Just a single Instagram photo set off a blaze that would lead to death threats against J. Salmeron and metal band Arch Enemy. J. Salmeron loves to take photos. Holding a Ph.D. in law, he goes under the professional name ‘J the Amazing.’ Yet, that’s far…
Category archives: Live Concert Industry
Shanghai Concert Hall Set to Close for Major ‘Facelift’
` The Shanghai Concert Hall will finally receive a major makeover. A popular 88-year-old Chinese concert hall will finally receive a much-needed ‘facelift.’ The Shanghai Concert Hall will close in March 2019 for major renovations. This comes 15 years …
Expanding its Reach into Latin America, Live Nation Acquires a Majority Stake in DF Entertainment
Live Nation continues to make global acquisitions. Several weeks ago, Live Nation acquired Mainland Music, a Swiss promoter. The move came a year after the global entertainment company acquired the Openair Frauenfeld festival in Switzerland. The compa…
Travis Scott Is Reportedly Close to Playing the Super Bowl — Jay-Z Is Trying to Talk Him Out of It
It looks like Travis Scott is close to joining Maroon 5 on stage for this year’s Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show. Earlier reports stated that more than half-a-dozen artists have turned down offers to play the Super Bowl gig. TMZ broke the news on Travis …
Sweden’s ‘Man-Free’ Music Festival Declared Illegal and Discriminatory
The Statement Festival is a self-described “man-free” music festival exclusively for “women, transgender, and non-binary people only.” The event was held back in August in Sweden, but Sweden’s Discrimination Ombudsman now says the festival violates ant…
U.S. Department of Justice Bans Bump Stocks Used in the Route 91 Las Vegas Massacre
A year and a handful of months after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the government is finally banning bump stocks. The U.S. Department of Justice has now declared that any weapons modified with a bump stock will be classified as machine guns. The classi…
Better Than Real Life? MelodyVR to Power a Realtime VR Concert With Liam Payne
MelodyVR is hosting an exclusive concert for anyone who owns an Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR headset. Liam Payne of One Direction fame is playing a small gig for a select audience in London. But the real action will be captured in VR. London-based Mel…
Ed Sheeran Tops the 2018 Touring List With $432.4 Million In Receipts — Easily Beating Out Taylor Swift
Move over Taylor Swift; there’s a new top-grossing performer for 2018. Ed Sheeran has surpassed Swift to become the highest grossing touring artist in a single year. Nine of the other top ten performers on Pollstar’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours chart saw o…
Half-a Dozen Superstars Have Rejected Super Bowl Halftime Offers, Report Says
The NFL may be having trouble landing a contract with the next performer for the Super Bowl Halftime show. A new report suggests that the NFL’s stance on player protests is a very big deal for superstar musicians. Anonymous sources speaking to Variety …
Route 91 Festival May Return to Las Vegas Next Year
How many concertgoers would attend Route 91 Festival 2019? Two years ago, a lone shooter staying at the Mandalay Bay hotel shot and killed 58 festivalgoers at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas. Stephen Paddock, the 64-year gunman, also injured over 5…