Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
We’ve been following the Occupy Wall Street protest as it continues to develop and grow. And we wanted to open up a discussion and start an exploration of how live music is being used to fuel the movement, bring solidarity, or maybe even distract supporters. The first big announcment of live music being involved when [...]
That’s a question I’ve been wondering about this week as I think about the collective impact of our previous Michael Jackson mourning, social media and virtual concert Experiments. And it’s fascinating to think how all those experiments have somehow merged into one for this Michael Jackson Tribute Concert. So here’s details on how our [...]
It’s been a dangerous and deadly summer for bands and concert fans this year with the Cheap Trick, Sugarland and Pukkelpop stage calapse incidents. And earlier this week Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune reported on how Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielson and the band visited Congress to lobby for the regulation of temporary stages. [...]
We’ve had lots of fun over the last few years celebrating Record Store Day and helping to continue the legacy of local record store. And we’re excitied to share the news about a concert edition called “Live Music Night” that’s also helping to support musicians in need. The multi-venue benefit event dubbed “Night of Sweet [...]
It’s been a rough and terrible summer for concert stages. And in the wake of the the Pukkelpop stage disaster Pollstar reports that a benefit fund has been set up for victims impacted by the tragedy. The note stresses that the full amount of every donation will go directly to the victims and their survivors. [...]
During this episode of Live Fix Radio, we explore how fans cope with the emotional trauma caused by the Sugarland stage collapse tragedy, the evolution of gate-crashing and the best and worst moments of Lollapalooza 2011. Subscribe via iTunes. Show Notes: Music from the podcast (all tracks live at Lollapalooza 2011 except Sugarland) Atmosphere – [...]
It’s never easy to share concert news like this. But according to WRTV Indianapolis, on Saturday night before the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair the stage collapsed injuring 45 and killing 5 concert fans. And as the Los Angeles Times, the 5 victims were identified by the Marion County coroner’s office as Tammy Vandam, [...]
That question is apparently causing some problems between Jay-Z and Kanye West. According to the New York Post, the two are at odds with each other about their recently announced tour. “Jay-Z can’t deal with Kanye,” an insider told Page Six. “Jay is a stone-cold businessman. He wants to recoup all of his money from [...]
After dealing with angry (pooping) birds in St. Louis, injured arms, tour bus fires, and now after a show is cut short in Dallas, it seems that Kings of Leon have an uncanny knack (or maybe a looming curse) for concert and touring drama. Last night in Dallas Caleb Followill went on an alleged drunken rant [...]
Continuing our exploration of concert fan emotions, here’s news about a 19-year-old who was attacked and nearly killed after a Tim McGraw show in Mansfield, Mass. According to WHDH-TV and the video above, the details are pretty brutal and apparently the young concert fan is: “…currently at college on a football scholarship but police [...]
We told you before how the Pixies are rockin’ their reunion and now they’ve released a new FREE Pixies iPhone and Android mobile app this week. I’ve been exploring the app the last couple days and I have to say that it’s pretty frickin’ awesome as far as mobile apps for concert fans go. And [...]
Continuing our exploration of how fans are getting caught in the crossfire of the concert industry, here’s yet again another reason for concert fans to actually form their own legit grass-roots group, or a perhaps a powerful Complaints Rock Band, to voice and truly change everything that’s wrong with concert industry. As the New York times reports, two [...]
Well, another artist that we’ve seen live has died. It pains us to report that soul singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home yesterday. As we all know, she struggled with drugs and alcohol and she used her struggles to write a Grammy-winning song “Rehab.” And when I heard the news yesterday [...]
Continuing our exploration of Cheap Trick fan experiences, here’s news about how, on July 17, at the Ottawa Bluesfest the main stage collapsed during Cheap Trick’s set. Obviously, watching the YouTube video above is quite an alarming spectacle to behold. Sure, tornadoes and high winds can rip down a stage in a matter of seconds. [...]
