Amy Lee is a force of nature. She’s everything the competitors on “American Idol” and the rest of the TV competition shows want to be. But in addition to being able to sing, she can write and play too. This trifecta used to be the bedrock of the music business. And it still is, flavors […]

Last night I went to a gig and the opening act was bad. I don’t mean terrible, completely unskilled, but if you asked someone to leave the house for this…they wouldn’t. Oh, some people did. This was a club, holding a few hundred, and it was not full and this woman did her best to […]

“Lily Allen Drops Most Arena Dates on U.S. Tour in Favor of Theater and Amphitheater Shows”: https://variety.com/2026/music/news/lily-allen-drops-arena-dates-tour-theaters-1236810991/ Just how many Lily Allen fans are there anyway? What Lily Allen does best is publicity. She’s got the press in the palm of her hand. She’s not so outrageous that she’s dismissed, yet unlike so many unthinking […]

Ashish Hemrajani is founder and CEO of BookMyShow, India’s premier concert promotion company. This is a developing market with opportunity for all. If you want the skinny on touring in India, this is the place! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ashish-hemrajani/id1316200737?i=1000777043580 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/776a6c56-86dc-454d-838d-deeb3f1b5fa2/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-ashish-hemrajani