Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
After exploring the stories of these U2 fans, it obvious that their desire to experience the awe and granduer of U2 live is what saved the concert industry from another down year in 2011. At least that’s what the numbers say. According to Billboard, here’s a breakdown of the numbers in their Year in Touring [...]
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 [...]
Continuing our exploration of Live Nation and social media, this past weekend I noticed that Live Nation asked concert fans a very interesting question on their Facebook page. And I’d like to ask you the same one too, but in a different way.
Last week we explored our Best of 2010 concert experiences. And during those explorations we discovered how live music continues to be a place of profound self-discovery, escape and an environment were live music fans find emotional comfort and community. But did the concert industry’s bottom line reflect the same awe and wonder? Did we [...]
On Monday, Ticketmaster launched their new blog Ticketology. We’re glad to see them take such a bold, fan-friendly and social step forward. But we have a few questions for them. Because that’s what we do.
Does the new controversial Arizona immigration law impact concert fans, promoters and artists? Is Live Nation-Ticketmaster second-guessing their merger? Let’s get answers to those questions and take a look at some live music news.
Today, the DOJ approved the Live Nation Ticketmaster merger. But in the process they added a few modifications.
This year we’ve talked a lot about the pending Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger on Live Fix. I’ve explained and shared info about how, if it goes through, the merger will negatively impact your concert experiences in 2010 and beyond. It goes without saying that the pending merger has been one of the biggest stories of 2009. But [...]
