“Chase Rice’s Tour Stop #1 – Hosts Absolutely Packed Concert… No Masks, Social Distancing” Who thought this was a good idea? Interesting this is getting no coverage in the music trades. Crickets on “Billboard,” ditto on “Pollstar,” never mind “Hits.” Funny how a business that makes its money working weekends is covered by writers who […]

Charlie Puth covers Bruce Springsteen’s Growin’ Up for “Jersey 4 Jersey” Benefit Concert But when they said, ‘Sit down,’ I stood up Bon Jovi singlehandedly made New Jersey cool. Or at least lifted it up from the depths. Let’s see… Newark? Nothing good ever happened there, other than maybe the birth of Philip Roth. Growing […]

It was not must see TV. I thought the Stones were good, Mick Jagger sounded great, and then when the keyboard came in, I realized it was all prerecorded and massaged and I was disappointed. Yes, “One World” was not live. And it played to the lowest common denominator, the supposed one world we all […]

Craig Newman – Facebook Craig Newman, agent at APA, tummler par excellence, is having another singalong today, Sunday, at 1:30 PM west coast time (i.e. 4:30 PM east coast time). This is positively a G-rated affair. Craig sings and tells stories along with his daughter Sadie. We tuned in last week and it was fun, […]