U2/KEANE Date: Fri 10/07/2005 thru Fri 10/14/2005Venue: Madison Square Garden – New York, NYPromoter: The Next Adventure/Ron Delsener Presents#Sold Out/# of Shows: 5/5Gross: $9,658,009Sold/Capacity: 93,275 / 93,275% Sold: 100%Ticket Price(s): $165.00, $49.50 Why is it in 1988, upon release of "Rattle and Hum", U2’s fans cried UNCLE!  Were worn out with Bono’s God act.  And […]

From: Brandon WagnerSubject: Re: I’m Listening To Bob, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your columns over the past 8 months.  I thank a good friend in the New York industry for forwarding me your e-mails till I signed up on your list. I owe you for turning me on to Sufjan Stevens. Opening up Rolling Stone a […]

Back in the twenty first century I was on the phone with Eddie Rosenblatt, President of Geffen Records.  We were discussing a band and he asked me what was the PERCEPTION of the act.  He said that’s what truly matters, not the statistics. Perception is Nickelback is a joke.  And that perception was built on […]

1. Destiny’s Child "#1’s"Sony Sales this week: 113,561Debut Just for the record, what format were these 16 tracks number 1 on?  The fantasy chart of Charlie Walk? This is a piss-poor number for an act trumpeted as the biggest selling female group of all time.  Between this farce and Mariah Carey’s statistics real acts like […]