One Offs

Audience capacity for August’s Lollapalooza is expected to be increased from 75,000 to 86,000 because the Chicago Park District has allowed the festival to use 35 more acres of the city’s Grant Park ….

Elton John has reportedly turned down $33 million to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on “American Idol” …

City officials in Boca Raton, Fla., are considering taking over operations of the Centre For The Arts At Mizner Park Amphitheatre, which is currently run by the Center for the Arts non-profit …

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prohorov has officially been approved by the NBA to buy the New Jersey Nets …

Cablevision Systems CEO James Dolan – as frontman of JD & The Straight Shot – is expected to open on nine Eagles / Dixie Chicks dates starting in June.

Stock analyst Smartrend is bullish on Live Nation and CKX stock because “stocks with lower relative performance are a better bargain” …

The only known audio recording of a 1966 Beatles press conference, where John Lennon is grilled about his “more popular than Jesus” comment, is expected to be auctioned for about $20,000 next month …

This month’s Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, is one of many operations that is contributing to Nashville relief by making a 50-cent donation per ticket to the Metro Nashville Disaster Response Fund …

X guitarist and amplifier repair god Billy Zoom has been successfully treated for prostate cancer.