10 Weird Onstage Accidents
There’s been a slew of onstage mishaps so far this year, but such accidents have been a part of rock’n’roll for years. Loudwire put this video together to prove it The post 10 Weird Onstage Accidents...
View ArticleIf You Go to a Gig in Finland and It’s Sh*t, You Can Get Your Money Back. By...
You don’t mess with the Finns. The country’s Consumer Disputes Board handed down a ruling last week that declares concert-goers are eligible for a refund if a given performance is “well below...
View ArticleDo You Stare at Your Smartphone During Concerts? You’re Not Alone.
We are all so terribly, terrible afraid of being bored, even for an instant. This Dilbert cartoon from earlier this week sums everything up nicely. Now comes this op-ed from the GM of Consumer [sic]...
View ArticleHow Far Away Are We From Hologram Concerts?
Actually, we’re already there. Ever hear of Hatsune Miku? She’s been playing sold out concerts in Japan since early 2010. Okay, so Mitsune is a cartoon, which is a little easier to manipulate than an...
View ArticleAmerica, Guns and Music
Like most non-Americans, I just don’t get that nation’s obsession with guns. As someone who grew up in a rural area, guns were treated as tools for protection of farm animals–gotta keep the foxes out...
View ArticleIf You’ve Ever Gone to a Music Festival, You Should Thank George Wein. Wait–Who?
The idea of standing in a field over a weekend to hear music wasn’t always popular. In fact, this sort of behavior is relatively new. NPR has this story on George Wein who many consider the godfather...
View ArticleRandom Music News for Saturday, October 24, 2015
Ate a bad kushi oyster here in Vancouver last night. You don’t want to know anymore about it. I will, however, share some music news with you. When was the last time a concert was cancelled over a soft...
View ArticleAn Excellent Question: How Much Will Concert Security Cost After the Paris...
From the second the Paris attacks began, concert promoters and venue operators worldwide went “Uh-oh. This is gonna be bad.” If armed suicide-vested gunmen can just walk into a gig and kill a hundred...
View ArticleWant to Know What It’s Like to Be a Concert Bootlegger?
There was a time not that long ago that mobile phones were banned from concerts. You may remember seeing signs at the venue doors saying that such devices were prohibited because record labels,...
View ArticleAnd the Biggest Tour of 2015 Was…
Pollstar, the bible of the touring industry, tracks box office grosses through the year. It’s time now to tally up the results of 2015. Topline Results Gross global revenues for the Top 20 tours: $2.2...
View ArticleFestival d’été de Québec is Ready for Another Year
Festival d’été de Québec has turned into one of the great concert spectacles of the summer. So who’s playing in 2016? Watch. Wow. From the press release. SALE OF PASSES, SIGNATURE ZONE AND FRONT-STAGE...
View ArticleSmartphones at Concerts: How Some Artists are Dealing with Them
We’ve all been to shows where half the audience insists on watching the gig through their smartphones. There’s nothing wrong with grabbing a little bit of video as some kind of souvenir, but even then...
View Article“Can You Really Be Too Old for Music Festivals?”
Years ago, my mom dispatched my dad to find me in a lineup for an outdoor festival because–well, I don’t remember why. Maybe it was to give me an extra key to the house because they were going out. Dad...
View ArticleGoing to Concerts is Good for Your Health
Can going to a live music event be good for your health? Medical science says “Yes! Definitely!” The Centre of Performance Science conducted a study that involved taking saliva samples from 117 people...
View ArticleWhere Do You Spend Your Money When You Go to a Music Festival?
A site called Events Structure collection some data on how British festival-goers spend their money when they attend an event. Does any of this sound like you? Items on which you’re willing to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ticketmaster Lists 450 Shows Eligible for Vouchers
There’s not a single Canadian show included on the list of 450 411 concerts for which Ticketmaster customers can use their free or discounted ticket vouchers. This probably shouldn’t be all that...
View ArticleBe It Resolved: “Mobile Phones Should Be Locked Up at Concerts”
All concerts are now a sea of glowing screens as people chose their phones rather than risk being bored for a nanosecond by what’s happening onstage. This greatly pisses off the performer. Should...
View ArticleA Brief History of Secret Concerts
Not all gigs are announced in advance–at least not to the general public. Maybe it’s something that only insiders know about. Perhaps it’s the culmination of a contest. Or maybe no one knows about it...
View ArticleNew Site Offers Ticket Protections for Music Fans
There are some rights and protections concertgoers and sports fans should have when buying tickets. Protect Ticket Rights (www.protectticketrights.org) is a new venture from the Washington, DC-based...
View ArticleIn Defence of the full-album Concert
Concerts in which bands perform an album’s entire tracklist have been around for some years now and some people think of the practice as artists cashing in, or compromising credibility in some other...
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