I’ve been thinking about the results of the Billboard poll to the right a lot lately. Especially after reading how Live Nation is trying to “help” concert fans. But is their recent removal of service fees (announced on June 1st) a move to help fans or just help increase summer ticket sales? Here’s what Live Nation told Billboard [...]
Is Funding Your Concert Habit Taxing?
May 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you had one this year, you’ve probably already received it. And back in February, CNN took a poll asking how people planned on using their tax refund. With the concert industry and summer festivals offering layaway plans, or even extending their deadlines until fans received their tax refunds, I was wondering if and how [...]
Are Your Concert Experiences Really Priceless?
May 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When I read this review in New York Magazine about photographer/visual artist Jennifer Dalton’s The Reappraisal I started to wonder: what is the emotional value of our live concert experiences? Here’s a snippet from the Jerry Saltz critic’s pick review: Jennifer Dalton photographed everything in her home, then lined a gallery with shelves full of [...]
Will New Antitrust Leadership Impact the LiveNation Ticketmaster Merger?
May 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Will you trust the U.S. Department of Justice to govern your live concert experiences? Things have been fairly quite recently on the congressional front regarding the LiveNation Ticketmaster merger. But yesterday I saw this news story come across my Twitter update feed. It came curtosity of @concertinfo who was Retweeting Alfred Branch Jr’s Ticketnews [...]
Why Spreadsheets Don't Suck Anymore
February 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been mulling over this Idolator article for quite some time. Mainly because it’s challenging a thought from a previous post, and making the financial truth of touring hard to swallow. But on the brightside, it also furthers a thought I had about the indie-rock Long Tail of touring and then links it to another [...]
What's Live Music Worth to You?
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Idolator Gets Personal: Coachella and Live Music Costs
February 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
I’ve never directly mentioned the effect of the recession on the live music industry on Live Exhaust before, but after I read this Idolator article about Coachella’s layaway ticket plan and the festival season ticket price pinch, I thought I had better see what your thoughts are. The comments in the Idolator article weren’t a [...]
Pour Some Content on Me!
August 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Even the once kings of british heavy metal Def Leppard need something to attract fans to their music these days, especially when the tunes don’t seem to be turning anybody into hysterical pyromanics in 2008. “Def Leppard proves once again they are pioneers not only in music, but now, as leaders in the digital age,” [...]
