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What If We Created Remixed Pop-Up Concerts And Live Fan Jam Sessions?

February 29, 2012March 6, 2012 ChrisUncategorized
Intel ultrabook pop-up theater jam session

    Continuing our exploration in to brands and live music, a couple thoughts popped into my head after watching these videos from Intel’s new Ultrabook campaign called “Pop-Up Theater”. As noted in the email I got from the folks […]

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Another Concert Fan Has Fallen At Roskilde Festival 2011

July 9, 2011September 24, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

As Pollstar reports, “Police spokesman Carsten Andersen said the woman, aged between 25 and 30, died after falling from a 30-meter (98-foot) tower in the festival’s camping area. Pollstar also points out that, “…Roskilde Festival is Denmark’s largest rock festival […]

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Have You Told Your Lollapalooza Story Yet?

June 15, 2011June 16, 2011 ChrisUncategorized
relive lollaplooza 2011 fan stories

  Lollapalooza is celebrating 20 years by asking fans to submit their concert stories to win a free trip to Lollapalooza 2011 in Chicago in August. And judging by the fan stories that have already been submitted, this contest is […]

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Sasquatch Festival 2011: Sell Out Skepticism, Radiohead & The Dancing Guy and Your Mental Health

February 20, 2011February 20, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

Following in Coachella’s footsteps, this week Sasquatch Festival announced that it has sold out too. I guess fans are excited to see Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Modest Mouse and the rest of the lineup live in The Gorge […]

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The Best Concert Fan Stories of 2010

December 30, 2010December 31, 2010 ChrisBest Of

We all know that live music would be meaningless and utterly void without concert fans, which is why it’s time to celebrate your best stories of 2010! Spread the love…

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Do House Concerts Make Live Music More Personal?

November 20, 2010December 5, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Usually, our favorite concert experiences happen in stadiums, arenas, large public parks at summer music festivals, or at the local club. But as we’ve discovered in our exploration of redefined concert settings and virtual concerts, those usual concert locales aren’t […]

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Does Every VW Bus Have A Concert Road Trip Story?

September 25, 2010September 26, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Last weekend, Colleen and I hung out at a VW fest that was going on near our home in Crystal Lake, IL. And as we strolled through and looked at all the vintage VW cars, I noticed a lot of […]

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What Went Wrong At Reading Festival: Arcade Fire vs. Guns N’ Roses

September 2, 2010November 8, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

After watching two NME videos about The Arcade Fire and Guns N’ Roses from Reading Festival, I’m certain that the fan experience doesn’t get any more polar opposite than this. On one side, angry live music fans spoke loud and […]

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Lollapalooza 2010: The Official Review Of Everything That Happened

August 12, 2010November 4, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Well, we made it through another year of Lollapalooza. And it was a doozey. A really fun and delightful doozey, that is. And besides taking in gobs of live music during the weekend, I also had a fantastic mega-revelation about […]

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Good, Bad Or Strange: How Are Concert Fans Behaving In 2010?

July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

By the end of 2009, we had gathered up a very entertaining group of concert characters for our best (and worst) concert fans of the year list. So now that we’re half way through 2010, it’s time for a quick […]

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Does The Radius Clause Impact Concert Fans?

July 5, 2010July 5, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

On June 25th pop music reporter Jim Derogatis of Vocalo.org  broke a story about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan investigating the radius clause imposed on bands who play Lollapalooza and the festival’s possible anti-trust violating relationship with the City of […]

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Why Do Fans Love the Rock and Awe Of Surprise Shows?

July 2, 2010July 14, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

The surprise show is one of the greatest things that can happen to a concert fan. And one of the reasons I love surprise concerts is because they catch fans completely off guard. And whether the surprise concert lasts for […]

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Massive Weekly Wrap-Up: Huge News For You!

June 21, 2010December 22, 2010 ChrisInterviews

Sometimes there are concerts that are so big, so huge, so monumentally massive that words can’t describe the impact that they have on fans and bands. Yes, I’ve been to a few concerts like that. And if I were to […]

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Monthly Wrap-Up: What You Loved The Most May Surprise You

June 1, 2010June 4, 2010 ChrisBest Of

As I stood behind Evander Holyfield and scoped out his famously gnawed ears and watched Naomi Judd crawl across the floor cracking jokes in a VIP suite; and listened to Jewel struggle through the National Anthem at the Indy 500 […]

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