Touring

1. Music Lawyer Dina LaPolt Talks Fifth Harmony Strategy, Aerosmith's Competition at Billboard Touring Conference

   November 11, 2016 2:00 PM EST Donned in rock 'n' roll-appropriate black attire and an "I Love New York" T-shirt, Dina LaPolt doesn't fit the image of the stereotypical stuffy lawyer -- and she would have it no other way.  The woman who has handled lega ...

2. Bataclan Terror Attack Anniversary: Club Owners, Security Experts & Music Fans on How We Live Now

   November 11, 2016 11:00 AM EST Before Aurora in 2012, we felt safe going to movies. Before the Nov. 13 attack at the Bataclan in Paris in 2015, we felt safe going to concerts. And then -- after a bloody, chaotic attack on an audience at an Eagles of Death Metal show that killed ...

3. John Fogerty Talks One-Hit Wonder Fears, 'Squabbling' With CCR in Billboard Touring Conference Keynote Q&A

   November 11, 2016 8:57 AM EST Rock legend John Fogerty capped his keynote Q&A at the Billboard Touring Conference on Thursday, with a surprise for the executives on hand: Pristine renditions of "Proud Mary" and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," two of the ...

4. Scooter Braun on Donald Trump Win: 'We Don't Have Time to Be Sad'

   November 09, 2016 7:03 PM EST One day after the 2016 presidential election, Scooter Braun -- manager of Justin Bieber -- shared his thoughts on president-elect Donald Trump. "We don’t have time to be sad," Braun said Wednesday (Nov. 9) in a Q&A session with Billb ...

5. Ticketing Platform Songkick Announces Shazam Partnership

   November 09, 2016 12:54 PM EST Music discovery and ticketing platform  Songkick is teaming up with Shazam to give users of the latter app a front row seat to its trove of concert data and information. The partnership, announced today during the Billboard Touring Conference in L ...

6. After Scion A/V's 13-Year Run, What Now for Corporate Cash in Music?

   November 09, 2016 11:05 AM EST Immolation , a death-metal band from Yonkers, N.Y., earned roughly $13,000 from the world's biggest automaker for two tours. All the band had to do, in 2010 and 2011, was display Scion-branded iPod covers, socks and a new-car booklet at merch ...

7. Jay Z & Demi Lovato Joining Coldplay at First Global Citizen Festival in India

   November 09, 2016 9:43 AM EST The first-ever Global Citizen Festival in India will feature headlining sets from Jay Z , Coldplay and Demi Lovato . A spokesperson for the Nov. 19 show in Mumbai at the MMRDA Grounds - Bandra Kurla Complex confirmed that it will also mix in some ...

8. Bon Jovi, Scooter Braun Honored; Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Coldplay & Justin Bieber Big Winners at Billboard Touring Awards

   November 09, 2016 1:15 AM EST Bruce Springsteen , Coldplay , Adele  and Justin Bieber were the big winners at the 13th Annual Billboard Touring Awards, held Wednesday night (Nov. 9) at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The evening -- hosted by former American Idol ho ...

9. Live Nation Reports Another Record Quarter with $3.21 Billion in Revenues

   November 07, 2016 5:07 PM EST Live Nation has reported another record quarter, earning $3.21 billion on a constant currency basis in the third quarter, a 23 percent increase year-over-year. Constant currency operating income stands at $190.8 million for the quarter, a 24 perce ...

10. Boiler Room Weekender Festival Blames 'Heavy-Handed Policing' for Event-Ending Incident

    November 07, 2016 3:41 PM EST Organizers of the inaugural Ray-Ban x Boiler Room Weekender music festival have issued a statement apologizing for the abrupt end to the event early Sunday morning, while blaming local law enforcement for what they say was an "unnecessary dis ...

11. John Fogerty On Deck for Keynote Q&A at Billboard Touring Conference

    November 07, 2016 12:59 PM EST Legendary singer/songwriter/musician John Fogerty will serve as the Keynote Q&A at the 13th annual Billboard Touring Conference , which takes place Nov. 9-10 at the SLS Beverly Hills Hotel.  Against a backdrop of social upheaval and the Vietna ...

12. Tim Leiweke, Former AEG Chief and Current Oak View Chief, on the 'Untapped Opportunity' in Music

    November 07, 2016 12:19 PM EST Almost exactly a year ago, Tim Leiweke , former CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), and veteran artist manager Irving Azoff launched the Oak View Group , a Los Angeles-based alliance of arenas designed to boost revenue, sponsorship opportun ...

13. British Government Commits to Tackle Online Ticket Bots

    November 04, 2016 9:52 AM EDT The British government has committed to look into the misuse of computer programs, or “bots,” to buy up concert tickets for later resale. The use of bots to unlawfully harvest tickets was debated in Parliament after MP  Nigel Adams proposed an ame ...

14. 5 Seconds of Summer's World Tour Finishes On Top

    November 03, 2016 9:59 PM EDT Seconds of Summer leads the latest Hot Tours tally (see list, below) with the final grosses reported for the conclusion of the band's Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour. The trek was the group's second headlining tour, which covered fou ...

15. Billboard's Latin Power Players List Revealed

    November 03, 2016 3:55 PM EDT As the U.S. Hispanic population rises to 55 million and its youthful audience streams bilingual stars, the genre’s leading execs, managers, programmers and promoters take their artists and their industry to new heights. AFO VERDE: EXECUTIVE OF TH ...

16. Former AEG Live Exec Rob Hallett Talks Essence Festival In South Africa, Brexit & Why the Live Market Is In Trouble: Exclusive Q&A

    November 01, 2016 2:49 PM EDT In May 2014, Rob Hallett exited his post as president of international touring for AEG Live after 10 hugely successful years that saw him oversee some of the highest grossing and most successful tours of the past decade, including treks by Leonard ...

17. Twickets, a Leading Fan-to-Fan Ticket Market, Steps Up Funding Amidst Regulatory Push

    October 31, 2016 1:49 PM EDT Founded by Richard Davies in 2011, Twickets enables registered users to buy and sell tickets at face value (or less) and has become the official resale partner for some of the U.K.’s biggest artists, including Adele, Mumford & Sons, One Direct ...

18. Live Nation Acquires Bonnaroo Co-Founders AC Entertainment: Exclusive

    October 31, 2016 1:46 PM EDT Live Nation Entertainment has completed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Knoxville, Tenn.-based independent promoter AC Entertainment, co-founder (with Superfly) of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., Billboard has le ...

19. A-Trak to Join Emerging Markets Panel at Billboard Touring Conference

    October 28, 2016 12:17 PM EDT Electronic dance music artist/producer A-Trak will join a team of live music professionals to discuss the growth of emerging international markets as fertile ground for touring artists at the 13th annual Billboard Touring Conference , set for Nov. ...

20. Moby, Young the Giant and a Former Co-Owner Say Goodbye to Irvine Meadows

    October 26, 2016 4:24 PM EDT In what is sadly becoming a tradition in Southern California, another legendary venue is saying goodbye. Following the Universal Ampitheater, House Of Blues Sunset Strip and the L.A. Sports Arena, Irvine Meadows will hold its final concerts this w ...

21. Billboard Touring Awards: Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay Lead 2016 Finalists

    October 26, 2016 12:34 PM EDT Beyonce , Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, and Coldplay lead the finalists for the 2016 Billboard Touring Awards , presented by Ticketmaster, which will be announced today. Now in its 13th year, the Billboard Touring Awards honor the art ...

22. ICM Partners Promotes Five Concerts Professionals

    October 26, 2016 5:01 AM EDT ICM Partners has rewarded five of its concerts professionals with promotions.  The talent agency has upped Kevin Jergenson and Yves Pierre to agent while Jess Frohman, Danielle Beckford and Julia Senerth rise to coordinator. Jergenson, who joined ...

23. Mariah Carey Cancels Most of Her Latin America Tour

    October 25, 2016 8:23 PM EDT Mariah Carey is canceling concerts in Brazil, Argentina and Chile on her Latin America tour.  According to E! News reports, the singer is citing promoter negligence as the reason.  "To all of my lambs in South America, I am devastated that a ...

24. Billboard Touring Conference to Host 'Women In Touring' Forum

    October 24, 2016 3:20 PM EDT Issues specific to women in the live entertainment industry will be addressed a special forum to be held at the Billboard Touring Conference on Nov. 10. The session closes the 13th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, set for Nov. 9-1 ...

25. UK Group Continues Push to Protect Small Venues, Asking for Fee Parity

    October 21, 2016 3:02 PM EDT Music Venue Trust, a charity in the U.K. that is aggressively lobbying for the protection of grassroots venues in the country and which drew the support of Paul McCartney earlier this week, is calling for members of PRS For Music to oppose PRS ...

26. Adele's Tour Has Earned $150 Million… And Counting!

    October 21, 2016 12:56 PM EDT Adele  takes her Live 2016 Tour to No. 1 on Billboard’s latest tally of Hot Tours (see list, below), based on tickets sold through the first week of October. The trek’s overall sales are now in the $150 million range -- a number that's sure t ...

27. Eurovision's 2017 Plans Hit Second Speed Bump in Kiev

    October 20, 2016 2:52 PM EDT Construction taking place next door to Eurovision's 2017 venue in Kiev, Ukraine, is threatening to disrupt the international contest, or force a change in location. There has been a dispute between a Catholic church, located near the Internat ...

28. OkeeFest Founders Resign After Fest's First Year

    October 20, 2016 2:22 PM EDT In a surprising move, producers Steve Sybesma and Paul Peck have resigned from Soundslinger, LLC, the company they co-founded with landowner Cliff Rosen in 2014 to produce the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, citing "philosophical differ ...

29. 40 Under 40: Music's Top Young Power Players Revealed

    October 20, 2016 9:55 AM EDT   ADAM ALPERT, 36 CEO; Disruptor Records, Selector Songs Keeps The Chainsmokers smoking:  As manager, A&R rep and label boss rolled into one, Alpert masterminded The Chainsmokers ' meteoric pop crossover this year to the tune of three tri ...

30. Paul McCartney Backs Campaign to Save Grassroots Music Venues in U.K.

    October 19, 2016 2:34 PM EDT As a teenager growing up in Liverpool he honed his live skills in the city’s small and sweaty pubs and music venues, most famously The Cavern Club. Now Sir Paul McCartney is backing a campaign to protect the dwindling number of grassroots music ve ...

31. Scooter Braun to Receive Humanitarian Award at Billboard Touring Awards

    October 19, 2016 9:25 AM EDT Scooter Braun , founder of SB Projects, a diversified entertainment and media company with ventures at the intersection of music, film, television, technology, brands, culture and social good, will receive the Humanitarian Award at the 13th annual ...

32. Beyonce's Formation Tour Sold Over 2 Million Tickets and Made Over $250 Million

    October 14, 2016 4:21 PM EDT Beyonce’s Formation stadium tour wrapped Oct. 7 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., as an unqualified blockbuster, taking in over $256,084,556 and selling 2.2 million tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore. The tour, which began April ...

33. Drake & Future Lead Newest Hot Tours Recap

    October 13, 2016 2:54 AM EDT Drake & Future take their Summer Sixteen Tour to No. 1 on the latest recap of Hot Tours (see list below) based on $6.9 million in sales from the hip-hop stars’ co-headlining trek through North America. Concerts at arenas in three cities on the ...

34. Foo Fighters' Case Against Lloyd's of London Dismissed

    October 12, 2016 1:37 PM EDT Dave Grohl ’s Foo Fighters have settled a four-month-old lawsuit aimed at collecting on insurance claims related to a series of canceled concerts during the band’s 2015 world tour.  A court filing dated Oct. 7 and signed by U.S. District Judge Man ...

35. Desert Trip Exec Jay Marciano Breaks Down How That First Weekend Went

    October 11, 2016 5:30 PM EDT “By and large it went very well,” says Jay Marciano, chairman of AEG Live and Chief Operating Officer of AEG, parent company of Desert Trip producer Goldenvoice, of Desert Trip's first weekend. “There were a few things operationally that we t ...

36. Drake Postpones Remaining Summer Sixteen Tour Dates Due to Ankle Injury

    October 10, 2016 7:30 PM EDT Drake is postponing the remainder of his Summer Sixteen tour due to an ankle injury.  The announcement follows news last week that the hip-hop superstar was postponing shows in Toronto, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey. This update now includes ...

37. Ukraine Lawmakers Reject Bill Banning Russian Artists

    October 07, 2016 2:02 PM EDT Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has voted down a controversial bill that would introduce restrictions on all Russian artists' touring the former Soviet republic, the Ukrainian online newspaper Podrobnosti.ua reported . The bill ...

38. New Jersey's Red Bull Arena to Host Concerts

    October 06, 2016 5:15 PM EDT The tri-state area -- the areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut abutting the Atlantic -- has always had a high concentration of large venues, from New Jersey's Izod Center in East Rutherford to the Prudential Center in Newark, Madison ...

39. Desert Trip Founder Paul Tollett Explains Pulling Off McCartney, Stones & Dylan Lineup

    October 06, 2016 3:00 PM EDT As founder and producer of Coachella, Goldenvoice chief Paul Tollett has been the man behind many “big” rock ‘n roll moments over the course of his career.  This year, Tollett is responsible for the two biggest live music stories of 2016: successf ...

40. Global, UK Radio and Television Leader, Acquires Six Music Fests, Including Field Day

    October 06, 2016 2:27 PM EDT Global, a leading British media and entertainment company, has expanded its fast-growing live music business with the acquisition of six U.K. festivals, including London-based Field Day and SouthWestFour. Other acquisitions include Cornwall beach ...

41. Luke Bryan Cancels Farm Tour Kick-Off Concert Due to Hurricane Matthew

    October 04, 2016 6:43 PM EDT Luke Bryan 's concert kicking off his 2016 Farm Tour in Gaston, South Carolina, on Wednesday has been canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Matthew.  Luke Bryan and Billy Currington Reap New No. 1s on Country Charts With Matthew expected to ...

42. Kim Kardashian Robbery Proves the Value of Celebrity Security, Experts Say

    October 04, 2016 5:36 PM EDT When news broke late Sunday night (Oct. 2) that Kim Kardashian West had been robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room, with thieves binding and gagging her before making off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry, many people jumped to one qu ...

43. Team Halsey To Take Part In Panel at Billboard Touring Conference

    October 04, 2016 3:38 PM EDT ​Chart-topping singer-songwriter Halsey and her team will be featured as the Artist Development Case Study at the 2016 Billboard Touring Conference this year.   The session will launch the conference on Wednesday, November 9 as an insightful panel ...

44. Following Outpouring of Support, London's Fabric Will Appeal Closure in November

    October 04, 2016 9:36 AM EDT An appeal hearing to decide the fate of London nightclub Fabric has been scheduled for Nov. 28 at Highbury Magistrates Court, the club's owners have announced. The long-running, hugely popular British club was forced to lock its doors on Sept ...

45. Ticketfly CEO Andrew Dreskin On Bots, Partnering With Pandora, And Selling His Company for Nearly a Half Billion Dollars

    October 03, 2016 4:57 PM EDT As music industry trailblazers go, Andrew Dreskin stands in rarefied company, having pulled off two ticketing-business feats during his 25-year career. He co-founded TicketWeb, the first online ticketing platform, which was sold to Ticketmaster in ...

46. Palestine Music Expo, with Cooking Vinyl and Glastonbury Co-Sign, Looks to Draw Attention to a Burgeoning Industry

    October 03, 2016 4:22 PM EDT A team of leading British music executives have lent their backing to the first ever Palestine Music Expo -- a three-day live music showcase that aims to shine a light on the region's burgeoning, but internationally little-known, music scene. ...

47. Billboard Touring Conference: Live Nation, Concerts West Execs to Take on Secondary Ticket Prices

    September 30, 2016 2:30 PM EDT The 13th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards will take on the secondary market and ticket pricing dynamics on a session featuring some of the industries most prominent players. The conference is set for Nov. 9-10 at the SLS Beverly Hi ...

48. Founders of New York's Meadows Music Fest, Debuting This Weekend, Talk Queens Culture, Getting Kanye Back

    September 30, 2016 11:44 AM EDT Back in June, Founders Entertainment -- producers of New York’s first major music festival in Governors Ball out on Randall’s Island -- announced they would be launching another major contemporary music fest in the market, with the Meadows Music F ...

49. Prosecutors Seek 17 Years for Concert Promoter in $200 Million Fraud

    September 30, 2016 9:54 AM EDT It’s day two in Miami federal court for the sentencing hearing of a former concert promoter who prosecutors say defrauded thousands of investors out of $200 million. Prosecutors want a federal judge on Friday to impose a sentence of more than 17 y ...

50. EDM's Big Asia Play: Promoters Look to Break New Market With Festivals, Conferences

    September 29, 2016 2:23 PM EDT On Sept. 29, 300 ­delegates from all ­sectors of the ­electronic music ­industry will ­converge in Shanghai for the third International Music Summit in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss one thing: how to unlock the world’s largest untapped market ...

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