Talk about an unpopular opinion… In case you haven’t been following this story, clubs are closing at an alarming rate in the U.K. Now they want tax relief, which is fine with me, that’s part of the game, but also a tax on other, larger gigs, has been proffered to keep the smaller venues in […]

1 Remember when Don Rose lobbied the business to get rid of the CD longbox? Probably not, unless you were around thirty five years ago and remember Rykodisc and Tower Records and… It’s interesting to me that music industry history is being forgotten. Not the early days, with Ahmet and Sun Records and the independents […]

1 She did not sing the songs you wanted to hear, she sang the songs she wanted to play. Normally, the act is on stage trying to convince the audience to love them, to entrance them, but the 17,000 in attendance at the Bowl were already sold, and they were afforded a peek into Joni […]

You have to hate Ticketmaster. It’s the law of us vs. them. If you question this orthodoxy, you’re a pariah. Truth be damned. But the truth is there is no way underpriced concert tickets will end up in the hands of hard core fans. It’s literally impossible. Speak to the titans of the industry and […]