Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
Yes, I’ve felt the ground move underneath my feet and my heart rumble and shake in my chest at many concerts before. And when I heard the news about this seismic Foo Fighters concert I knew we had to explore this strange and amazing geological event with you. According to a Foo Fighters press release [...]
Remember that Foo Fighters contest that gave fans the chance to have the band play in your garage? Well, here’s a 40 minute documentary that chronicles the fans who won. It’s a pretty awesome and emotional doc to watch, and we congratulate the fans who won. And in case you’re wondering, this ain’t the kind [...]
Props goes out to Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters for calling out and kicking out two fans who were fighting during their set at the iTunes Festival. As the Huffington post reports this is what Grohl had to say when the two unruly fans were called out and then eventually escorted out of [...]
Continuing our exploration of virtual live music experiences, here’s news about the iTunes Festival 2011, one of the most interactive and mobile events of 2011. For 31 days, 61 artists will perform live in London and fans can buy tickets to the event or watch the action live on their iPad, iPhone or iTouch. The [...]
Continuing our series on cool contests for concert fans, here’s news about the Foo Fighters giving fans the chance to have the band play in your garage and rock out with tracks from their new album Wasting Light.
On Tuesday, Greg Kot reported that Eminem, Foo Fighters and Muse are going to be the among the headliners for Lollapalooza 2011. But there’s something else that’s just as important for the fans to know and think about.
Welcome to Part Two as we continue to revisit my original conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we began to explore the sweaty crunch and release of mosh pits. And in Part Two we’re going to explore the mind of artists during performance by quickly crowd surfing through the mind of Foo Fighters [...]
When I spoke with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger about his new book back in April, we talked about many aspects of live concert culture. But I wasn’t able to fit everything we talked about into the original interview post. So in this three part series I’ll be sharing with you three topics that were not included [...]
If you haven’t heard yet Rothbury 2009 will (likely, supposedly, hopefully) happen. Though it doesn’t necessarily show on the festival’s website, it’s been a long road for Rothbury festival promoters Madison House, but together with AEG they struck a deal that was approved by a federal Bankruptcy Court Judge on January 6th as reported in [...]
