Business In France Remains Magnifique
France currently has a luxury problem: not enough space to contain all of the shows willing to tour, and all of the fans willing to buy tickets. As hosts of the 2024 Summer Olympics, the country’s main entertainment buildings have…
Q’s With Lily Fisher: 40 Years of Musical History And Counting
One of Paris’ landmark concert halls turns 40 this year: Le Zénith, located in the 19th arrondissement of the French capital. It’s one of 17 Zéniths strewn across France, and just like the city it dwells in, the most popular.…
Q’s With Matthieu Drouot: ‘I’m Not Sure Artists Who Only Tour Europe 3 Weeks Per Year Will Get A Great Farewell’
It’s tough to succeed in today’s business as an independent. Matthieu Drouot, CEO of Gérard Drouot Productions, can attest to that. He wouldn’t change a thing, though. “It’s the best,” he says. Having been raised in this business by French…
Asia News: NHK Gets ‘Tiny Desk’; Tokyo Phil Tours Korea; Thai Tomorrowland Extended; Mayday May Play China
JAPAN NPR Brings Its ‘Tiny Desk’ To NHK National Public Radio has announced it is partnering with Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, to present a localized version of its popular music show “Tiny Desk Concerts” on NHK-affiliated stations in Japan. It…
Australasia News: P!NK Breaks More Records; Tame Impala’s Jodie Regan Honored; NZ: Politician Criticized For Song Use
AUSTRALIA P!NK Breaks Australasian Records The Australian and New Zealand leg of P!NK’s “Summer Carnival Tour” – her first upgrade to stadiums – came close to reaching 1 million tickets sold by the time it wrapped March 24 in the…
Chart Scene: Elevation Worship Debuts In Top 10 On LIVE75 With Winter Tour
Christian music collective Elevation Worship, from Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, debuts at No. 6 on LIVE75 based on ticket sales reported from the group’s eight-show winter tour with church pastor Steven Furtick. The “Elevation Nights ‘24” tour kicked…
Big Ears Festival 2024 Touches The Sublime
What makes Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival so transcendent are the performances. Featuring primarily “fringe” artists, whose edgy sounds are often dismissed, ignored or maybe just go unheard by the mainstream, the festival feels like being in on an incredible secret.…
¡Vive Latino, Viva México! OCESA’s Festival Emblematic Of The Nation’s Cultural Shift
Latin music truly is everywhere: Turn on the radio and you’ll likely run into a Bad Bunny tune; surf through Spotify’s top hits playlist and there’s Karol G; check out Coachella’s lineup and Peso Pluma is billed as one of…
Loud And Live, LAMC Announce Partnership For 25th Edition Of Latin Conference
Loud And Live, one of the top independent promoters in the business specializing in Latin music, announced a partnership with the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) that makes the entertainment company a presenting sponsor for the upcoming 25th edition of…
Wasserman Promotes Nine, Creates Orchestral Division
Wasserman Music announced the promotion of nine people to Agent and Touring roles across its various departments, as well as the announcement of their Orchestral division. Alex Christie (agent), Annie Cole (manager, touring), Anna Kathryn Groom (manager, brand partnerships), Owen…
CAA’s Chris Dalston Talks AC/DC Selling 1.5M Tickets In A Day
Before Chris Dalston got into the music business he was working as a cruise ship photographer a “long, long time ago.” He explained that you get to know the entertainers very well and one of them, comedian Phyllis Diller, encouraged…
Hometown Heroes Return to St. Catharines
Alexisonfire and City And Colour's Born & Raised festival, which debuted in St. Catharines, Ontario, at Montebello Park in 2022, is back this summer as a way to prop up the city, whose downtown core has been plagued by homelessness and drug problems. The festival draws 10,000 fans per day.
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