Live Concert Industry

The question — for investors, employees, and competitors — is whether Live Nation is getting looted before our very eyes.  Which brings us to a very sizeable options handout to a small group of top Live Nation ... Read More...

What else is the concert industry supposed to do?  Fans have concert alerts blasting at them from every angle and app, their inboxes are stuffed with touring bands they love! Which means in 2013, fans not on... Read More...

What else is the concert industry supposed to do? Fans have concert alerts blasting at them from every angle and app, their inboxes are stuffed with touring bands they love! Which means in 2013, fans not on... Read More...

Last year, Live Nation Entertainment lost $163.2 million, according to just-released financial details.  Costly missteps involving Irving Azoff and Artist Nation were to blame, all part of a broader story that ... Read More...

Guess the money really is in touring. Just moments after getting a raise and contract extension, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino has purchased this $14.75 million mansion compound in the Brentwood section of Los... Read More...

So when do the Rolling Stones go on? Here's the official lineup, disclosed early this morning... ... Read More...

Talk to street performers, and they'll tell you that donation levels vary greatly depending on the time of day, time of year, the weather, and location (think Venice Beach, Central Park, and other places crowde... Read More...

Dubai: It's a really, really long way from New Orleans... ... Read More...

Coachella was solid. Made In America was choppy or incompatible. Outside Lands was audio, Treasure Island nonexistent.  But after watching Austin City Limits on YouTube's livestream, something changed dramatica... Read More...