It was like being at a jazz concert. Not that I’ve been to many jazz concerts. It wasn’t about hits, but playing. It was about where the music was gonna TAKE YOU! I gave up the herb many moons ago, but when the acrid smell permeated the Hollywood Bowl during the first number, I felt […]

Did I miss a memo here? Or was I living under a rock? Has Neil Young not been touring for over a decade? Is he an unavailable recluse deigning to come back to society to let us hear "Heart Of Gold" one more time? Is he going to play the hits and only the hits? […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the average concertgoer attends fewer than TWO SHOWS A YEAR? Yup, that’s what Michael Rapino said yesterday at the Goldman Sachs clusterfuck. Live Nation: We Want In On Ticketmaster, StubHub Why IS that? First and foremost, there are not enough acts people want […]

In a couple of weeks we’re going to see Justin Timberlake dance and rappers recite indecipherable lyrics to backup tapes as girls scream as instructed by the producers at the MTV Video Music Awards. You can already see the billboards. There will be an incredible press run-up. The winners will be paraded all over the […]