Considered a founding father of event insurance, Sal Nociforo, 65, died in Long Island, N.Y., July 3rd of an apparent heart attack.

Rank Group, the U.K. company that owns the Hard Rock Café chain, is looking for a buyer for the restaurants.

Steve Blanck and Danny Heller of Gayle Force Entertainment Inc. have announced that David Martin will become the newest member of their team.

The Firm has announced it will launch an artist-friendly music company with albums to be distributed by EMI Music in the U.S. and licensed for territories worldwide.

As usual, a number of artists will be hanging around Japan before or after their appearances at whichever big festival they happen to be invited to.

Heavy rain and flooding didn't stop the Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., which attracts as many as 500,000 people to the area.

New Jersey shut down all 12 of its Atlantic City casinos for the first time in 28 years after N.J. officials failed to lock down a state budget deal.

Mercury Records co-founder Irving Green, 90, who helped break the color barrier by promoting artists such as Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and The Platters, died of natural causes July 1st.

Following the last-minute February 28th cancellation of Seattle's annual Summer Nights concert series, organizer One Reel faces a challenge: a lawsuit that could require a full environmental review before holding the series at Gas Works Park in 2007.