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I’ve got an excellent update to our ongoing experiments on concert rioting, live music fears and similar concert crisis related explorations. According to Physics Central a group of students at Cornell University have begun to share their research about comparing […]
There’s been a lot of cool stuff going on in the live music world lately, and here’s a collection of links that have inspired future explorations and episodes of Live Fix Radio. Enjoy and rock on my friends! […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I started to wonder what the impact would be on the live music industry and the fan experience. Who would be hit the hardest? The fans? Bands? Venue owners? As I thought about how […]
That’s right. You don’t turn the power off on the Boss until he’s done. And apparently not even Sir Paul could sway authorities to keep the show going after concert organizers turned the switch off last week in England. […]
Radiohead has been the focus of several Live Fix explorations over the years and it saddens us to share the tragic news of their stage collapsing in Toronto. Here’s a statement released by the band shortly after the incident. […]
As we know, Madonna live always makes for a very interesting concert experiment especially when she does free Super Bowl shows to promote her latest album MDMA. And now we have some more fleshy and controversial fodder to […]
Our Bieber fever and Beatles explorations continue with this news about Justin Bieber’s recent free concert in Mexico City that drew 300,000 bielebers topping Paul McCarntecy’s show that drew 250,000 fans just a few weeks earlier. Here’s how Bieber […]
Well, my friends there seems to be a trend emerging. Yes, now the Flaming Lips have joined the Guiness World Record festivites. Here’s what’s happening according to Pitchfork as Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips attempt to break Jay-Z’s record […]
Our Van Halen concert experiment continues with some very interesting developments. In the wake of the band’s recent announcement that they will be canceling their tour, according to TMZ, a Van Halen cover band Van Halen Army has stepped […]
Well, this is a fun continuation of our ongoing White Stripes experiment. Of course it’s only Jack White attempting a new world record as he voyages out in the wake of his new album Blunderbuss. Here’s the news according […]
This is no way to celebrate Mother’s Day. And I’m sure Tupac and Kanye wouldn’t do something like this. As the Stool Pigeon reports, R. Kelly fans were deceived and extremely disappointed by the star’s 75 second concert […]
As you know, live music makes concert fans do some crazy stuff. So say hello to the Crazy Falling Fan from the Creamfields Festival in Sydney, Australia. According to reports, after the fan survived the fall […]
After I heard the sad news that Whitney Houston had died I thought about a couple things. First, I wondered how we would respond to it as a community of live music fans. Would it be like how […]
Yes, even rock stars get nervous. And as Van Halen gets ready to rock once again, one band member got vulnerable with fans during a smaller, more intimate show at a historic venue. As Pollstar reports, Van Halen frontman David […]