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Heavy Rain Strands TomorrowWorld Festival Goers, Pushes SFXE Stock Down Sharply

Reports of heavy rains that left many concert goers stranded and others demanding refunds at Atlanta's TomorrowWorld festival sent promoter SFX's already battered stock falling as much as 12% on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Andy Warhol, Apartment, Atlanta, Atlanta Falcons, Bernie Taupin, Boston Herald, Brooks Reed, Bryan County, music industry, Oklahoma, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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How To Rock Madison Square Garden Without Even Being On Stage

While many assume that most hip hop stars simply sing over a backing track when they perform, there is actually an incredible amount of preparation and orchestration which goes into. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/28/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Audio mixing (recorded music), August Alsina, Billboard charts, Bun B, Cops (TV series), Mike Will Made It, music industry, Twitter, Wiz Khalifa

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10 Hottest Concert Tours This Fall

Ticket marketplace StubHub today announced the hottest concerts of the fall season, as determined by sales and demand of its 16 monthly million visitors. The list is bookended by Taylor Swift. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/24/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead, Jeff Chimenti, John Mayer, Mickey Hart, New York City, Oteil Burbridge, RatDog, The Allman Brothers Band, Times Union Center

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20 Richest Hip Hop Stars 2015 [Forbes]

The annual Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings: The World's Highest-Paid Rap Acts is out for 2015, Doddy tops the list again followed by Jay Z, Drake and Dr. Dre. But furthers down. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/23/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Macklemore, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg

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Underoath Ticktmaster Fan Club Fight Harbinger Of Bigger VIP Ticketing Battle Ahead

Income from presale, fan and VIP ticketing has become essential for many touring artists and a number of startups like BandPage have built tools to help make it easy. Now this vital. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Life Worth Living (anthology), Allen Stone, Anaheim, Andy Warhol, Apple Inc., California, Los Angeles, New York City, Pro Tools, social media, Ticketfly

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College Group Pays Asher Roth $7500 Not To Play Over Lyrics Like “Ass”, “Naked”, “Wasted”

The Associated Students of the University of Utah cancelled a show with rapper Asher Roth at the last minute over past statements from Roth that the student body deemed insensitive.

Bruce Houghton on 09/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Andy Warhol, Deseret News, Football player, Grandmother hypothesis, Life expectancy, Salt Lake City, Special Relationship, University of Utah, University of Utah Hospital, Utah

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Int’l Entertainment Buyers Assoc. Names 2015 Nominees, Sets Nashville Convention

IEBA (International Entertainment Buyers Association) was formed to represent the interest of entertainment buyers, and it's annual fall convention has become a must attend event for all aspects of the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/21/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 501(c) organization, California, Coachella Valley, Desert Hot Springs, Fort Loramie, Indio, Los Angeles, Ohio, Palm Springs, Pro Tools, Rancho Mirage, social media

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THE PITCH: Gigmit – D.I.Y. Live Booking Platform

Today, as part of our ongoing early stage music startup series THE PITCH, gigmit gets 100 words to pitch their live music booking platform which is already being used by. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/18/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Angel investor, Apple Inc., Berlin, Berlin Tegel Airport, Cologne, Europe, European Union, Goat (zodiac), IBM, iTunes, Website, YouTube

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SFXE Founder Sillerman To Receive 29.5% Interest, As EDM Giant Grabs $60 Million Lifeline

EDM giant SFX (NASDAQ: SFXE) has been on life support in recent weeks after a series of poor financial reports and a failed attempt by founder and CEO Robert Sillerman. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/18/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Gray, Apple Inc., Class Action, Common stock, Company, Electronic dance music, PR Newswire, Preferred stock, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine)

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SFXE Stock Falls Further As Investors File Lawsuit Against Founder Robert Sillerman

SFX Entertainment is clearly in trouble. Running low on cash and with its stock trading under 50 cents per share and falling, SFXE is just days away from the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/17/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accepted, Apple Inc., Ashley Madison, Audit, Audit committee, Automated teller machine, Class Action, lawsuit, New York City, Security (finance)

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