The collapse of a railing at a Live Nation produced Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert in New Jersey injured at least 42 people, at least 1 critically. But despite the tragedy, the next day’s show was held as planned. _______________________________ A railing collapse at a concert headlined by Snoop…
Category archives: Live & Touring
Windish, Tmwrk, Mtheory, AGI Launch $250M Music Investment Fund With Eye On SFX, Developing Artists
The Unison Fund: What happens when a music booking agency, artist management firm and music industry consultancy join forces with an investment group and raise $250 million to fund developing artists, tours and other music industry properties? We’re about to find out. ____________________________________ Investor And Agency Chief Tom Windish As…
TheWaveVR Closes $2.5M Seed Round For Social Music Virtual Reality Platform
Austin, Texas based virtual reality music platform TheWaveVR has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round to build a social VR music platform that will launch later this year. Participating in the round are leading venture capital firms including KPCB Edge, Presence Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, RRE Ventures, The VR Fund,…
3 Methods Of Negotiating For Higher Pay From Venues
For bands and artists starting out, it can be difficult to convince a venue to take a risk and compensate you properly for your performance. Here we review three different strategies to employ when negotiating to receive proper pay. __________________________________ Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog Upstart…
6 Social Media Lessons We Can Learn From Music Festivals
When promoting an upcoming show or event on social media, it can be helpful to take a look at the tactics employed by massively successful festivals like Coachella and Tomorrowland. _____________________________ Guest Post by Dan McCarthy If you’re promoting an upcoming event, consider modeling your marketing efforts after some of…
Lenders Crush Sillerman’s Plan To Pull SFX From Bankruptcy
It seems Bob Sillerman’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy and retain some of his SFX assets was foiled by the same lenders which he originally dealt with in order to finance the company, after they filed a new restructuring agreement with dramatically different – and significantly less favorable – terms…
6 Things Every Musician Must To Do Before Summer’s Over
As summer’s rapid march continues on, artist’s must not only start planning for the fall and winter gigging season, but also take care of unfinished summer business. Here we look at 6 different things every should do before summer’s inevitable end. _______________________ Guest Post by Jesse Sterling Harrison on the…
Judges Denies Claims Of 29 Prince "Heirs", Official Tribute Concert Begins To Take Shape
29 would-be heirs to the Prince estate were excluded, and other previously unchallenged heirs will be forced to undergo genetic testing, a judge ruled last week. Simultaneously, an official tribute concert began taking shape. _____________________________________________ A Minnesota judge has excluded 29 would-be heirs from the estate of the late pop…
Live Nation Reports Strong Earnings, Stock Soars
Over the last few quarters, Live Nation has started to feel like a solid business driven less by the touring whims of major artists and more by solid growth across three divisions – concerts, advertising, and ticketing. That Live Nation can achieve this amplifies Robert Sillerman’s failures at SFX. _________________________________________________…
How I Sold $66,000 In Tickets in Less Than 2 Hours with 1 Text
Here we explore an alternative method of advertising tickets to fans. Rather than using email or social media, this piece looks at how one band was able to use a mass of fan phone numbers in order to sell tickets via text, with incredible success. ________________________________ Guest Post by Nathan…