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VOLUME 32 • ISSUE 24
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Music fans cavort in the SFX Returns take the revived SFX Entertain- including a two-night Sensations
Centeroo Fountain as they gather To Dance ment public this summer. event in New York City.
to kick off the Bonnaroo music festival in Sillerman told the Times he’s Does Sillerman’s interest por-
Manchester, Tenn., June 7.
R obert F.X. Sillerman, the
media exec who rolled up
concert promoters into a behe-
still hammering out a business
plan for the new SFX, but it will
tend the corporatization of noto-
riously independent EDM, or will
involve using the Internet to con- it become a Godzilla vs. Mothra-
moth that eventually became Live nect EDM fans and, no doubt, to style battle for Wall Street
Nation, is back – but this time he’s connect those fans to advertisers. supremacy? So far, Sillerman
investing in electronic dance mu- “There’s a wave of interest in suggests he’s willing to give
sic and the companies that stage attending concerts that have less EDM producers some latitude.
EDM events. And it could pit him to do with the specific music and “I’m confident we’ll do an
against the company he spawned. more to do with the experience excellent job empowering these
Sillerman is looking to acquire attached to the music,” he told kids to be as good as they can
independent companies that the Times. “Our thought is that be,” Sillerman told the Times.
throw EDM festivals, DJ parties the experience of attending an “I’m also confident that we
and other events, according to individual event can be perpe- will create a better experience
the New York Times. He told the tuated and made better by con- for the fans. Can we monetize
paper he is in negotiations with necting the people, not just when that? If we can, this will dwarf
“up to 50” such companies and they’re consuming
PROS
And if that isn’t enough déjà back to Live Nation. ket, HoB COO Ben Weeden announced. Lacey
vu, Sillerman’s new company is The company will continue booking the 750-capacity Varsity
Theatre, which has entered an exclusive booking
called SFX Entertainment and he has made its initial deal with HoB. Lacey, in addition to booking
says he intends to spend $1 bil- forays into the the Varsity, will also oversee HoB’s club and
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up national concert promoters in acquisition of UK’s PATRICK TALTY has been named senior
the late 1990s. He sold them to Cream Holdings, vice president of live events for World Wrestling
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for $4.4 billion in 2000. The of possibly the
report to WWE Executive VP of Talent and Live
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with the exception of one week in December, January,
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$489 for the U.S. and all other countries (£289 U.K.) by
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NEWS & EDITORIAL
Joe Reinartz News Editor
the first SFX. That’s the whole
Deborah Speer Associate News Editor
Jay Smith Pollstar.com Managing Editor
game.”
Tina Amendola, Ryan Borba, Chris Eckes,
Dana Parker-McClain, Sarah Pittman U.S. News
In other Sillerman news,
Writers & Editorial Support | Pat Lewis Art Director |
Int’l News Writers: John Gammon U.K. & Europe,
having sold his interest in
Christie Eliezer Australia, Phil Brasor Asia CKx – the parent company of
TOUR DATABASE RESEARCH 19 Enterprises and a big chunk
Bradley Rogers Boxoffice Editor
Chad Ivie Associate Boxoffice Editor of Elvis Presley Enterprises –
Wendy Snyder Route Book Editor
Arien Fisher, Alex Gama, Heather Jones, the company has decided
Julieann McLallin, Mike Oberg, Nicole Perez,
Anna Phongsavath Tour Researchers: to go with a new corporate
DIRECTORIES RESEARCH
image of its own. Thus, CKx
Stephanie Bridgemon Directories Editor is now known as CORE Media
Norene Keppler Associate Directories Editor
Bill Eaker Associate Directories Editor Group.
Jonathan Hickey, Debra Kruse, Mark Michel
Directories Researchers
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Ivan Luk Chief Technology Officer AEG And Eventim
Agustin Rivera Director of Web Services
Greg Pyles Software Development Manager To Share Apollo
Peter Chang, Dan Martin Programming & Network
purchaser of the
Apollo is Stage C
Limited, a com- A MAN who claimed he was beaten by two
pany jointly Pennsylvania State Police officers at a 2007
owned by Eventim Toby Keith concert had his day in court June
4. Christian Boehm filed suit against officers
subsidiary Getgo
Vincent White and Adrian LaPaglia, claiming
Consulting GmbH his constitutional rights were violated when
and AEG-owned they allegedly shackled him to a bench and
Ansco Music Club beat him after his arrest for fighting with an
Limited. office-duty state trooper. White and LaPaglia
deny the claim, saying Boehm’s injuries oc-
James says it’s curred during the fight he was arrested for.
been a “privilege
to have been the
custodians of this
fabulous venue for the past At press time it wasn’t
five years” and that he wishes possible to get James to
Jay Marciano (AEG), Klaus- comment on what will happen
Peter Schulenberg (Eventim) to the rest of the package that
and their teams “as much HMV has put on the block.
success and pleasure as we However, an Apollo
have enjoyed.” statement quotes him say-
Jason Squires
The comment
will likely in-
crease industry
IN A WHIMPER, Microsoft said it is laying to
rest its Zune brand, intended to compete with and media spe-
Apple’s iPod. Microsoft spokeswoman Melissa culation that
Stewart told the New York Times that Zune is James will con-
going away so the company can concentrate tinue running
on its much more popular Xbox video game
console. In fact, the conference included the
the group,
announcement of Xbox Music, a new music courtesy of
service that will run on the Xbox console and a management-
Windows 8. Zune was introduced in 2006 as led buy-out
a direct competitor to the iPod portable media
funded by
player. It lived on as a music and video service
for the Xbox and Windows Phone operating U.S. private
system, but never really caught on. equity firm
Oakley Capital.
The venue
portfolio in-
ing that MAMA Group will cludes a handful of London
continue to do business as rooms such as the HMV Forum,
usual. Heaven, The Garage, Barfly LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK in Kansas City, Kan., draws a crowd for the Buzz Beach
Ball June 2. Acts to take the stage included Metric (pictured), Foster The People,
“We have always worked Camden, Jazz Café and The Sublime With Rome and The Shins.
with emerging talent, taking Borderline.
them through our estate, It also has regional venues
and we will be doing much such as Manchester’s HMV The UK festivals up for sale HMV’s put its music business
more of this both in the Ritz, Edinburgh’s HMV Picture include Lovebox, The Great interests up for sale in order to cut
UK and internationally,” he House and the HMV Institute Escape, Wilderness, Vintage its estimated £180 million debt
said. in Birmingham. and Global Gathering. by about one-third. |John Gammon|
could benefit from Bamboozle, which pulled be- Sight In Sound Management
a agreement simi- tween 5,000 and 10,000 fans per Heartist
lar to that made by day to a convention hall in Asbury Singerman Entertainment
STORMS in Birmingham, Ala., toppled a tent
Adler
in Railroad Park June 3, canceling a performance Big Machine. And Park in its first couple of years,
by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. The Superhero Artist Management
the establishment has since grown, drawing approx- The Atlas Moth
40- by 60-foot tent moved about 30 feet from of “more realistic” imately 90,000 fans May 18-20. The Gates of Slumber
its original location, according to the Birmingham
News. The wind gusts happened around 4:30
digital royalty But all that growth presented WBA Entertainment
rates helps expand some challenges. Michael Londra
p.m., pushing over water barrels that anchored
the tent, according to the orchestra, and some online radio, Azoff For one thing, there was
equipment was damaged. Instruments on the told Bloomberg. the location. House of Blues Record Company
site were secured before the storm hit. No inju-
“Unrealistic COO Ben Weeden told Pollstar Signings
ries were reported. The orchestra played at the
park the previous two nights. rates on the digital moving the festival from the Anti-
side were choking Meadowlands in northern Calexico
the ability to ex- Jersey to the shores of Asbury Canvasback
Alt-J
pand digitally for Park wasn’t easy.
Metal Blade
With the new deal, Clear radio companies” and “holding “From a logistics, production Over Your Threshold
Channel is able to limit royalty back consumers. We learned and operational standpoint, No Sleep
payments for online streaming, from Napster, that’s a bad thing.” it was a lot of heavy lifting to Early Graves
according to the New York In recent years, artists and go from doing stages in a park- Roadrunner
Times. Clear Channel CEO managers including Henley, ing lot to putting stages on the Heartist
Robert Pittman told the paper Crow and Azoff have testified beach and on the boardwalk,” Rock Ridge Music
Michael McDermott
that the existing structure had before congressional commit- he said. “The Meadowlands
Rostrum
Boaz
$1,996,815 21,898 $91.18 15 1 1 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Creative Artists Agency
$1,633,745 14,482 $112.81 24 2 2 Cirque du Soleil - "Michael Jackson: The Immortal" Cirque du Soleil
$1,114,246 19,101 $58.33 10 4 3 Radiohead Creative Artists Agency
$825,373 14,009 $58.92 12 NEW 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$643,521 14,861 $43.30 11 5 5 Jason Aldean Buddy Lee Attractions
$559,061 10,701 $52.24 15 6 6 Lady Antebellum Creative Artists Agency
$526,361 11,288 $46.63 31 7 7 The Black Keys The Agency Group
$414,338 9,771 $42.40 16 8 8 Miranda Lambert William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$358,959 7,412 $48.43 13 9 9 Blake Shelton William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$295,315 6,469 $45.65 17 10 10 Jeff Dunham Creative Artists Agency
$273,245 7,603 $35.94 29 11 11 Eric Church William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$197,455 3,690 $53.51 15 12 12 Kelly Clarkson Creative Artists Agency
$189,570 3,211 $59.03 26 20 13 "Riverdance" William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$175,841 3,468 $50.69 21 13 14 Rain - A Tribute To The Beatles The Road Company
$172,216 2,936 $58.65 11 15 15 Celtic Woman Madstone Productions
$165,665 2,744 $60.36 24 14 16 Yanni William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$164,428 4,671 $35.20 20 18 17 Bassnectar Madison House
$159,242 3,089 $51.54 17 16 18 "Mythbusters" William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$155,652 4,310 $36.11 12 NEW 19 Rise Against APA
$141,134 4,878 $28.93 35 17 20 Casting Crowns Jeff Roberts & Associates
$131,997 2,148 $61.43 17 19 21 The Moody Blues Creative Artists Agency
$122,976 2,481 $49.55 13 23 22 Ron White APA
$120,748 2,889 $41.79 11 NEW 23 Death Cab For Cutie The Billions Corporation
$120,631 10,755 $11.22 20 22 24 "Winter Jam" / Skillet Premier Productions
$118,806 2,520 $47.14 14 24 25 Trans-Siberian Orchestra William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$117,518 1,849 $63.55 11 25 26 "Experience Hendrix" Monterey International
$109,417 2,099 $52.13 27 27 27 Michael Flatley's "Lord Of The Dance" Global Entertainment Group
$104,841 2,135 $49.10 14 28 28 Tiësto AM Only
$104,309 2,198 $47.45 37 29 29 Daughtry Creative Artists Agency
$100,043 3,026 $33.05 53 30 30 The Fresh Beat Band Creative Artists Agency
$85,040 2,348 $36.21 19 32 31 The Avett Brothers New Frontier Touring
$83,993 1,824 $46.05 13 33 32 Jane's Addiction William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
$80,036 1,453 $55.06 19 31 33 Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Ted Kurland Associates
$74,655 1,323 $56.40 11 35 34 Lyle Lovett / John Hiatt CAA / United Talent Agency
$72,500 2,534 $28.60 16 34 35 Gotye The Windish Agency
$71,452 2,061 $34.66 11 NEW 36 Andrew Bird Red Ryder Entertainment
$54,773 1,712 $31.98 23 NEW 37 Social Distortion The Agency Group
$54,485 1,188 $45.85 12 40 38 Red Green Rocklands Entertainment
$54,178 1,588 $34.11 12 39 39 Steve Aoki Deckstar Management
$53,714 1,378 $38.96 27 41 40 Straight No Chaser The Agency Group
$49,616 1,659 $29.90 18 42 41 Flogging Molly APA
$46,149 1,429 $32.29 15 44 42 The Magnetic Fields Red Ryder Entertainment
$45,789 1,066 $42.92 14 46 43 Adventure Club Progressive Global Agency
$44,224 1,126 $39.26 27 45 44 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Ted Kurland Associates
$42,355 1,758 $24.09 22 43 45 Needtobreathe Creative Artists Agency
$42,225 1,271 $33.20 19 47 46 Danny Bhoy ICM Partners
$41,463 1,227 $33.78 12 48 47 Pink Floyd Experience SRO Artists
$38,156 1,488 $25.63 11 49 48 Tyga ICM Partners
$37,438 964 $38.84 14 50 49 Brit Floyd Creative Artists Agency
$34,145 1,203 $28.38 52 51 50 Tech N9ne Strange Music / MR Productions
The CONCERT PULSE ranks each artist by its average boxoffice gross per city in North America and is based on data reported within the last three months. All figures in U.S. dollars.
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we’ve had in the past,” he said.
“There wasn’t a big falloff be-
cause, ‘Hey, you’re not in the
Meadowlands this year.’ People
Boxoffice
liked the brand and the bands
and decided, ‘I’m coming again
whether it’s in northern New
Spotlight
Jersey or Asbury Park.’”
Still, he gave credit where
credit was due. “It doesn’t Bassnectar
hurt to have three days of 75- DJ Rootz
degree, sunny weather,” he Diplo
Keys N Krates
said, but also explained orga- Vibesquad
nizers worked quickly to rectify
any issues that popped up. June 1-2, 2012
“We learned a lot about
parking. From a logistical Red Rocks Amphitheatre
standpoint, we added shuttles Morrison, CO
in the future. something we want to continue Awards took place at the venue.
Of course, with- to do in Asbury Park going Gibson Amphitheatre GM Rick
THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, leased by out drawing a suf- forward.” |Dana Parker-McClain| Merrill was not immediately avail-
Live Nation, is reportedly looking for a new owner ficient number of able at press time for comment.
to the tune of $60 million. The building, which
fans, Bamboozle “Hot 92.3 Presents Freestyle
reopened as a music venue in 2008, is owned by
wouldn’t have Man Dies Explosion” starring Stevie B
LSREF 2 Clover Property 4 and is expected to go
on the market June 11, according to The Holly- been able to put In Gibson Fall was scheduled for June 8.
wood Reporter. There are apparently no takers
yet, but the steep price tag includes the 90,000-
square-foot parking lot that could potentially be
its parking, pro-
duction or ticket-
ing system to the
A n unidentified man died
after falling at Gibson
Amphitheatre in Los Angeles AEG LivingSocial
the foundation for a hotel or other development.
test. So while this
year’s show fea-
tured alternative,
early June 6. Paramedics were
called to the venue at Universal
CityWalk at about 8:30 a.m.
L ive Nation has Groupon.
Now AEG has LivingSocial.
The online discount houses,
Weeden noted LN brought in hip-hop, pop, punk, metal and after the man fell about 60 feet which provide consumers with
Game Day Management – the DJ acts, it also included some from scaffolding, according to virtual coupons to various op-
company that does parking and artists with broad appeal – KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. portunities from tennis lessons
transportation for the Super like Foo Fighters and Bon Jovi. No information about the to baking sales, have become
Bowl – and Dan Parise’s Diver- The move was a good one, man, other than he appeared extraordinarily popular, and
sified Production Services to Weeden said, adding the fest to be in his 20s, was immedi- Live Nation has touted Groupon
ensure the festival would make has gotten a lot of positive ately available. He died at a as a successful partnership
a smooth transition. feedback from fans, bands local hospital a few hours later, that has helped increase ticket
There was also the challenge and the press. L.A. coroner’s assistant chief sales. LivingSocial is also not
of testing out a new ticketing “We actually kept the same Ed Winter told the television too shabby, with 65 million
system. amount of three-day wristbands station. His name was being users in 22 countries.
(The Washington Post) and club- song. That, plus some tweeting
going guys are manufacturing fake from the Bieb, and the song took off.
business cards that use the lyrics
“I can’t say I’ve seen this very
to appeal to the girls they’re trying
often in my career,” Lewis said.
to hit on. It’s a pretty big deal.
Since then, the powers that be
And if you don’t believe us, turn on
quietly worked together to put
the radio: As Gotye’s massive single
Jepsen on tour with Bieber in
starts to move down the charts,
GREGG ALLMAN APPLIES HIS JOHN HANCOCK to copies of his book, “My Cross to the fall, and that’s likely when one
Bear,” at The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House in Macon, Ga., June 3. Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me
will see her next album drop plus
Maybe” has become the No. 1 hit in
all of those late-night talk show
multiple countries, from Australia
AEG expects to move tickets The companies are also appearances. Meanwhile, expect
to Germany to the U.K., with the
through LivingSocial, including expected to bundle offers that Jepsen do to some radio shows, a
United States not far behind.
bundled AEG/LivingSocial pack- may include VIP entrances, slew of Canadian fairs and festivals,
ages, for company-owned ven- limited edition merch and early Plus, clearly it’s a hit in Canada. As and a small run with The Wanted
ues. admission to concerts. the rest of the world is introduced through Canada and at the Mohegan
“Partnering with LivingSocial to this pop singer, Jepsen has Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.
opens up a new avenue for fans maintained a level of stardom there Joe Reinartz
to discover and attend all kinds UTA Opens since she was a runner-up on
of AEG-affiliated events, whether Branding Division “Canadian Idol” about seven years
U
it’s sports, music or other enter- nited Talent Agency is ago. The song in question was
tainment-focused events,” said dipping into the branding already on Canadian radio last
Shervin Mirhashemi, COO of business, opening a new divi- winter – but credit the Bieb for
AEG Global Partnerships. “Using sion called the Brand Studio making it a worldwide hit.
the LivingSocial platform offers at UTA. It will specialize in “As the story goes, it started
AEG a new channel to sell unique marketing strategy services in Canada,” Jepsen’s agent
packages and tickets to highly including brand architecture, Colin Lewis told Pollstar. “Justin
passionate audiences across the relationships, quantitative was visiting his family in Stratford,
country.” and qualitative research, visual Ontario, and he heard the song on
development the radio and said, ‘Who the hell is
ZUI
OBITS
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I CM Partners announced
the formation of the Digital
Strategy Division June 4.
ning and operations. His back-
ground also includes Netflix,
where he was head of con-
The arrest was the culmina-
tion of a year-long DEA inves-
tigation.
was being framed.
Gerald L. Shargel, Rose-
mond’s attorney, told The Wrap
The agency has hired War- tent acquisitions for catalog Rosemond, whose company his client plans to appeal the
ner Bros. Executive Keyvan content. previously represented artists decision.
03/01/12 Jimmy Buffett 16,161 $1,518,886 04/21/12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Regina Spektor 14,223 $785,477
Verizon Arena 16,161 Verizon Arena 14,223
North Little Rock, AR 100% North Little Rock, AR 100%
Live Nation 36.00 - 136.00 Live Nation 27.50 - 99.50
05/29/12 “The Lion King” 17,473 $1,350,600 03/13/12 “Riverdance” 9,561 $629,969
05/30-31 Ziff Ballet Opera House 2,387 03/14-18 Oriental Theatre 2,243
06/01-03 Miami, FL 91% Chicago, IL 53%
8 shows (In-House Promotion) 39.00 - 144.00 8 shows Broadway In Chicago 30.00 - 150.00
05/29/12 “Les Miserables” 21,397 $1,282,692 05/04/12 Bryan Adams 10,026 $594,621
05/30-31 Bass Concert Hall 2,772 Scotiabank Place 11,300
06/01-03 Austin, TX 96% Ottawa, ON, CANADA 88% Canadian
8 shows Broadway Across America 25.00 - 130.00 Live Nation 20.00 - 95.00 (584,791)
06/03/12 Van Halen Kool & The Gang 11,718 $1,252,339 05/17/12 Rammstein 10,208 $585,763
Oracle Arena 12,761 Honda Center 11,836
Oakland, CA 91% Anaheim, CA 86%
Live Nation 38.00 - 142.50 Live Nation 49.50 - 92.50
03/17/12 “Mega Electronic Fest” Tiësto (3/17) 26,363 $1,239,063 05/25/12 Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” 6,031 $577,376
03/24/12 Hiram Bithorn Stadium Knife Party (3/17) 15,000 U.S. Bank Arena 8,510
San Juan, PR Above & Beyond (3/24) 87% Cincinnati, OH 70%
2 shows SBS Entertainment Chase & Status (3/24) 35.00 - 100.00 Cirque du Soleil 50.00 - 250.00
04/06/12 Tyler Perry’s “Madea Gets A Job” 19,230 $1,194,890 04/17/12 “Bring It On - The Musical” 13,991 $574,007
04/07/12 Verizon Center 6,410 04/18-22 Durham Performing Arts Center 2,683
Washington, DC 100% Durham, NC 65%
3 shows Arthur Primus 28.00 - 78.00 8 shows Professional Facilities Management / Nederlander Concerts 8.00 - 63.00
05/30/12 Cirque du Soleil - “Dralion” 17,284 $1,156,303 04/30/12 Nickelback Bush 6,822 $551,933
05/31/12 Verizon Wireless Arena 3,505 Verizon Center Seether 13,193
06/01-03 Manchester, NH 70% Washington, DC My Darkest Days 51%
7 shows Cirque du Soleil 28.00 - 150.00 Live Nation 49.50 - 89.50
05/12/12 The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys 10,066 $535,564 05/18/12 Pepe Aguilar 8,114 $286,355
Rexall Place 11,204 Auditorio Telmex 8,200
Edmonton, AB, CANADA 89% Canadian Guadalajara, MEXICO 98% Pesos
Live Nation 35.00 - 55.00 (526,710) (In-House Promotion) / Neo Audio 300.00 - 1,500.00 (3,719,382)
05/22/12 Cirque du Soleil - “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” 5,475 $516,663 05/27/12 Sugarland Lauren Alaina 4,034 $282,906
Times Union Center 9,376 Santa Barbara Bowl Canaan Smith 4,976
Albany, NY 58% Santa Barbara, CA 81%
Cirque du Soleil 50.00 - 250.00 Nederlander Concerts 47.00 - 90.00
05/02/12 “Disney On Ice” 27,304 $511,252 03/30/12 Casting Crowns Matthew West 7,243 $282,485
05/03-06 Verizon Arena 5,489 Giant Center Royal Tailor 7,243
North Little Rock, AR 82% Hershey, PA Lindsay McCaul 100%
6 shows Feld Entertainment 12.00 - 45.00 Creation Concerts 20.00 - 75.00
06/02/12 Brad Paisley The Band Perry 13,989 $496,779 05/27/12 New Edition 3,927 $243,742
Comcast Theatre Easton Corbin 23,000 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 6,841
Hartford, CT 60% Atlantic City, NJ 57%
Live Nation 25.00 - 59.00 North American Entertainment Group Inc. 46.00 - 127.00
04/08/12 Tyler Perry’s “Madea Gets A Job” 9,808 $487,280 05/18/12 Shinedown Five Finger Death Punch 6,245 $230,215
Richmond Coliseum 6,567 U.S. Cellular Coliseum New Medicine 7,019
Richmond, VA 74% Bloomington, IL 88%
2 shows Entertainment Services Group 20.00 - 65.00 Townsquare Media 35.00 - 40.00
06/03/12 Brad Paisley The Band Perry 12,355 $478,889 06/02/12 Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 3,542 $225,150
Comcast Center Easton Corbin 15,158 Chicago Theatre 3,542
Mansfield, MA 81% Chicago, IL 100%
Live Nation 25.00 - 59.00 Star Productions 62.00 - 92.00
05/25/12 Incubus 6,383 $474,771 05/12/12 Rusko / Flux Pavilion 4,367 $164,994
05/26/12 The Joint 4,022 Festival Pier At Penn’s Landing 7,422
Las Vegas, NV 79% Philadelphia, PA 58%
2 shows Concerts West / AEG Live 69.50 - 199.50 Steez Promotion 30.00 - 75.00
05/24/12 One Direction Camryn 8,245 $439,504 03/20/12 Tony Bennett 3,640 $164,362
Patriot Center Manika 8,245 St. Augustine Amphitheatre 3,836
Fairfax, VA 100% Saint Augustine, FL 94%
Live Nation 29.50 - 59.50 AEG Live 31.00 - 81.00
04/24/12 The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys 13,421 $430,764 04/21/12 Death Cab For Cutie Low 3,539 $159,399
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 16,031 Wang Theatre - Citi Performing Arts Center 3,539
The Woodlands, TX 83% Boston, MA 100%
Live Nation 24.00 - 48.00 (In-House Promotion) / Live Nation 35.75 - 55.75
05/28/12 The Beach Boys 4,451 $408,692 04/28/12 Casting Crowns Matthew West 5,844 $157,293
Santa Barbara Bowl 4,451 Charleston Civic Center Royal Tailor 5,844
Santa Barbara, CA 100% Charleston, WV Lindsay McCaul 100%
Nederlander Concerts 59.00 - 124.00 (In-House Promotion) 16.00 - 75.00
04/28/12 The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys 10,250 $376,722 05/31/12 Jerry Seinfeld 2,265 $154,650
BOK Center 11,388 Cobb Great Hall 2,402
Tulsa, OK 90% East Lansing, MI 94%
C3 Presents 25.00 - 49.50 JS Touring 45.00 - 75.00
05/13/12 Roberto Carlos 6,219 $370,314 05/26/12 George Lopez 2,378 $154,378
Auditorio Banamex 6,970 05/27/12 Wells Fargo Center For The Arts 1,350
Monterrey, MEXICO 89% Pesos Santa Rosa, CA 88%
Showtime De Mexico 450.00 - 1,700.00 (4,809,900) 2 shows (In-House Promotion) 56.00 - 66.00
06/01/12 Blue Man Group 5,241 $325,588 04/21/12 Johnny Mathis 1,834 $139,843
06/02-03 Chrysler Hall 2,359 State Theatre 1,834
Norfolk, VA 44% New Brunswick, NJ 100%
5 shows Jam Productions 25.50 - 80.00 (In-House Promotion) 45.00 - 115.00
05/28/12 “World Wrestling Entertainment” John Cena 8,344 $319,935 04/19/12 The Moody Blues 2,349 $137,839
New Orleans Arena CM Punk 13,069 Providence Perf. Arts Ctr. 3,127
New Orleans, LA Randy Orton 63% Providence, RI 75%
(In-House Promotion) The Miz 20.00 - 95.00 Providence Performing Arts Center / Live Nation 45.00 - 75.00
05/19/12 “Festival De La Salsa” Oscar D’Leon 5,910 $317,980 04/14/12 Martina McBride 2,136 $137,565
Palacio De Los Deportes Willie Colon 15,559 Durham Performing Arts Center 2,712
Mexico City, MEXICO Victor Manuelle 37% Pesos Durham, NC 78%
OCESA / CIE Luis Enrique 450.00 - 1,800.00 (4,130,141) Professional Facilities Management / Nederlander Concerts / AEG Live 46.50 - 122.00
05/26/12 Ron White 2,468 $135,000 06/02/12 Bon Iver The Staves 2,618 $98,175
05/27/12 Mirage Casino & Hotel 1,265 Brady Theater 2,618
Las Vegas, NV 97% Tulsa, OK 100%
2 shows Plastered Touring 59.99 - 79.00 Doc Roc Productions 37.50
05/12/12 Willie Nelson 1,510 $134,416 04/27/12 Rise Against A Day To Remember 2,912 $98,136
Count Basie Theatre 1,568 St. Augustine Amphitheatre Title Fight 3,817
Red Bank, NJ 96% Saint Augustine, FL 76%
A.M. Productions 48.00 - 150.00 Live Nation 28.50 - 36.50
AP Photo / Invision
St. Augustine Amphitheatre 3,270
Saint Augustine, FL 65%
(In-House Promotion) 31.00 - 81.00
05/30/12 Steve Winwood Bobby Long 1,307 $108,061 04/07/12 Loretta Lynn Kacey Musgraves 2,499 $95,308
Keswick Theatre 1,307 Durham Performing Arts Center 2,712
Glenside, PA 100% Durham, NC 92%
(In-House Promotion) / AEG Live 79.50 - 95.00 Professional Facilities Management / Nederlander Concerts 32.00 - 72.00
05/26/12 Glen Campbell 1,520 $105,740 05/27/12 The Queen Extravaganza 2,077 $93,919
Count Basie Theatre 1,568 St. Denis Theatre 1 2,077
Red Bank, NJ 96% Montreal, QC, CANADA 100% Canadian
AM Productions 39.00 - 125.00 Evenko 29.50 - 54.50 (92,366)
05/25/12 Mike Epps 2,079 $103,463 05/03/12 Casting Crowns Matthew West 2,587 $76,344
Bob Carr Perf. Arts Centre 2,408 SpiritBank Event Center Royal Tailor 4,300
Orlando, FL 86% Tulsa, OK Lindsay McCaul 60%
ALC Holdings 39.50 - 53.50 Awakening Events 14.75 - 36.75
05/01/12 “Rock Of Ages” 1,650 $101,437 05/28/12 The Roots 1,424 $75,700
05/02-03 The Esplanade - Main Hall 682 The Regency Ballroom 1,424
Medicine Hat, AB, CANADA 80% Canadian San Francisco, CA 100%
3 shows (In-House Promotion) 49.00 - 69.00 (99,760) Goldenvoice / AEG Live 50.00 - 75.00
05/26/12 Morrissey Kristeenyoung 1,476 $101,223 04/18/12 Refused The Hives 2,384 $72,816
Bob Hope Theatre 1,726 Warfield Theatre The Bronx 2,384
Stockton, CA 85% San Francisco, CA 100%
Larry Richter / REG 39.50 - 95.00 Goldenvoice / AEG Live 30.00 - 39.00
03/23/12 Gotye Kimbra 2,821 $72,589 04/22/12 The Shins White Fence 1,874 $60,945
Tower Theatre 3,064 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 1,957
Upper Darby, PA 92% Santa Cruz, CA 95%
Live Nation 13.00 - 32.00 Goldenvoice / AEG Live 32.50 - 35.00
05/24/12 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 2,500 $72,500 05/14/12 The Cranberries Vintage Trouble 1,200 $59,400
Riviera Theatre He’s My Brother She’s My Sister 2,500 9:30 Club 1,200
Chicago, IL 100% Washington, DC 100%
Jam Productions 18.00 - 20.00 I.M.P. / Seth Hurwitz 49.50
06/01/12 Tech N9ne Machine Gun Kelly 2,882 $70,371 04/27/12 Craig Ferguson 1,005 $49,625
The Rave Eagles Club Krizz Kaliko 3,000 Aladdin Theater 600
Milwaukee, WI ¡Mayday! 96% Portland, OR 83%
(In-House Promotion) Prozak 23.00 - 26.00 2 shows True West / Mark Adler 42.50 - 55.00
05/30/12 Michael Bolton 1,076 $70,116 05/26/12 Maxime Landry 996 $48,553
The Palladium 1,194 Bell Centre 1,250
Carmel, IN 90% Montreal, QC, CANADA 79% Canadian
(In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 100.00 Evenko / Productions J 39.50 - 49.50 (47,750)
04/26/12 Gipsy Kings 995 $68,216 04/29/12 Howie Mandel 818 $47,492
Schermerhorn Symphony Center 1,521 The Esplanade - Main Hall 682
Nashville, TN 65% Medicine Hat, AB, CANADA 59% Canadian
(In-House Promotion) 40.00 - 92.00 2 shows (In-House Promotion) 56.00 - 59.00 (47,452)
05/09/12 A Day To Remember Stray From The Path 2,500 $62,500 04/13/12 Sinbad 1,541 $47,221
Starland Ballroom Transit 2,500 Count Basie Theatre 1,568
Sayreville, NJ Such Gold 100% Red Bank, NJ 98%
AEG Live 25.00 - 28.00 (In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 49.50
05/30/12 Jackie Greene / Bob Weir / Chris Robinson 1,641 $61,538 05/21/12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 822 $45,620
Ryman Auditorium 2,257 05/22-23 City Winery 300
Nashville, TN 72% New York, NY 91%
The Messina Group / AEG Live 37.50 3 shows (In-House Promotion) 45.00 - 65.00
05/20/12 “Festival Kinetik” Blutengel 665 $45,402 04/28/12 Insane Clown Posse 1,001 $32,704
Metropolis SITD 1,000 Newport Music Hall 1,400
Montreal, QC, CANADA S.P.O.C.K. 66% Canadian Columbus, OH 71%
(In-House Promotion) 67.55 - 73.00 (44,651) PromoWest Productions 32.00 - 35.00
05/04/12 Diavolo 961 $44,917 05/18/12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 656 $32,619
05/05/12 Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre 567 State Theatre 1,800
Dallas, TX 84% New Brunswick, NJ 36%
2 shows (In-House Promotion) 19.00 - 65.00 (In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 60.00
04/17/12 Third Eye Blind 1,600 $43,200 05/23/12 Michael Franti 1,050 $31,500
Newport Music Hall 1,600 The Orange Peel 1,050
Columbus, OH 100% Asheville, NC 100%
PromoWest Productions 27.00 - 30.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 30.00
06/03/12 Flux Pavilion Cookie Monsta 1,703 $42,939 05/05/12 Clutch / Hellyeah Kyng 1,227 $31,152
Cain’s Ballroom Terravita 1,703 Track 29 1,500
Tulsa, OK Brown And Gammon 100% Chattanooga, TN 81%
(In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 35.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 25.00 - 28.00
05/17/12 Gordon Lightfoot 609 $34,481 04/26/12 Zeds Dead Araabmuzik 1,265 $29,725
State Theatre 1,800 McDonald Theatre 1,300
New Brunswick, NJ 33% Eugene, OR 97%
A.M. Productions 28.00 - 88.00 Kesey Entertainment 20.00 - 25.00
04/21/12 Kottonmouth Kings Twiztid 1,366 $34,150 05/26/12 Montgomery Gentry 1,064 $29,595
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Blaze 2,200 Starland Ballroom 2,000
Columbus, OH Big B 62% Sayreville, NJ 53%
PromoWest Productions 25.00 AEG Live 32.50 - 35.00
05/31/12 City and Colour David Bazan 1,346 $33,650 04/09/12 Gotye 1,342 $29,194
The National 1,500 McMenamins Crystal Ballroom 1,342
Richmond, VA 89% Portland, OR 100%
RIC Concerts 25.00 Monqui Presents 13.00 - 25.00
04/24/12 Rusko Sigma 1,099 $33,555 05/31/12 Dark Star Orchestra 1,102 $29,189
The Regency Ballroom 1,424 Penn’s Peak 1,800
San Francisco, CA 77% Jim Thorpe, PA 61%
Goldenvoice / AEG Live 30.00 - 33.00 (In-House Promotion) 24.00 - 29.00
05/11/12 Trailer Park Boys 949 $28,261 04/28/12 Twenty One Pilots 2,200 $22,000
Count Basie Theatre 1,568 Lifestyle Communities Pavilion 2,200
Red Bank, NJ 60% Columbus, OH 100%
Square Peg Concerts 24.50 - 35.00 PromoWest Productions 10.00 - 15.00
04/03/12 April Wine 664 $28,244 05/09/12 Meshuggah Baroness 886 $21,447
The Esplanade - Main Hall 682 Showbox SoDo 1,150
Medicine Hat, AB, CANADA 97% Canadian Seattle, WA 77%
(In-House Promotion) / Kootenay Concert Connection 42.50 (28,220) Mike Thrasher Presents 23.50 - 26.50
04/27/12 Galactic 815 $27,710 05/07/12 Switchfoot The Rocket Summer 942 $20,830
Tipitina’s Uptown 815 The Orange Peel 1,050
New Orleans, LA 100% Asheville, NC 89%
(In-House Promotion) 35.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 22.00 - 24.00
06/02/12 Collective Soul 1,200 $26,400 06/01/12 Ronnie Dunn 698 $20,765
La Zona Rosa 1,200 The Intersection - Showroom 800
Austin, TX 100% Grand Rapids, MI 87%
C3 Presents 22.00 (In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 30.00
05/13/12 Escape The Fate / Attack Attack! The Word Alive 884 $25,229 04/25/12 “Jagermeister Music Tour” Portugal. The Man 1,100 $20,154
Edmonton Event Centre Secrets 1,200 Newport Music Hall The Lonely Forest 1,400
Edmonton, AB, CANADA 73% Canadian Columbus, OH 78%
The Union 29.50 - 31.50 (24,812) PromoWest Productions 18.00 - 20.00
04/07/12 The Naked And Famous Reptar 5,000 $25,000 04/11/12 Clutch Kyng 800 $20,000
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion The Features 5,000 Chameleon Monstro 800
Columbus, OH Walk The Moon 100% Lancaster, PA 100%
PromoWest Productions 5.00 (In-House Promotion) / Stan Levinstone Presents 25.00
05/12/12 Head For The Hills Split Lip Rayfield 818 $18,611
Mishawaka Amphitheatre Finders & Youngberg 950
Bellvue, CO 86%
(In-House Promotion) 22.00 - 35.00
05/08/12 Escape The Fate / Attack Attack! The Word Alive 711 $18,557
Club Soda Secrets 850
Montreal, QC, CANADA 83% Canadian
Extensive Enterprise 25.00 - 30.00 (18,250)
05/14/12 Loverboy 495 $24,663 05/11/12 The Dead Milkmen 800 $16,000
The Esplanade - Main Hall 682 El Corazon 800
Medicine Hat, AB, CANADA 72% Canadian Seattle, WA 100%
(In-House Promotion) 49.00 (24,255) Mike Thrasher Presents 20.00 - 25.00
05/30/12 Tech N9ne Machine Gun Kelly 976 $24,400 04/26/12 Leftover Salmon / Keller Williams 600 $15,670
RiverCenter / Adler Theatre Krizz Kaliko 2,000 Track 29 1,000
Davenport, IA ¡Mayday! 48% Chattanooga, TN 60%
(In-House Promotion) Prozak 25.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 25.00 - 27.00
04/11/12 Arlo Guthrie 608 $24,036 05/13/12 Beach House 927 $15,164
Aladdin Theater 608 The Orange Peel 1,050
Portland, OR 100% Asheville, NC 88%
True West / Mark Adler 39.50 - 42.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 16.00 - 18.00
04/12/12 Blue October Girl In A Coma 930 $23,250 05/23/12 Yo Gotti 679 $14,870
Newport Music Hall 1,000 The Intersection - Showroom 800
Columbus, OH 93% Grand Rapids, MI 84%
PromoWest Productions 25.00 (In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 25.00
05/23/12 Curren$y The Jets 1,150 $23,000 05/11/12 Yann Tiersen Piano Chat 621 $14,457
Metro / Smart Bar Smoke DZA 1,150 The Regency Ballroom 1,424
Chicago, IL Fiend 4 Da Money 100% San Francisco, CA 43%
(In-House Promotion) Corner Boy P 20.00 Goldenvoice / AEG Live 23.00 - 25.00
05/23/12 Kottonmouth Kings Twiztid 1,057 $22,735 04/28/12 Reverend Horton Heat 556 $13,912
City National Grove Of Anaheim Blaze 1,700 Club Soda 675
Anaheim, CA Big B 62% Montreal, QC, CANADA 82% Canadian
Nederlander Concerts 20.00 - 25.00 Greenland Productions / Evenko 25.00 (13,900)
06/01/12 Suicidal Tendencies Strife 900 $22,500 04/05/12 Leslie Jordan 328 $13,881
Ace Of Spades 900 Ferguson Hall 516
Sacramento, CA 100% Tampa, FL 63%
(In-House Promotion) 25.00 (In-House Promotion) 34.50 - 64.50
05/25/12 Michael Franti Nic Cowan 425 $13,813 04/17/12 Galactic Moon Taxi 523 $11,108
Bijou Theatre 705 Track 29 1,000
Knoxville, TN 60% Chattanooga, TN 52%
AC Entertainment 32.50 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 20.00 - 22.00
05/29/12 The Early November The Wonder Years 677 $13,540 05/18/12 David Allan Coe 481 $11,072
Metro / Smart Bar The Swellers 1,150 Florence Civic Center 2,730
Chicago, IL Young Statues 58% Florence, SC 17%
(In-House Promotion) 20.00 (In-House Promotion) 17.00 - 30.00
Vance Frick
Alix Goolden Performance Hall 750
Victoria, BC, CANADA 71% Canadian
Atomique Productions 24.00 - 28.00 (12,940)
05/24/12 The Adicts World Inferno Friendship Society 601 $12,020 05/18/12 Christina Perri Sleeping At Last 600 $10,940
Metro / Smart Bar 1,150 Majestic Theatre 600
Chicago, IL 52% Madison, WI 100%
(In-House Promotion) 20.00 (In-House Promotion) 18.00 - 20.00
04/18/12 Todd Snider Reed Foehl 600 $12,000 04/27/12 Neon Indian Lemonade 650 $10,400
Aladdin Theater 600 Neumos 650
Portland, OR 100% Seattle, WA 100%
True West / Mark Adler 20.00 (In-House Promotion) 16.00
05/18/12 The Portland Cello Project 474 $11,821 04/17/12 Wanda Jackson Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside 305 $10,095
Wells Fargo Center For The Arts 1,100 The Regency Ballroom 680
Santa Rosa, CA 43% San Francisco, CA 44%
(In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 30.00 Goldenvoice / AEG Live 14.75 - 37.00
04/17/12 M. Ward Firehose 528 $11,662 05/23/12 Alejandro Escovedo Jesse Malin 418 $8,510
The Crescent Ballroom 528 Lincoln Hall 500
Phoenix, AZ 100% Chicago, IL 83%
(In-House Promotion) 23.00 - 25.00 (In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 25.00
05/23/12 P.O.D. / Red Love And Death 508 $11,437 05/28/12 Victor Wooten 317 $8,445
Cannery Ballroom Brian “Head” Welch 1,000 C2G 400
Nashville, TN Icon For Hire 50% Fort Wayne, IN 79%
AEG Live / The Messina Group 22.00 - 25.00 (In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 30.00
04/03/12 EOTO Kraddy 696 $11,320 05/19/12 Lee Oskar 313 $8,435
Canopy Club 1,000 The Triple Door 266
Urbana, IL 69% Seattle, WA 58%
(In-House Promotion) 17.00 - 20.00 2 shows (In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 35.00
04/08/12 Heartless Bastards David Vandervelde 455 $8,190 05/31/12 The Lumineers Gregory Alan Isakov 650 $6,500
Aladdin Theater Brian Lopez 600 Antone’s 650
Portland, OR 75% Austin, TX 100%
True West / Mark Adler 18.00 C3 Presents 10.00 - 12.00
05/13/12 J.J. Grey & Mofro Lera Lynn 510 $7,918 03/10/12 The Stone Foxes 464 $6,496
Track 29 1,000 The Crescent Ballroom 500
Chattanooga, TN 51% Phoenix, AZ 92%
(In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 15.00 - 17.00 (In-House Promotion) 15.00
05/31/12 Rodney Crowell 271 $7,750 05/07/12 Enter Shikari At The Skylines 450 $6,235
Old Town School Of Folk Music 400 Warehouse Live - Studio Letlive 450
Chicago, IL 67% Houston, TX 100%
Old Town School Of Folk Music 26.00 - 30.00 (In-House Promotion) 12.50 - 15.00
03/12/12 Neon Indian 525 $7,000 05/11/12 The Paperboys Kareem Kandi Trio 244 $6,100
The Crescent Ballroom 525 The Triple Door 260
Phoenix, AZ 100% Seattle, WA 93%
(In-House Promotion) 15.00 - 17.00 (In-House Promotion) 25.00
05/01/12 Devin The Dude 415 $6,745 05/27/12 Laidback Luke 121 $6,050
The Crocodile 475 XIV 300
Seattle, WA 87% Los Angeles, CA 40%
(In-House Promotion) 17.00 - 20.00 SBE 50.00
04/23/12 Grouplove Givers 500 $6,701 04/03/12 Zeds Dead Araabmuzik 344 $5,520
The Crescent Ballroom 500 Track 29 1,000
Phoenix, AZ 100% Chattanooga, TN 34%
Stateside Presents 11.00 - 12.00 (In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 15.00 - 17.00
05/26/12 Mayer Hawthorne 319 $6,675 04/01/12 Ani DiFranco Seth Glier 280 $5,422
Corona Theatre 400 Showbox At The Market 850
Montreal, QC, CANADA 79% Canadian Seattle, WA 32%
Evenko / Greenland Productions 20.00 - 22.50 (6,565) True West / Mark Adler 19.00 - 22.00
05/10/12 The Dudes Poor Young Things 363 $6,586 04/27/12 Storm Large 280 $5,422
Club 9one9 575 The Neptune 850
Victoria, BC, CANADA 63% Canadian Seattle, WA 32%
Atomique Productions 17.50 - 20.00 (6,478) True West / Mark Adler 19.00 - 22.00
05/12/12 The Righteous Mothers 244 $5,404 04/16/12 Lights Ambassadors 300 $3,806
The Triple Door 260 The Basement 300
Seattle, WA 93% Columbus, OH 100%
(In-House Promotion) 22.00 - 25.00 PromoWest Productions 15.00
04/22/12 Bowling For Soup Patent Pending 415 $5,154 04/14/12 Lovedrug 356 $3,726
Chameleon Paint The Town Careless 800 Chameleon 800
Lancaster, PA Freshman 15 51% Lancaster, PA 44%
(In-House Promotion) / Stan Levinstone Presents 9.70 - 15.00 (In-House Promotion) / Stan Levinstone Presents 10.00 - 12.00
03/30/12 Suzy Bogguss 156 $5,150 05/11/12 Enter Shikari At The Skylines 279 $3,672
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 394 Jack Rabbits Letlive 300
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 39% Jacksonville, FL 93%
(In-House Promotion) 35.00 Jaxlive 12.00 - 15.00
05/08/12 Black Moth Super Rainbow 376 $5,126 06/01/12 Maps & Atlases The Big Sleep 277 $3,601
Neumos 650 The Parish 450
Seattle, WA 57% Austin, TX 61%
(In-House Promotion) 13.00 - 15.00 C3 Presents 13.00
03/30/12 White Rabbits 400 $5,112 04/26/12 Kittie Blackguard 157 $3,590
The Crescent Ballroom 500 The Regency Ballroom The Agonist 1,424
Phoenix, AZ 80% San Francisco, CA Bonded By Blood 11%
(In-House Promotion) 13.00 - 15.00 Goldenvoice / AEG Live 22.00 - 24.00
05/29/12 Joe Pug David Wax Museum 340 $5,100 05/10/12 Trace Bundy Shook Twins 216 $3,552
Brighton Music Hall 340 The Triple Door 260
Boston, MA 100% Seattle, WA 83%
(In-House Promotion) 15.00 (In-House Promotion) 16.00 - 20.00
04/26/12 Bettye LaVette 169 $5,070 03/07/12 William Fitzsimmons 203 $3,547
Aladdin Theater 600 The Crescent Ballroom 500
Portland, OR 28% Phoenix, AZ 40%
True West / Mark Adler 30.00 (In-House Promotion) 15.00 - 17.00
04/29/12 Bowling For Soup 376 $5,044 04/12/12 Over The Rhine Lucy Wainwright Roche 147 $3,423
The Basement 400 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 392
Columbus, OH 94% Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 37%
PromoWest Productions 13.00 - 15.00 (In-House Promotion) 23.00 - 27.00
AP Photo
The Social Letlive 400
Orlando, FL 100%
(In-House Promotion) 12.50 - 15.00
05/01/12 Overkill God Forbid 176 $4,478 04/19/12 Tuck & Patti 122 $3,408
Hawthorne Theatre Diamond Plate 450 Aladdin Theater 600
Portland, OR Suidakra 39% Portland, OR 20%
Mike Thrasher Presents 22.50 - 25.00 True West / Mark Adler 27.50 - 30.00
06/03/12 Leftover Crack 293 $4,395 06/01/12 Man Man Raleigh Moncrief 253 $3,268
Ace Of Spades 900 Chameleon Nah 750
Sacramento, CA 32% Lancaster, PA 33%
(In-House Promotion) 15.00 (In-House Promotion) 12.00 - 14.00
05/26/12 Destruction Vital Remains 163 $4,245 05/10/12 Suicide Silence 144 $3,250
Oakland Metro Operahouse Warbringer 700 Chilkoot Charlie’s 400
Oakland, CA Hatchet 23% Anchorage, AK 36%
(In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 27.00 Family Tree Presents 20.00 - 25.00
04/27/12 The Felice Brothers Laura Stevenson 293 $4,011 05/26/12 Greg Laswell Elizabeth Ziman 198 $3,030
Chameleon 750 The Parish 450
Lancaster, PA 39% Austin, TX 44%
(In-House Promotion) 13.00 - 15.00 C3 Presents 15.00 - 17.00
05/11/12 Edelweiss Mostly Lows 385 $3,998 05/25/12 Soul Provider 163 $2,918
Sherman Theater Christian Porter 500 The Triple Door 266
Stroudsburg, PA 77% Seattle, WA 61%
(In-House Promotion) 10.00 - 12.00 (In-House Promotion) 17.00 - 20.00
05/28/12 The Polyphonic Spree Sweet Lee Morrow 163 $3,867 05/12/12 Father John Misty 208 $2,912
McGlohon Theater 688 Schubas Tavern 208
Charlotte, NC 23% Chicago, IL 100%
Blumenthal Performing Arts / Maxx Music 19.50 - 27.50 (In-House Promotion) 14.00
05/05/12 Gypsy Soul 189 $3,824 06/03/12 The Devil Makes Three 214 $2,868
The Triple Door 260 Redstone Room 350
Seattle, WA 72% Davenport, IA 61%
(In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 22.00 (In-House Promotion) 12.50 - 15.00
05/31/12 Paradise Fears Phone Calls From Home 340 $2,760 05/18/12 Capone 85 $2,085
Brighton Music Hall Call Me Anything 340 Sherman Theater 250
Boston, MA Boom Boom Crash 100% Stroudsburg, PA 34%
(In-House Promotion) The Control 8.00 - 10.00 (In-House Promotion) 20.00 - 25.00
05/30/12 Our Last Night Crown The Empire 221 $2,755 05/05/12 Natasha Leggero 102 $2,040
Rocko’s Set It Off 250 Aladdin Theater 600
Manchester, NH Lions Lions 88% Portland, OR 17%
(In-House Promotion) Alive In Standby 12.00 - 15.00 True West / Mark Adler 20.00
NATHEN MAXWELL of Flogging Molly, Buzz Beach Ball, Livestrong Sporting Park, 05/31/12 River City Extension The Drowning Men 131 $1,372
Kansas City, Kan., June 2 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 210
Washington, DC 62%
(In-House Promotion) 10.00 - 12.00
05/22/12 Powerglove The Protomen 140 $2,696 06/02/12 Rachel Platten Madi Diaz 110 $1,368
Katacombes Danimal 175 The Intersection - Front Lounge 400
Montreal, QC, CANADA 80% Canadian Grand Rapids, MI 27%
Greenland Productions / Evenko 17.75 - 20.00 (2,652) (In-House Promotion) 12.00 - 14.00
03/11/12 Blitzen Trapper The Parson Red Heads 181 $2,642 04/29/12 Oberhofer 101 $1,104
The Crescent Ballroom 500 The Basement 300
Phoenix, AZ 36% Columbus, OH 33%
(In-House Promotion) 15.00 - 17.00 PromoWest Productions 10.00 - 12.00
Tony Nelson
The Orange Peel 1,050
Asheville, NC 16%
(In-House Promotion) / AC Entertainment 15.00 - 17.00
04/25/12 Green River Ordinance Graham Colton 178 $2,136 04/10/12 The Protomen 87 $1,102
The Basement 300 Chameleon 800
Columbus, OH 59% Lancaster, PA 10%
PromoWest Productions 12.00 (In-House Promotion) / Stan Levinstone Presents 12.00 - 14.00
Southbank
Tops For PRS
London’s Southbank Centre,
which includes the Royal Festival
Hall and the Queen Elizabeth
Hall, is the UK’s leading music
venue according to PRS For Music.
The royalty collection society
analysed data from more than
10,000 live music events in 2011.
The resulting report showed
the 422 events in Southbank
Centre venues attracted more
than 1 million people.
It also reinforced the argument
that live music is at the heart of
Britain’s creative industries, with
the shows producing an annual
revenue of £3.9 billion.
“I am thrilled to see so many
cultural centres featured in the
analysis, from the newly opened
Kings Place in London and The Sage
in Gateshead to the Royal Northern
College of Music in Manchester,”
FIREWORKS LIGHT UP BUCKINGHAM PALACE June 4 for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, which included Paul McCartney, said PRS chief exec Robert Ashcroft.
Elton John, Stevie Wonder and many more. At press time is wasn’t clear
what criteria PRS used to compile
its ratings. London’s O2 Arena,
the world’s busiest venue, didn’t
A day earlier, the Beeb’s cover- ers a sick-bag with the Queen’s
European age of the parades and street parties face printed on it.
figure in its Top 10 UK venues,
while The Sage – a 2,000-
NEWS celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s The BBC was accused of “shame- capacity performance space
Reported By John Gammon 60 years on the throne drew nearly ful” behaviour and “failing to reflect in Gateshead – came second
44.20.7359.1110 | 44.20.7359.1131 fax 12 million viewers, or about 60 per-
gammon@pollstar.com the gravity of the historic event.” behind the Southbank Centre.
cent of the British TV audience. Contributors to British enter- The other venues in the Top 10
UNITED KINGDOM The pageantry dominated the tainment and media news website included the O2 Academy in Bir-
Huge TV Audience screen throughout the June 1-2 Digital Spy agreed the main prob- mingham, The Stables in Milton
For Jubilee Gig weekend, and for the two public lem with the concert coverage Keynes, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
The BBC attracted its biggest Brit- holidays that followed it.
ish TV audience of the year with Sky and CNN also gave hours of
the Queen’s diamond jubilee staged screen time to Britain’s four-day
outside Buckingham Palace June 4. bash, devoting a larger percent-
The concert, which had a age of their airtime to the protests
star-studded lineup put together that inevitably came from groups
by Gary Barlow that included of disgruntled anti-monarchists.
Paul McCartney, Elton John, The BBC may have broken
Stevie Wonder, Kylie Minogue, records with its wall-to-wall
Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, coverage, but sections of the
and Madness drew an average British media were far from
audience of 14.7 million, peaking impressed with the quality of it.
at 17 million viewers. The Daily Mail claimed its
“It was the highest rating readers were angry because the
program across all channels BBC had ruined the spectacular
this year,” a BBC spokeswoman fireworks display that closed the
confirmed after the show had concert by running the lengthy
attracted as much as 65.4 per- programme credits over it.
cent of the UK viewing public. The paper’s readers were
The figures notched up by apparently already reeling from
Britain’s public broadcaster easily a clip when presenter Fearne
beat the 11.9 million that ITV, its Cotton, in a bid to show how
independent rival, attracted for British commerce was benefiting
the final of “Britain’s Got Talent.” from the occasion, showed view-
04/05/12 “Bluesfest” John Fogerty 82,761 $8,934,942 05/12/12 “Night Of The Jumps” 8,000 $388,978
04/06-09 Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Crosby Stills & Nash 85,000 SAP Arena 8,000
Tyagarah, AUSTRALIA Lucinda Williams / John Hiatt 97% Australian Mannheim, GERMANY 100% Euro
Bluesfest Earth, Wind & Fire 159.00 - 495.00 (8,638,303) (In-House Promotion) / IFMXF / Manfred Hertein Veranstaltungs 33.00 - 45.00 (295,000)
05/28/12 Lady Gaga Zedd 30,952 $4,744,329 05/19/12 Fernando & Sorocaba Thaeme E Thiago 6,400 $317,319
05/29/12 Singapore Indoor Stadium 10,317 05/20/12 CrediCard Hall 4,933
05/31/12 Singapore, SINGAPORE 100% Singapore Sao Paulo, BRAZIL 64% Reals
3 shows Live Nation Global Touring 108.00 - 288.00 (5,869,588) 2 shows T4F - Time For Fun 100.00 - 250.00 (600,584)
05/25/12 Lady Gaga Zedd 41,478 $4,299,375 04/14/12 Diversity 7,310 $306,703
Rajamangala National Stadium 41,478 The O2 - Dublin 8,341
Bangkok, THAILAND 100% Baht Dublin, IRELAND 87% Euro
Live Nation Global Touring / BEC-Tero Entertainment 1,350 - 7,000 (132,492,295) MCD Productions 25.00 - 38.95 (229,957)
04/02/12 “Timbre Rock And Roots Festival” / Angelique Kidjo 2,121 $208,185
Concert Hall @ Sydney Opera House Keb’ Mo’ 2,269
Sydney, AUSTRALIA 93% Australian
(In-House Promotion) / Bluesfest 72.85 - 106.28 (201,273)
ROBBIE WILLIAMS, Queen’s Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace, 05/26/12 Sorriso Maroto 9,874 $185,509
London, June 4 05/27/12 Citibank Hall Rio 5,362
Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL 92% Reals
2 shows T4F - Time For Fun 30.00 - 150.00 (351,110)
05/17/12 Lady Gaga Zedd 22,173 $4,274,243 04/04/12 “Timbre Rock And Roots Festival” / Buddy Guy 1,495 $142,422
05/18/12 Nangang Exhibition Hall 11,086 Enmore Theatre Jonny Lang 2,000
Taipei, TAIWAN 100% Taiwan Newtown, AUSTRALIA 74% Australian
2 shows Live Nation Global Touring / Kuang Hong Arts Management 1,800 - 12,800 (124,831,863) Bluesfest 97.20 - 107.20 (137,693)
05/11/12 “Nitro Circus Live” 20,363 $2,211,181 06/02/12 Guy Sebastian Ben Burgess 2,295 $132,586
05/12-13 Brisbane Entertainment Centre 8,042 Hordern Pavilion 2,338
Boondall, AUSTRALIA 84% Australian Moore Park, AUSTRALIA 98% Australian
3 shows Global Action Sports 69.90 - 149.90 (2,141,144) The Harbour Agency 66.90 (136,388)
04/19/12 Steps Kamailya 26,926 $1,759,630 05/13/12 Celtic Woman 1,735 $121,100
04/20/12 The O2 - London Shokolady 15,270 Gerry Weber Stadion 1,956
London, UNITED KINGDOM 88% Halle, GERMANY 88% Euro
2 shows Live Nation 37.50 - 100.00 (£1,099,137) Peter Rieger Konzertagentur / Semmel Concerts 23.00 - 60.00 (91,842)
AP Photo
06/01/12 The O2 - London 12,246
London, UNITED KINGDOM 77%
2 shows AEG Live 45.00 - 50.00 (£871,735)
04/05/12 Il Divo 8,341 $655,206 KYLIE MINOGUE, Queen’s Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace,
The O2 - Dublin 8,341 London, June 4
Dublin, IRELAND 100% Euro
MCD Productions 45.00 - 65.00 (491,255)
04/27/12 Example Wretch 32 15,973 $639,287 04/10/12 Black Box Revelation The Jim Jones Revue 3,733 $109,655
The O2 - London Young Man 17,318 04/11/12 Ancienne Belgique 1,867
London, UNITED KINGDOM P-Money 92% Brussels, BELGIUM 99% Euro
SJM 25.00 (£399,325) 2 shows (In-House Promotion) / Live Nation 22.00 - 25.00 (82,216)
05/02/12 New Kids On The Block / Backstreet Boys 8,310 $531,820 05/18/12 Yannick Noah 1,778 $107,848
Sportpaleis Antwerpen 12,000 Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Merksem, BELGIUM 69% Euro Brussels, BELGIUM 96% Euro
Greenhouse Talent 34.00 - 59.00 (403,331) C-Live 46.00 - 48.00 (81,792)
05/19/12 Nicki Minaj 4,482 $448,723 05/30/12 Elvis Costello 1,920 $106,329
Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,147 Ancienne Belgique 1,920
Boondall, AUSTRALIA 87% Australian Brussels, BELGIUM 100% Euro
Live Nation 99.90 (447,751) Greenhouse Talent 42.00 (80,640)
04/21/12 Don Williams 1,970 $104,122 04/21/12 Professor Green 1,589 $55,314
Belfast Waterfront 1,970 Olympia Theatre 1,589
Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM 100% Dublin, IRELAND 100% Euro
MCD Productions 32.00 - 33.25 (£65,039) MCD Productions 26.10 (41,473)
04/01/12 Korn 1,486 $93,426 05/06/12 Foster The People Mini Mansions 1,893 $54,933
Olympia Theatre 1,577 Ancienne Belgique 1,893
Dublin, IRELAND 94% Euro Brussels, BELGIUM 100% Euro
MCD Productions 45.00 - 47.50 (70,048) Live Nation 22.00 - 25.00 (41,661)
AP Photo
CrediCard Hall 3,660
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL 91% Reals
T4F - Time For Fun 35.00 - 180.00 (176,093)
03/08/12 Mother Africa 1,207 $65,815 CLIFF RICHARD, Queen’s Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace,
Olympiaworld 3,309 London, June 4
Innsbruck, AUSTRIA 36% Euro
FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen 35.00 - 50.00 (48,983)
05/29/12 Mac Miller 1,898 $62,566 04/27/12 The Dandy Warhols AK/DK 1,748 $53,766
Ancienne Belgique 1,898 Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Brussels, BELGIUM 100% Euro Brussels, BELGIUM 94% Euro
Live Nation 25.00 - 28.00 (47,450) (In-House Promotion) 23.00 - 26.00 (40,312)
04/08/12 Charlie Winston 1,709 $61,567 04/21/12 Method Man 1,479 $53,748
Ancienne Belgique 1,850 Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Brussels, BELGIUM 92% Euro Brussels, BELGIUM 79% Euro
Live Nation 27.00 - 30.00 (46,161) Target Agency 27.00 - 30.00 (40,299)
04/08/12 “Timbre Rock And Roots Festival” / Ziggy Marley 891 $59,727 05/22/12 Oswaldo Montenegro 1,235 $53,462
Virgin Mobile Metro Theatre 1,100 Teatro Abril 1,273
Sydney, AUSTRALIA 81% Australian Sao Paulo, BRAZIL 97% Reals
Bluesfest 71.70 (57,744) T4F - Time For Fun 70.00 - 150.00 (101,187)
03/30/12 “Timbre Rock And Roots Festival” / Steve Earle 820 $48,710
Corner Hotel 820
Richmond, AUSTRALIA 100% Australian
Bluesfest 58.00 (45,100)
04/20/12 Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra 1,420 $47,456
Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Brussels, BELGIUM 76% Euro
(In-House Promotion) 25.00 - 28.00 (35,581)
ANNIE LENNOX, Queen’s Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace, 05/08/12 Morten Harket 972 $38,481
London, June 4 Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Brussels, BELGIUM 52% Euro
Live Nation 30.00 - 33.00 (29,184)
06/01/12 Macy Gray 1,302 $56,519 04/13/12 Big Country 1,073 $37,599
Ancienne Belgique 1,850 Olympia Theatre 1,577
Brussels, BELGIUM 70% Euro Dublin, IRELAND 68% Euro
Greenhouse Talent 35.00 - 38.00 (45,648) MCD Productions 25.60 - 27.60 (28,191)
04/12/12 Orbital The Japanese Popstars 1,917 $56,249 05/04/12 Birdy Nam Nam Primitiv 1,281 $37,362
Ancienne Belgique 1,917 Ancienne Belgique 1,850
Brussels, BELGIUM 100% Euro Brussels, BELGIUM 69% Euro
(In-House Promotion) 22.00 - 25.00 (42,174) Live Nation 22.00 - 25.00 (28,335)
wonderful how the audience got Last August, a potentially life- “Sometimes when we have SPAIN
it,” Lieberberg explained. “They threatening crowd crush was nar- booked the big headliners, the Primavera
said they’d hang around after rowly avoided during a Prodigy crowd have been more impressed Busts Records
their set because they’d heard show at Przystanek Woodstock, with some of the lesser-known
that acts like Metallica and considered to be Europe’s biggest acts,” he explained. Primavera Festival has smashed
Billy Talent have shown a lot free festival. This year’s Festi’neuch bill its attendance record by attracting
of promise.” The act’s production team said included Marilyn Manson, Alpha 117,000 people to Barcelona’s Parc
The other acts setting there weren’t enough barriers for Blondy, Amadou & Mariam, del Fòrum over three days, easily
what Lieberberg called “a new an event that claims to have had Morcheeba, and Sophie Hunger. beating the 101,000 it pulled for its
benchmark” for his twinned fes- at least 500,000 on site. Festi’neuch’s bright start may 10th-anniversary edition in 2010.
tivals included Soundgarden, The festival says the pit barrier be the beginning of a decent Swiss The 2010 edition beat the pre-
Gossip, The Offspring, Kasabian, it provided at Prodigy’s insistence festival season, as the 30,000- vious record crowd of 76,000 in
Deichkind, Keane, The Hives was the cause of the crowd crush, capacity Openair St Gallen has 2009, which means the Spanish
and Cypress Hill. which left up to 100 fans injured. sold out a month in advance. outdoor has strong claims to be
Festival organiser Jurek That’s the fastest sellout the Europe’s fastest-growing festival.
POLAND Owsiak went on Polish TV com- 36-year-old event has managed
Limp Bizkit plaining the act ruined the event since it also sold out with a
Angry Over Barriers because of its demands, while month to go in 1996.
A lack of barriers in front of the
stage was the reason for crowd
Prodigy manager John Fairs said
Przystanek was “the most unsafe
The acts on the Openair St
Gallen bill June 28 to July 1 in- Boxoffice
safety problems during Limp
Bizkit’s set at Ursynalia Students
Festival in Warsaw June 1, the
festival” he’s seen in 25 years.
Other acts on the Ursynalia bill
June 1-3 included Slayer, Billy
Talent, Nightwish, In Flames,
clude Die Toten Hosen, Incubus,
Mumford & Sons, Deadmau5,
Paolo Nutini, Florence & The
Machine, and The Kooks.
Spotlight
band says. and Mastodon.
On three occasions vocalist THE NETHERLANDS
Fred Durst interrupted the band’s
set to draw attention to the plight
SWITZERLAND
Bright Start
Dragons
Get Second Wind
Kanye West /Jay-Z
of fans being crushed at the front
From Festi’neuch
of the 30,000 crowd and spoke Estonian indie-rock act Ewert and May 18-22, 2012
of the lack of barriers. Neuchatel Openair Festival The Two Dragons appears to have
“Great show in Warsaw, marked the opening of the Swiss gotten a second wind and surged The O2 - London
but the people getting crushed festival season by pulling around back into the lead in this year’s Eu- London, United Kingdom
and passing out didn’t need to 9,000 per day to the city’s Na- ropean Talent Exchange Programme.
happen,” guitarist Wes Borland Promoter
tional Expo site May 31 to June 3. Having temporarily lost the
wrote on Twitter. “Festivals Cyrill Villemin from the festival lead to Spector, which is doing Live Nation
should always use T barricades.” organising team says he’s happy best of the three UK acts in the Gross $6,871,102
Krzysztof Dabrowski, Ursynalia with the figures, even though Top 10, The Dragons have pulled Tickets Sold 77,117
Students Festival’s promoter they were about 250 per day in three more festivals and now Capacity 16,391
and head of production, hadn’t down on last year. top the list with 11 shows. Percentage Sold / 5 Shows 94%
responded to a request for com- He said the difficulty with Spector and Dope D.O.D. Ticket Price £15.00 - 500.00
ment at press time. Festi’neuch, as the festival’s more have nine shows apiece, and (£4,225,614)
It’s the second time in a year commonly known, is striking the The Computers – also from the
that a headline act has had prob- balance between the high-budget UK – has eight.
lems with a Polish festival over headliners and a good supporting The Top 10 have between
the failure to provide barriers. cast throughout the bill. them picked up 82 slots at this
‘Moonshadow’ Makes
World Premiere
Yusuf’s musical “Moonshadow,” a
MORE THAN 117,000 PACK INTO BARCELONA’S PARC DEL FORUM May 31 to June 2 as Spain’s Primavera Festival smashes its sci-fi story based around the songs
attendance record. of Cat Stevens and based in part
on his own spiritual quest, had
its world premiere at Melbourne’s
Princess Theatre May 31.
This year’s gathering attracted Echo operates Sydney’s Star, The UK-born Bee Gees grew up
The main character, Stormy,
37,000 on the first day, 42,000 Jupiters on the Gold Coast and in the Redcliffe peninsula, where
grows up on Alaylia, a cold and
on the second and a further Townsville and Treasury Casino their musical career launched.
dark planet illuminated only
38,000 on the third day. in Brisbane. UK-based cousin Hazel Gibb told
by the moon and balls of ember.
Primavera press officer Beatriz Packer called for an extraor- Brisbane radio 4BC the family tried
Stormy goes on a quest to find
Pérez says she’s not sure what dinary meeting July 20 for Echo to secure Robin a knighthood from
a mythical world of light and song
made this year’s crowd so big, chairman John Story to be the UK government when he fell ill.
that no one has seen in 1,000 years.
apart from the festival’s burgeoning ousted. Packer also wants Jeff Knighthoods are not granted
His companion is childhood sweet-
reputation and a top-class lineup. Kennett, one-time premier of posthumously so the push for
heart Lisa. The good-versus-evil
The acts on this year’s bill Victoria, appointed as a director. one has begun for sole surviving
themes are linked through 41 Cat
May 31 to June 2 included Bjork, Packer claims that under sibling Barry to get the title “Sir.”
Stevens songs including “Wild
The xx, Justice, Wilco, Death Cab Story’s reign, Echo’s gross earn-
World,” “But I Might Die Tonight,”
For Cutie, SBTRKT, Codeine, ings fell 3.4 percent since 2004, White Knight “Sad Lisa” and “Father And Son” as
Guided By Voices, Afghan Whigs, and that Star’s reputation was Rides In For Falls well as a handful of new songs writ-
and Buffy Sainte-Marie. tarnished by recent sexual ha- Tasmanian philanthropist Graeme ten for the $5 million production.
Pérez says the number of people rassment scandals. Wood, millionaire founder of The continued appeal of the
attending the free events in Bar- Story retaliated that Packer travel website Wotif.com, has Stevens songs, the recurring
celona that led up to the festival wants control “without paying a signed a sponsorship deal with
would make this year’s overall premium to Echo shareholders.” the Falls Music & Arts Festival.
crowd close to the 15,000 mark. In talks with other major Falls takes place at the end of
The third edition of Primavera- shareholders, including Per- the year in Victoria and Tasmania,
pro, the showcase conference petual, AMP and Ausbil Dexia, with both events sharing acts
that runs in parallel with the fes- Echo’s executives are arguing over five days.
tival, also smashed its attendance growth will come from edging The value of the deal was
records by attracting 1,400 into the high-roller market that not announced, but Falls founder
delegates, 27 percent more than Packer’s Crown Casino domi- Simon Daly said it would ensure
the 1,100 who attended in 2011. nates. the Tasmanian event would con-
The countries with the highest Packer’s gambling empire in- tinue after it was denied funding
number of delegates were Spain, cludes Burswood Entertainment by the Tasmanian government.
France, the UK and the U.S. Complex in Perth and joint ventures
in Macau with tycoon Lawrence Ho Kasey Chambers
and in Great Britain’s Aspers group Follows Dates
Australian with Damian Aspinall. With U.S. Release
NEWS Bee Gees Statue
Multi-platinum country singer/
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Calls for a statue of the Bee the United States behind the
Gees to be erected in Redcliffe, release of her seventh album
Packer’s Echo Queensland, are getting louder in Storybook, which peaked at No. 3
Entertainment Push the wake of Robin Gibb’s death. in her home country.
The Queensland government The album, to drop July 30 GOTYE RECEIVES a standing ovation at
Casino magnate James Packer
the APRA Awards in at the Convention
is pushing for control of casino- will not contribute financially, but through Sugar Hill Records, is a Centre in Sydney May 28, where he won
operator rival Echo Entertainment. the Brisbane Airport Corporation 15-track companion to her auto- three awards including song and
Packer is Echo’s largest share- kicked off the campaign with a biography “A Little Bird Told Me,” songwriter of the year.
holder, with a 10 percent stake. A$5,000 (US$4,823) donation. published here by Harper Collins.
AP Photo / Scanpix
theme in his early work of a “Now that I’m an officer, do I
restless son and an estranged get to wear a special uniform?”
father and the sparkling stage de- he quipped.
signs triumphed over what critics The Conchords’ The Distant
called some of the production’s Future received the 2007 Grammy
flaws, including occasional for best comedy album, and their
sluggish pacing and story line. TV series screened on HBO.
“Moonshadow” runs through This year, as music supervisor
September in Melbourne. of “The Muppets Movie,” McKenzie
received an Oscar for best original
NEW ZEALAND song for “Man or Muppet.” He also
Winners At Country, appeared in the “Lord of The Flies”
Pacific Awards trilogy and has a lead in upcoming
NZ-made “Two Little Boys.”
The New Zealand Country
Music Awards and Pacific Music
Awards were both held May 31.
The country awards, presented
Asian
by the Recording Industry Asso- NEWS
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Auckland, saw Tami Neilson win
best album for her mix of acous- JAPAN
tic torch songs and country blues, Minaj Denies Involve- Gallaghers Unite At Nevertheless, the value of Noel
The Kitchen Table Sessions Vol II. ment In Tokyo Death Fuji Rock – Not Quite as a headliner on Saturday, an im-
It was the Canadian-born, portant consideration as it often
Nicki Minaj had to go public The headlining act for Saturday
Auckland-based artist’s third determines whether some fans de-
about her non-involvement in the night at this year’s Fuji Rock
win for best album, following cide to make a weekend out of it, is
May 24 death of a fan in Tokyo. Festival July 27-29 has finally
Red Dirt Angel in 2009 and The questionable because he’s already
Nicola Furlong, a 21-year-old been announced.
Kitchen Table Sessions in 2010. toured Japan twice this year.
exchange student from Ireland, It will be Noel Gallagher’s High
Of other major wins, Scottish- In fact, he was just here at
attended Minaj’s concert at Zepp Flying Birds, a choice that should
born singer Louise Lumsden the end of May and was mobbed
Tokyo the night before, where both thrill and perplex Japan’s
took the songwriting category for everywhere he went.
she and a female companion huge contingent of Oasis fans,
“Money” and Delaney Davidson On his blog, Gallagher said
became acquainted with two as Beady Eye, the band fronted
went home with the award for best he was “manhandled at the sta-
American men aged 23 and 19. by Gallagher’s estranged brother
country song for “You’re A Loser” The two women accompanied tion by an increasingly hysterical
from his Bad Luck Man album. and former Oasis frontman Liam,
the men back to their hotel is also playing at the festival, crowd of well wishers. It can
Auckland R&B duo Adeaze where, in the early-morning be quite an experience, like a
proved absence does make the albeit on Friday night.
hours, an ambulance was called It would be interesting to read medium level bad trip.”
heart grow fonder. After a break to the hotel where paramedics the riders on this one (“...vehicles Nevertheless, he says he had
of seven years to concentrate found Furlong unconscious. carrying Liam/Noel must not a great time, especially in Osaka,
on raising their young families, She died and an autopsy be allowed to come within 1,000 where he announced his return
brothers Feagaigafou (Nainz) and revealed that she may have meters of vehicles carrying Noel/ in July to the Green Stage at Fuji.
Logovii (Viiz) Tupai returned last been strangled. Liam...”), but it seems pretty cer- “The gig was great,” he wrote.
year with their sophomore album Both men were detained by tain that there will be no reunion. “The best one of the tour I reckon.”
Rise And Shine. At the eighth police but not for Furlong’s death.
Pacific Music Awards they took Instead, they are being investi-
best group, urban album and gated for groping Furlong’s com-
“Paradise” for best song. panion, also an Irish woman, in
The pair, of Samoan descent, the taxi on the way to the hotel.
performed during the event at the The gossip blog perezhilton.com
Telstra Clear Pacific Events Centre, identified one of the men as James
as did hip-hop performer David Blackston, one of Minaj’s backup
Dallas, who won best male artist. dancers, a claim the rapper vehe-
Bella Kalolo took home the female mently denied.
artist award while best Pacific al- “We do not know the man
bum went to Good Morning Samoa in custody,” read a Tweet from
by Kas Futialo, aka The Freestyler. Minaj’s Twitter account. “My
dancers had nothing to do w/this
Conchord Member tragedy. No one in my entourage
Honoured By Queen was questioned or arrested.
Bret McKenzie, one half of They all flew home from Japan.”
the Flight of the Conchords duo, In another tweet she expressed
received the Officer of the New condolences for the dead woman:
Zealand Order of Merit for his “Saddened to learn one of my
international achievements in precious fans found tragically
music, film and comedy. It was murdered in Japan. My love &
part of the June 4 celebrations prayers are with the family of
of the Queen’s birthday. Nicola Furlong.”
S
LMFAO kicks off
the U.S. leg of its
“Sorry For Party
Rocking” tour at
Nationwide Arena
in Columbus,
Ohio, May 22.
Seen with the
duo are the arena’s
Vicki Chorman,
Xen Riggs, Brooke
Bockelman and
Dave Redelberger.
TENACIOUS D visits with the production crew at Les Schwab
Amphitheater in Bend, Ore., May 26. With Jack Black and Kyle Gass
are Monqui Presents’ John Sanders, Jamie McKillop and Mike Quinn
and the venue’s Marney Smith.
Maury Phillips
ROGER WATERS gets a custom-
made soccer ball from Xcel
Energy Center GM Jack Larson
in Saint Paul, Minn., June 3.
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