Five Late Registrants, Four Runner-Ups & A Gold Medalist: Meet Spain’s Top 2024 Touring Artists
Spain’s live business is flourishing with its nearly 48 million inhabitants’ unbridled enthusiasm for live pushing its industry to one of its best years on record. The artists bringing the multitudes to clubs, arenas, stadiums, and green fields are led…
‘We Give Artists A Different Perspective And A Long-term Plan’: Q’s With The Team Of Live Nation Spain
For our annual Spain Focus, Pollstar reached out to the team of Live Nation Spain. Amidst a busy calendar of events, president Pino Sagliocco, head promoter Nacho Córdoba, and Chen Castaño, managing director of Planet Events found the time to…
‘The Volume Is Insane’: Q’s With Chris Ortiz, President, Riff Music
Riff Music is one of few independent promoters doing major business left in Spain. Headquartered in Cordoba, Andalusia, the team around co-founders Chris Ortiz and Carlos Espinosa counts 18 full time staff in the office, plus 12 working externally, mostly…
‘Spain Is A Country With A Passionate Audience’: Q’s With Neo Sala, CEO, Doctor Music
Pollstar speaks with Neo Sala, founder and CEO of Doctor Music, one of Spain’s longest-standing promoters, and the go-to company for many international blockbuster tours coming through the country. He’s always got his finger on the pulse of live, and…
‘Success For Us Is Opening Doors For Acts’: Q’s With César Andión, The Spanish Wave
Pollstar reached out to César Andión, head of The Spanish Wave talent factory of Live Nation Spain, who works with some of the country’s most promising artists. He aswered our questions having just returned from The Great Escape Festival in…
‘We Are Managing To Take Our Country’s Culture To A Global Stage’: Q’s With Juli Guiu Marquina, chair, Clipper’s Music Group
There’s hardly a country on earth that offers as many stunning outdoor locations as Spain. Clipper’s Music Group has been making good use of them for decades. The festivals in Clipper’s portfolio are one of the main reasons for the…
‘It Is Crucial To Teach New Generations That Online Formats Are Not Enough’: Q’s With Manuel Saucedo, General Manager, WiZink Center Madrid
All the big acts passing through the Spanish capital of Madrid perform at WiZink Center – unless they want to book a stadium. But even that’s changed, according to the building’s GM Manuel Saucedo, who said that some artists, who…
‘Firmly Committed To What The Public Call For’: Q’s With Carme Lanuza, Director, Palau Sant Jordi & Estadi Olímpic
Carme Lanuza works at Barcelona Serveis Municipals (BSM), which unifies the provision of municipal services in the Catalan capital, where she oversees Barcelona’s Anella Olímpica, comprising Palau Sant Jordi, Sant Jordi Club and the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which, together,…
The Hallowed Honky-Tonk
If you called central set design for the quintessential Texas roadhouse, they’d likely send a replica of Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Saint Lucia Continues To Establish Itself As Caribbean Concert Draw
The idyllic Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, with its landmark twin mountains, the Pitons, and world’s only drive-in volcano where one can bathe in mud from the Sulphur Springs, is also a top draw for music lovers.
Armstrong House Wins IMLS Award
What a wonderful award: the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, was one of five U.S. museums to win the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) National Medal, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries.
Vandals in Orlando
PARK IT FOR PUNK: Orlando stop of Punk In The Park includes Black Flag, T.S.O.L., Down By Law, Swingin’ Utters and Dwarves. (Courtesy Brew Ha Ha Productions) Central Florida Fairgrounds is three miles west of downtown Punk rock fans in…
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