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Mailbag-Rossington/Maher/Nile/Kooper/Ticketing/Smith/Raitt

GARY ROSSINGTON/LYNYRD SKYNYRD In April of 1987 I was working with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon promoting concerts in Atlanta and still doing a little management. My old friend Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington called me to say Amber Ertegun suggested they talk to me  about me managing their band Rossington. We […]

Fair Ticketing Act

https://bit.ly/3Ir1yyj Yesterday at the Pollstar conference, Irving Azoff hosted a panel with Garth Brooks, Jim Dolan and Makan Delrahim about ticketing. It is not about Ticketmaster. Irving started off by reading a multi-page explanation of the situation from the one true perspective. THE ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE! There is no show without the artist. To point the […]

Mailbag-Carnes/Rosen/Murphy/More

RE: KIM CARNES/DON’T CALL IT LOVE Hey, Bob. Thank you so much for your very kind words about “Don’t Call It Love.” You’ve given an old songwriter a big lift and I’m grateful. Tom Snow ____________________________________ Original Tom Snow version of “Don’t Call It Love” YouTube: https://bit.ly/3YMY6oz Hyperbolium ____________________________________ Hi Bob, You don’t know me […]

Fred Rosen-This Week’s Podcast

Mr. Ticketmaster. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fred-rosen/id1316200737?i=1000599939689 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/d20dc1b0-054d-45b1-b201-37319570e442/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-fred-rosen https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/fred-rosen-212002171