1. Warner Music Nashville and Southwest Formalize Partnership Bringing Live Music to the Skies: Exclusive

    October 26, 2017 1:25 PM EDT Warner Music Nashville (WMN) announced today that they have teamed up with Southwest Airlines to produce a variety of promotions that will bring music into the skies. With this new partnership, Southwest will continue their history of pop-up shows ...

  2. Metallica, Dave Matthews & G-Eazy Headlining Band Together Bay Area Fire Relief Benefit

    October 25, 2017 9:12 PM EDT Proceeds for AT&T Park show on Nov. 9 go to North Bay Firestorm victims. A coalition of Bay Area business and community leaders are launching Band Together Bay Area in response to the North Bay firestorm -- the most destructive and deadliest f ...

  3. Michael Flatley Signs with CAA

    October 25, 2017 5:33 PM EDT The renowned dancer, musician and choreographer has signed with the agency for worldwide representation. World-renowned dancer, musician, and choreographer Michael Flatley has signed with CAA for worldwide representation.  The 59-year-old behind t ...

  4. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill to Receive Legends of Live Honor at Billboard Touring Conference & Awards

    October 24, 2017 6:16 PM EDT Held at the Montage Beverly Hills in Los Angeles on Nov. 14 and 15, the conference will also include Diplo, Reggie Watts, Lil Dicky, Sam Hunt and more Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will receive the Legends of Live award next month at the 14th annual B ...

  5. Massey Hall Revamp Now Includes Two New Live Venues: Photos

    October 24, 2017 9:26 AM EDT As part of Massey Hall's 7-year $135 million ($107M USD) revitalization, the 123-year-old Toronto concert venue, which has hosted shows by George Gershwin, Glenn Gould and Luciano Pavarotti to U2, Bryan Adams, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen ...

  6. Foo Fighters Extend Concrete and Gold Tour to 2018

    October 23, 2017 7:46 PM EDT The newly added spring leg of the tour will kick off on April 18 in Austin, Texas, followed by a summer trek that will extend into July. The Foo Fighters have announced new dates to their already extensive Concrete and Gold Tour, carrying the trek ...

  7. StubHub Inks NFL Deal for Digital Tickets, Ticketmaster Integration

    October 23, 2017 12:59 PM EDT Just days after renewing its contract with Ticketmaster, the National Football League has announced a new partnership with StubHub as the NFL’s first authorized resale marketplace, directly integrating the secondary giant into a new open-architect ...

  8. Stevie Wonder's 'House Full of Toys' Moves to Staples Center

    October 23, 2017 12:26 PM EDT After 21 years in Los Angeles including a long run at Microsoft Theatre, annual fundraiser moves across street to arena Stevie Wonder is returning to Los Angeles to host his annual House Full of Toys charity event on Dec. 10th. This year Wonder wi ...

  9. Meet Sofar Sounds' Rafe Offer, The Concert Curator Who Wants To Bring Ed Sheeran To Your Living Room

    October 23, 2017 12:11 PM EDT Would you attend a concert with no stage and no pre-announced lineup? What if it took place in a stranger’s living room, an antique shop, a rock climbing center -- even the top of a ski slope? Rafe Offer is banking on it. With his gig curating com ...

  10. Paradigm Announces 'A Positive Spin' Shows in L.A. and NYC

    October 23, 2017 12:07 PM EDT Proceeds to Benefit Inner-City Arts and Lower Eastside Girls Club Paradigm Talent Agency, Goldenvoice, and The Bowery Presents have partnered together to present A Positive Spin 2017, a pair of concerts benefiting inner-city youth in both New York ...

  11. EDM Rights Holders to Get Paid Faster With New Device Installed at Venues

    October 23, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Canadian performing rights organization SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, has partnered with Pioneer DJ's KUVO technology to offer a free device to EDM venues that identifies electronic dance music perfo ...

  12. Sony Music Backs Campaign to Save U.K. Grassroots Music Venues as 'Essential Platform'

    October 21, 2017 7:00 PM EDT The U.K. arm of Sony Music has become the first major record label to financially back a campaign to save Britain's "at-risk" grassroots music scene.    Charity organization Music Venue Trust, which works to protect the vital role t ...

  13. Bruno Mars' 24K Magic Tour Tops $129 Million Earned (and Counting)

    October 20, 2017 10:07 PM EDT Bruno Mars has topped $129 million in ticket sales so far from the ongoing tour in support of 24K Magic , his third studio album released in November of 2016. The most recent report of box office activity from the tour’s producer, Live Nation, inc ...

  14. Bandsintown Partners Fabrice Sergent and Julien Mitelberg on Changing the Concert Business, One Show at a Time

    October 20, 2017 2:21 PM EDT The difficulty of getting tickets to  Bruce Springsteen 's Broadway performances gets all the attention, but the real problem in the concert business is unsold seats. About 40 percent of tickets don't sell, according to industry estimate ...

  15. Judge Orders Hotel to Secure Evidence in Las Vegas Massacre

    October 20, 2017 12:37 PM EDT The Las Vegas resort from which a gunman unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been ordered to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of the shooter and notes by investigators. A Clark County District C ...

  16. Terrorism Insurance in Demand for Concerts Following Las Vegas Attack

    October 19, 2017 2:11 PM EDT A string of deadly attacks at music events -- including the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest festival -- is pushing artists to invest in something most didn't think they needed: terrorism insurance. "Now more tha ...

  17. Queens of the Stone Age Announce 2018 North America Tour Dates

    October 18, 2017 4:00 PM EDT After posting numerous tweets with photos of venues captioned “MORE. TO. COME.,”  Queens of the Stone Age  have announced they’ll make another North American run on their  Villains  tour in January of 2018. The band is currently touring throughout ...

  18. Ticketmaster Loses Motion for Summary Judgement in Songkick Case

    October 18, 2017 1:29 PM EDT Despite statements from Rob Light, Irving Azoff and Guy Oseary, the fan club ticketing dispute appears to headed to trial. Ticketmaster has lost a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit with Songkick, following a flurry of statements from big- ...

  19. Coachella Grossed Record-Breaking $114 Million This Year: Exclusive

    October 18, 2017 12:45 PM EDT is the first year the massive festival hit a nine-digit gross. Goldenvoice's Coachella festival grossed $114.6 million in 2017, marking the first time a reoccurring festival franchise has crossed the $100 million mark for Billboard Boxsc ...

  20. Why Fans Are Selling Festival Tickets To Earn Everything From Free Admission to Golden Toilets

    October 18, 2017 12:06 PM EDT For the past four summers, Jack Fossey has enjoyed ending his university semester by celebrating with his friends at the annual British music festival Bestival. In 2014, he purchased a general admission ticket and camped out for the weekend festiv ...

  21. Ultra Worldwide Wraps Record Year, Hosting 1 Million Partygoers Across 20 Countries

    October 17, 2017 4:55 PM EDT Ultra Music Festival has come a long way since that initial beachside party in Miami. The brand has gone fully international, and 2017 was its widest reach so far. Between late February and now, UMF reports welcoming more than 1 million partygoers ...

  22. Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco to Launch Stay Hungry Tour in 2018

    October 17, 2017 2:23 PM EDT Comedian plans to tour around book release Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is hitting the road in early 2018 for a 15-city North American tour, capitalizing on the success of his top rated SiriusXM "The Pete & Sebastian Show" and new b ...

  23. Joey Lee and Jay Williams Promoted to Co-Heads of WME Nashville

    October 17, 2017 1:55 PM EDT Pair Join Rob Beckham and Greg Oswald WME's Nashville office is adding two recognizable names to its leadership team. WME partners Joey Lee and Jay Williams will join Rob Beckham and Greg Oswald as co-heads of WME's Nashville office, ove ...

  24. Marcie Allen Took Her NYU Students to a Garth Brooks Concert... in Atlanta: Go Behind the Scenes

    October 17, 2017 11:54 AM EDT Eight hours into her class period, New York University Steinhardt instructor Marcie Allen still has the undivided attention of all 35 of her Business Structure of the Music Industry students. It doesn't hurt that tonight's classroom is A ...

  25. The Anthem Is Washington D.C.'s New Monument to Rock

    October 16, 2017 6:00 PM EDT Longtime indy promoter Seth Hurwitz gives a tour of his epic 6,000-cap venue on the city's Southwest Waterfront. What's the distance between the stage and the highest seating section at the Anthem, Washington D.C.’s newest music venue? & ...

  26. Harold Pendleton, Reading Festival & Marquee Club Founder, Dies at 93

    October 16, 2017 5:02 PM EDT The Who, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones first made their names in the 1960s at the legendary London venue. Harold Pendleton, the founder of Reading Festival and London’s legendary Marquee Club -- where The Who , Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling S ...

  27. Kris Kristofferson, Arlo Guthrie & More Headlining Benefit for Native American Activist Leonard Peltier

    October 13, 2017 6:33 PM EDT Two days before President Obama left office in January, he denied Native American activist Leonard Peltier's application for clemency that would have meant an early release from prison. The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has ...

  28. At Barclays Center Gala, Scooter Braun Praises Brooklyn's Diversity In the Trumpov Era

    October 13, 2017 2:52 PM EDT Five years after hometown superstar JAY-Z played its opening-night concert, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center has become one of the world’s top-grossing arenas and on Oct. 12 it staged a gala celebration honoring individuals for their impact in music, ...

  29. Live Nation's Michael Rapino Admits Some Ticket Fees 'Not Defendable'

    October 13, 2017 2:12 PM EDT Songkick officially shuts down as damaging testimony trickles out in its case with Ticketmaster. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino admitted in emails that some of the fees Ticketmaster charges for the sale of tickets are "not defendable" an ...

  30. Luke Bryan Tour Hits Homestretch With Sales of $35 Million (and Counting)

    October 13, 2017 11:03 AM EDT Luke Bryan scores the No. 1 ranking on Billboard’s weekly tally of top-grossing Hot Tours (see list, below) based on $26 million in concert grosses reported from his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day tour, now in its homestretch with only a ha ...

  31. 'Tough Girl on the Mend' Lady Gaga Gives Health Update From the Studio, Reschedules European Tour

    October 13, 2017 9:15 AM EDT Never fear Little Monsters, Lady Gaga is on the mend. The singer gave fans a much-needed update on how she's feeling on Thursday (Oct. 12) via a series of glammed-up Instagrams from the studio in which she said she's feeling better and p ...

  32. Jason Aldean Resuming Tour After Las Vegas Shooting

    October 12, 2017 7:04 PM EDT Following cancelations in California, the country star will restart his tour Thursday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Country star Jason Aldean is set to make an emotional return to the stage after canceling tour dates following the mass shooting in Las Vegas ...

  33. 'President Kid Rock' Blasts 'Deadbeats Milking the System' & Transgender Rights In Nashville Speech

    October 12, 2017 12:11 PM EDT What was once a mere curiosity has now become a summertime tradition in the South, as Kid Rock 's Fish Fry celebrated its third anniversary this past weekend in Nashville.  Once again The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel, situated on the former ...

  34. California College Student Sues MGM, Live Nation, Bump Stock Maker & Gunman's Estate Over Las Vegas Shooting

    October 12, 2017 12:06 PM EDT YouTube has also agreed to take down bumpstock tutorial videos. A California college student has filed suit against MGM, Live Nation, bump stock manufacturers and the estate of Stephen Paddock after getting shot during the Route 91 Harvest Festiva ...

  35. Billboard's 2017 Arena Power Players: The 20 Execs Who Run Venues & Keep People Safe

    October 11, 2017 1:30 PM EDT For concert venue executives, the world changed in 2017 when a suicide bomber killed 22 outside of England’s Manchester Arena on May 22, and when a gunman took at least 58 lives at a festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 1. Venue managers can sum up new s ...

  36. First Batch of SXSW Artists Includes Rich Chigga, Gang of Youths, MC Lars

    October 11, 2017 11:43 AM EDT Another year, another huge mass of people converging on Austin, Texas for SXSW. The music portion of the 2018 festival will take place March 12 - 18, and the initial list of artists that will be performing has just been announced. Said list of art ...

  37. Goldenvoice's Paul Tollett Recalls Intimidating Encounter With Harvey Weinstein: 'I Remember Being Stunned As It Was Happening'

    October 11, 2017 10:38 AM EDT The swift downfall of Miramax co-founder  Harvey Weinstein , following damning revelations of a decades-long pattern of sexual abuse and intimidation, has so far been a decidedly Hollywood story, but the now-ousted movie mogul didn't operate ...

  38. Twickets Launches Face Value-Based Ticket Platform in US

    October 11, 2017 8:49 AM EDT Twickets , a Europe-based face-value ticket platform supported by several popular music artists including Adele and Ed Sheeran , was launched Wednesday (Oct. 10) in the United States. Founder Richard Davies said fans will be able to buy and sell s ...

  39. Australia's Live Music Business Reports Slight Gains in 2016

    October 11, 2017 5:47 AM EDT Australia’s live scene lost some steam in recent years, but new data suggests business is solid and starting to warm up.  Live entertainment generated more than A$1.43 billion ($1.11 billion) in 2016, marginally ahead of the previous year, while 1 ...

  40. Migos, Post Malone & Young Thug Headlining First-Ever New Years Eve at Red Rocks Concert

    October 10, 2017 8:09 PM EDT Lil Yachty will also perform at the special event. To start the new year off on a high note, Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver will host its first-ever New Years Eve concert with hip-hop's top-tier acts headlining the inaugural event.  Th ...

  41. Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith & More Playing iHeartRadio Jingle Ball: See the Full 12-City Lineup

    October 10, 2017 7:15 PM EDT Other acts that will appear at select concerts include Demi Lovato, Charlie Puth, Kesha, Zedd, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne. It's that time of year again! Christmas season has begun for iHeartRadio and its listeners around the country, as the ...

  42. U2 Postpones Argentina Show So Fans Can Watch World Cup Qualifier

    October 10, 2017 6:15 PM EDT "Can you imagine what the show’s going to be like if Argentina wins?" said the concert's producer. "And if we lose, at least we can get rid of the bitterness with a great show. You can't go wrong." Despite being one o ...

  43. Austin City Limits After Las Vegas: Attendees & Performers Talk Festival Safety, Refunds & Not Giving In to Fear

    October 10, 2017 2:03 PM EDT Just over a week has passed since a gunman opened fire on attendees at Las Vegas' Route 91 Harvest country music festival as they watched Jason Aldean perform. With 58 killed and hundreds injured, the attack sparked national conversations abo ...

  44. Word-of-Mouth Live Event Marketer Verve Raises $18.5 Million

    October 10, 2017 9:41 AM EDT Verve, a leading word-of-mouth live music marketing platform based in the U.K., has closed an $18.5 million Series B funding round led by Draper Esprit. Formerly known as StreetTeam, the startup enables brands to turn the expertise of everyday peo ...

  45. Sweden to Host World's Largest Women-Only Music Festival in 2018

    October 09, 2017 8:24 PM EDT Sweden's forthcoming Statement Festival is definitely saying something. The summer 2018 event will only allow cis women, non-binary and trans women to attend. No men are allowed. Statement Festival is a direct reaction to a rash of sexual ass ...

  46. Why the Foo Fighters Had To Christen Washington D.C.'s Big New Concert Venue

    October 09, 2017 5:33 PM EDT After nearly 40 years in music, Seth Hurwitz, chairman of independent promoter I.M.P. and co-owner of the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., had seen and done it all -- almost. Come Oct. 12, he’ll experience something new: opening The Anthem, the firs ...

  47. Tiesto, Zedd, Kaskade & More Headlining Las Vegas Benefit Concert

    October 09, 2017 4:27 PM EDT The Hakkasan Group-hosted event on Nov. 7 will also feature Steve Aoki, Lil Jon and NGHTMRE. The country is still rocked in the wake of the deadly Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 and left more than 500 injured on Oct. 1. And while activists clam ...

  48. WME | IMG Is Now Endeavor

    October 09, 2017 4:21 PM EDT Newly named Holding Company will operate portfolio of brands including WME, UFC and Pro Bull Riders WME | IMG, the company that came together with the WME's purchase of IMG in 2013, is changing its name to Endeavor.  The Endeavor name is a th ...

  49. PARTYNEXTDOOR Announces Infinity World Tour European Dates

    October 09, 2017 2:46 PM EDT Budding R&B singer, Jessie Reyez, will serve as his opener. After releasing his EP Seven Days  last month, PARTYNEXTDOOR  has now announced European dates for his forthcoming Infinity World Tour. Slated to take off Feb. 4 in Dublin, Ireland, t ...

  50. Sound on Sound Fest 2017 Canceled Due to Unspecified 'Roadblocks'

    October 06, 2017 6:00 PM EDT Event organizers are planning individual shows in Austin, Texas, with artists who had been booked for the festival. The organizers of the Sound on Sound Fest announced Friday (Oct. 6) that the music festival was canceled due to timing issues durin ...

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