Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Pickleball

It’s gonna kill tennis. I was riding the lift last winter and my companion was a local. So I asked the usual questions, was she retired, how much does she ski… You see people move to the mountains to ski and stop. It’s classic. First you stop going on busy days, and then you stop […]

Dynamic Pricing

It won’t be about Bruce. Quick, which act broke the hundred dollar ticket barrier and when? Students of the game, the aged, will tell you it was the Eagles on their Hell Freezes Over tour back in ’94. Does anybody balk at paying a hundred dollars for a ticket anymore? For good ones, that appears […]

Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99

Trailer: https://bit.ly/3BWetXc 1 Did we need another look at Woodstock ’99? Not really, last year’s HBO movie was sufficient. I imagine some young people might watch this Netflix series for the trainwreck value, to get a peek at what once was, as for older people, aware when the festival took place… I recommend it only […]

Mailbag

From: Steve Stewart Subject: Re: Too Much Springsteen / Ticketmaster Boycott Date: July 26, 2022 at 8:05:14 PM PDT I have a quick Ticketmaster story for you, Bob – Back in the mid-90s, when I was managing Stone Temple Pilots, I was in close touch with Kelly Curtis, who was managing Pearl Jam. Kelly’s tour […]