One Offs

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are set to head to Europe for a round of shows in support of Working On A Dream, with dates through July …

Gabelli & Co. initiated coverage on Ticketmaster Entertainment with a Buy rating, saying the company “still enjoys the advantages of a dominant entrenched incumbent in an industry with significant economies of scale” …

Yes, President Barack Obama is considering Chicago attorney Michael Dorf to be chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts but, no, it’s not the same Michael Dorf who opened the Knitting Factory in NYC and L.A. and just opened the 500-capacity City Winery in New York …

Bob Kehm has been promoted from marketing director to assistant GM at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.

Carnegie Hall is cutting its 2009-10 schedule by 10 percent because of the recession, instituting a hiring freeze and slashing $4 million from the budget for its current season to keep it balanced …

One-fourth of all band applications for SXSW came from abroad this year, and 40 percent of bands invited to perform hail from outside the U.S., according to a SXSW statement …

One of the more famous keyboards of all time – the 16-foot piano Tom Hanks walked on in his 1988 film “Big” – has been given to the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia …

The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, a legit theatre rarely used as a concert venue, just turned 200 years old and is regarded as the nation’s oldest theatre.