not all that surprising if you know the history of CAP) announcement that Charles Attal (producer of Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza) have joined forces with sports management company Capital Sports and

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In their further march towards world domination, Live Nation has now linked up with music social networking site, Last.fm (a website I still haven't figured out/don't understand the point of), to distribute concert information and links to ticket purchasing. The site will be using users' music preferences to deliver information about upcoming concerts by their favorite artists."Our objective is

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Click here to listen to an NPR interview with Franz Ferdinand lead singer, Alex Kapranos, who recently released, Sound Bites, a compilation of his food reviews. The artist was commissioned last year by the Guardian newspaper to blog about the interesting and sometimes wacky meals (deadly Japanese blowfish, anyone?) he had whilst on the road. The book has received accolades for the thoughtful

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(Via Monsters and Critics)Following the trend enjoyed by--well, everyone else in the world- the US concert industry has decided to expand its focus on festivals. With the recent success of Lollapalooza, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, and many others, this sector has proven too profitable to ignore. According to the article, the big four festivals grossed a combined $40 million, and the

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While countless rock and pop stars have woken up the morning after a show woozy and sick, it is usually due to a wild night of partying. In the case of pop-diva Gwen Stefani, her sickness in the morning was actual morning sickness as she discovered she was pregnant in the midst of a big tour. She decided to carry on undeterred and soon discovered the limits of jumping and gyrating with a (secret)

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(Via ITV) According to a myriad of sources, it appears that 80's hitmakers, The Police, may be looking to reunite. 2007, will mark the 30th anniversary of their chart-topper, Roxanne, and according to their label and singer, Sting's, website, some sort of reunion will take place. However Sting is still uncertain as to the ""depth of the band's involvement". While the other players have been keen

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After a stellar year touring (despite ticketing complications) in 2006, Tom Petty has decided to keep his options open for touring.The singer was quite as saying:"You never know how things are going to turn out, and I didn't see this year coming. Maybe next year will be even better."Full article here.

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The GAME should have a chat with U2. While The GAME is "in prison" on the road. U2 is having the time of their lives, even after 20 years of the grind. According to a recent tour diary post:Touring is hell...‘Touring is hell, or it used to be. These days it's an amazingprivilege, and it gets better each time we go out.We fly around the world getting applause from our fans for just showing up, and

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According to a recent MTV report, rapper, The Game, is having a horrible time on the road. He was quoted as saying:"Being on (the) bus is like being in a prison on wheels, man....you start getting claustrophobic and when I start getting mad I just start pulling people out of their bunk and kicking them in the face and s***."Sounds like they need to add a request for post-show tranquilizers to the

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