More Than 1.5 Million Text Messages For Live 8 Tickets
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) The text-message-ticketing system employed for the upcoming Live 8 show in London attracted over 1.5 million entries within hours, vying for the 150,000 available passes in the raffle.. Continue reading
BIG SUMMER CLASSIC TOUR GETS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) Organizers for this summer’s BIG Summer Classic 2005 Tour have announced that they are in the process of determining how the event with “Go Green!” So far, they. Continue reading
Concert Going Goes Interactive Via Cell And Boomerang Mobile Media
At almost any concert one can see dozens of cell phones held up like the cigarette lighters of yesteryear. Some are sending the show via an open phone line while. Continue reading
CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005….
Here’s an email we got today pitching a very creative tour and marketing concept: CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005…. A full interactive day consisting of. Continue reading
Vote For The Live Music You Want To See
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — When the band Army Of Me takes the stage at Washington D.C.’s venerable music venue The Black Cat on Friday February 11, they will be secure in. Continue reading
LEFSETZ ON BREAKING A NEW BAND
Some great comments on breaking a band from music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz’s latest newsletter, "…truly savvy agents and managers have these hit acts UNDERPLAY!" "You don’t want to make. Continue reading
BILLBOARD PUBLISHES YEAR IN MUSIC
Billboard has published portions of it’s year end wrap up and charts online here. "This special section will give you a peek at where your favorite artists landed on some. Continue reading
In Response To Low Tickets Sales Promoter Clear Channel Lowers Facility Fees
Motivated in part by soft ticket sales nationwide, there have been increasingly loud discussions among touring industry professionals about how much high ticket prices, added ticketing fees, facility fees and. Continue reading
LIVE FROM NYC: GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA SUMMIT AND BILLBOARD BACKSTAGE PASS TOURING CONFERENCE
Hypebot‘s Bruce Houghton will provide updates from today’s GEMS: Global Entertainment Media Summit and Monday and Tuesday’s Billboard’s Backstage Pass Touring Conference. SATURDAY – Stopped by GEMS in the afternoon. Continue reading
HOLLYWOOD’S PARADIGM BUYS MUSIC AGENCY MONTEREY
In what has been an open rumor for weeks as well as hinted at in Hypebot a press release (excerpted here) was finally issued on Tuesday afternoon: Rapidly growing Hollywood. Continue reading
