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If you’ve been to a loud concert, don’t drink coffee the following morning.
You’re back at home after attending an amazing live gig. You try to sleep but you can’t. The music was
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What are the best cities in the world for live music? (Spoiler: Toronto is one.)
Here’s yet another piece of research that’s actually an ad for a British company. But hey, it’s interesting, so I’ll
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There will be no fighting at a Foo Fighters show. Or else.
And if Dave Grohl spots you fighting, prepare for the most embarrassing event of your life. (Via Tom) @kurtsoldthekidsforfo0d KING
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Twenty One Pilots play a hometown show in Columbus OH. Here’s a review.
[Ramona Zacharias is a huge Twenty One Pilots. When she asked if she could submit a review for their hometown
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Two die, one injured at an ABBA tribute concert
That headline is 100% accurate. Two people are dead and a third has non-life-threatening injuries after a person either jumped
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Random music news for Saturday, November 6, 2021
Don’t like getting needles? Maybe you need this robot vaxxer. As for music news on November 5, 2021… Live Nation
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Eight dead at AstroWorld music festival in Texas (with more updates)
At least eight people are reported dead after a crowd crush at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival on Friday night (November
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Weekly survey: How do you feel about general admission areas at concerts?
The idea of general admission areas at concerts is again up for discussion following the crowd crush that killed eight
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Here are the latest developments with the Astroworld festival tragedy
There are plenty of questions surrounding why eight people died and more than 300 were injured during Travis Scott’s set
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Ongoing History Daily: Concert tragedies
The deaths earlier this month at the Astroworld Festival are not the first at a music festival. We can go
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A beginner’s guide to backstage passes
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If there’s one question I get most often about live shows,
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Touring bible Pollstar reveals biggest tours of 2021
This was the year when much of the live music scene tried to get back on its feet after COVID
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Random music news for Monday, December 20, 2021
Have you noticed more road rage these days? Some people have. Keep that in mind after you browse through music
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Random music news for Monday, January 24, 2022
I was at Costco yesterday–wearing a mask, of course–when got a tickle in my nose and sneezed. From the looks
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New study puts music industry COVID losses in the spotlight
It’s been two long years since COVID rolled around and ruined our fun — and now we can put numbers
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Weekly survey: If COVID restrictions were dropped today, how long would it be...
COVID restrictions are not only being dropped in other countries around the world but in a rag-tag way in provinces
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Weekly survey: Have you bought any concert tickets for 2022 yet?
Some friends were over for dinner on the weekend. At one point in the evening, the conversation turned to a
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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the word “gig.”
Here’s an odd piece of trivia. When a band plays a show, we say that they’ve got a “gig.” Where
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Weekly survey: How far (or how long) are you willing to travel to see a concert?
Here’s another question designed to gauge your appetite for seeing concerts and festivals in a year when COVID will hopefully
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Ongoing History Daily: Eddie the bootlegger
It’s a long and well-established tradition for Pearl Jam to allow their fans to record their concerts. This has driven
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