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In Real Life: Perverse Pleasure and A Motown Tribute to Nickelback's Live Debut in NYC

On Friday night, a once-viral YouTube clip beamed down from cyberspace, materializing as a musical band of living, breathing humans who graced New York with an entire hour of genre-warped Nickelback singles. In theory, "A Motown Tribute to Nickelback" seems like the most heinous sacrilege, muddling ... More >>

Los Angeles Is To X As NYC Is To the Ramones. Discuss.

Los Angeles is to X as New York is to the Ramones. Discuss. Actually, not exactly. As X frontwoman Exene Cervenka relates, if it wasn't for a review slagging the Ramones, X might not exist. Seems the negative notice assured future X guitarist Billy Zoom that another band was as aberrant as he wan ... More >>

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being hel ... More >>

Jones Beach Theater And PNC Bank Arts Center Schedules Announced: Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Kelly Clarkson, And More

Ah, the summer, the time of year when one can enjoy a concert in the glorious out of doors. This morning Live Nation announced the full lineups for its two local amphitheaters—the PNC Bank Arts Center in bucolic Holmdel, N.J. and the Jones Beach Theater, out on the South Shore of Nassau County ... More >>

Bullyville Has Taken Over Hunter Moore's Is Anyone Up? (Updated)

As of noon EST, Hunter Moore's revenge-porn site Is Anyone Up?, the subject of our recent cover story, has been shut down after being taken over by the website "Bullyville." The letter below is what's currently posted to the domain formerly known as Is Anyone Up:

Radio Hits One: Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Young Money Bring Crew Love Back To Rap Radio

If you've listened to much urban radio lately, or even a little, you may have noticed that Lil Wayne and his Young Money Entertainment labelmates, particularly Drake and Nicki MInaj, are quite popular. You may have also noticed the same thing in 2011. And in 2010. And 2009. But perhaps nothing under ... More >>

The Watch The Throne Trailer: Twenty Seconds Of Footage That Will Tell You Pretty Much Nothing At All

​ After lots of speculation, and singles, and events you weren't invited to, Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album Watch The Throne comes out Monday, with a tour following later this year. For some reason, someone (maybe Live Nation? maybe Roc Nation? maybe a superfan with too much time o ... More >>

Summer Guide: Don't Take Brad Paisley to the Airport Strip Club

The country star likes six strings, not G-strings. Plus, summer music picks

Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer. ​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's Lawyers Target 'Unfollow Charlie' Products Sold to Help Fight Violence Against Women

​Last Friday -- was it only last Friday? My, how the time flies -- marked the Village Voice-declared Worldwide Unfollow Charlie Sheen on Twitter Day. As we promoted the "event," we heard from a lot of people who believed in the cause. One group was inspired to create a website against domestic ... More >>

New Year's Eve: Dance

What the hell happened last night?

Prince Cancels One NYC Show, Adds Another

​So Prince is coming to town soon, for a suite of shows at both Madison Square Garden and the Izod Center in New Jersey. First one was supposed to be December 14th at the latter. That show has been canceled. Ticketholders can either opt for "an email notification with a new seat location" for ... More >>

Six Ways Live Nation Could Become More Fan Friendly

​On Saturday, the Times ran an overview of the woes facing this summer's tours, which have seen sales overall suffer despite sellouts for the likes of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. Even the Eagles--once an act that could be guaranteed to print money from boomers--have suffered during the dog da ... More >>

Damon Dash Resurrected

Cast out of Jay-Z's kingdom, a notorious hip-hop mogul takes a kinder, gentler, hipper approach to reinvention

Irving Plaza Is Officially Irving Plaza Again

The old marquee, before the new marquee, which is now the old marquee again. Pic via Joe Madonna's photostream​Goodbye, "Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza"--your many syllables and unwieldy national branding associations will not be missed. The Times reports today that Live Nation is backing a ... More >>

The James L. Dolan Honorary Scholarship for Media Reporting: A Kickstarter Project

​Prolific blogger, re-blogger, and columnist Anthony "SoupSoup" DeRosa is trying to harness the awesome power of KickStarter - a website that helps facilitate people who are looking to source out funding for their own projects - for the power of "good."

Perhaps You'd Like To See An Elaborate Dissection of Jay-Z's Various Business Ventures and How They've Fared During the Recession?

​The abridged version: The Spotted Pig, Rocawear (saved by skinny jeans!), that Tribeca spot from "Empire State of Mind," and Jay's Live Nation deal? Doing just fine. The 40/40 Club chain? Kind of a mixed bag. The New York Nets, the Aqueduct/Racino/David Paterson debacle, a couple of prospecti ... More >>

How Live Nation Can Avoid the Ticket Price Raise They're Considering.

​Isn't it just the worst when you have to pay more for something you already pay too much for? Ticketing and promotions monopoly Ticketmaster/Live Nation is, via the LA Times - who headlined their piece "The marriage of Ticketmaster and Live Nation: Say hello to the $400 ticket?" - considering ... More >>

MEMO TO FOSTER KAMER, RE: DICK JOKE

Not Jimmy Dolan's cock​Hey, Kamer. Ortega here. I want you to do something for me. I want you to stop apologizing for the damn dick joke. I caught the mea culpa at your Tumblr, and frankly, I wish you'd knock that shit off. I know you're getting a lot of attention around the Twitterverse ... More >>

Media Mogul James Dolan Elects to Use 'Nuclear Option' on Village Voice, Yet Again Pulling More Advertising Than Ever!

​Back in March, a blog post we published regarding a potential media acquisition by Cablevision, MSG Entertainment, and Rainbow Media owner James Dolan -- compounded by a vaguely worded, ominous legal threat from Dolan's corporate office, which was ignored and then published in a naive showing ... More >>

Spring Guide: Londoners the xx and More

Enjoying American top-10 lists with the hit Brits

Michael Jackson's Estate Signs $250 Million Contract With Sony, Thus Beating Jay-Z By $100 Million In Establishing the Most Absurdly Lucrative Deal, Ever

Image Courtesy of: Jean-Marc Giboux/Liaison​$250 million is by far the record for a recording artist, living or dead--the closest thing, Jay-Z's $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation, isn't really anywhere close. The fact that Jackson isn't alive to fulfill the contract is incidental--the ... More >>

So Is Terminal 5 Really the Third Best Club in the World?

Julian Casablancas at Terminal 5 a few weeks back. Photo by Araceli Cruz.​The concert-promotion and ticket-sales aggregator website Pollstar recently compiled a list of the "Top 100 Worldwide Club Venues" on which Terminal 5 ranked a shocking #3. The result surprised even Pollstar--"When a New ... More >>

Prepare to Be Extorted: Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Gets Department of Justice Approval

​Hard to see how this could have an upside for concertgoers. Today, the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly signed off on a long in the works merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, clearing aside the biggest obstacle to a proposed Live Nation Ticketmaster entertainment conglomerate. Th ... More >>

Today in Way Too Much News About Jay-Z

​Jay-Z has a priority list, which lists his priorities, according to the NYDN. One of those priorities is putting a baby inside Beyonce: Her song "Single Ladies" is an Internet hit among dancing babies and now, Beyonce's working on a tot of her own. That's according to--get this--Jay-Z, B's ... More >>

Well, Lady Gaga and Kanye West Aren't Touring Together

​Per a remarkably terse Live Nation email comes news that Kanye West's and Lady Gaga's "Fame Kills" tour has been killed. They had dates at MSG and surrounding arena-esque environs October 15-17. Feel free to do other things now. Stalling here while I think of an "I'mma let you finish" joke. D ... More >>

News Roundup: Modest Mouse/Heath Ledger, Them Crooked Vultures, Live Nation, Billy Lee Riley

​--The long-shelved video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat," directed by Heath Ledger before he died, premiered yesterday. The video imagines a world with a talking sun where whales commandeer ships and hunt, kill, and skin humans. No worries, though: profits from the video will go to environmenta ... More >>

News Roundup: The Pixies, Bruce Springsteen, Ticketmaster/Live Nation, Michael Jackson

​--The Pixies have announced the dates for their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour, where the alt-rock legends will play the album in its entirety. The band will play nine cities, including three New York gigs: November 23, 24, and 25 at the 3,000-capacity Hammerstein Ballroom. We recently talke ... More >>

News Roundup: Sonic Youth, Evan Dando, Jeff Hanson, Live Nation

--Tomorrow night, Sonic Youth will play the Apple Store in SoHo, by way of promoting their new album The Eternal, which comes out on Tuesday. The show is free, but you need a guest pass to attend. They can be picked up today at the SoHo store, with one non-transferable pass per fan on a first come, ... More >>

News Roundup: Paul McCartney, Live Nation, James Murphy, Hold Steady

--Paul McCartney hasn't performed much lately, favoring one-off gigs instead of touring. (In April, he performed a Beatles-heavy set at Coachella). But New York fans will get a chance to see the Wings legend (kidding) when he performs July 17 and 18 at Citi Field, the Mets' new home. McCartney has ... More >>

News Roundup: Brendan Flowers, Live Nation, Neutral Milk Hotel, Chris Brown/Rihanna

--The Killers' Brendan Flowers likely got to live out a childhood fantasy Saturday when he joined Bruce Springsteen for a duet of "Thunder Road" at the opening night of the Neatherlands Pinkpop Festival. Nowadays, it's a right of passage for Springsteen-influenced acts to join their idol onstage. Th ... More >>

Tom cries 'Uncle'! Daschle's exit an embarrassing end to Obama's embarrassing decision to pick him

Obama tells a surprisingly blunt Katie Couric, "I messed up." Tom Daschle's quick exit from the health-care Cabinet job is just proof that he was a poor choice for the job. If the guy can't get it together enough to wipe his nose clean after rubbing it against the rear of society schmuckettes li ... More >>

How the Music Industry Died: Steve Knopper's Appetite for Self-Destruction

A Rolling Stone reporter charts the doomed path from Thriller to Internet-based horror

More Apocalyptic Discourse with Appetite for Self-Destruction scribe Steve Knopper

'If they're waiting for the next Thriller to come along and save everything, they're really, really misguided. I hope they've figured it out by now.' This week in the hopelessly antiquated print version of the Voice, I chat with veteran Rolling Stone editor/reporter Steve Knopper, whose new book ... More >>

Manhattan: Not Over Yet

Two new downtown venues save the city's soul—or so we hope

Live Nation's 'Skip the Line' Ballyhoo

Donna Summer's Crayons

The (other) queen is back, multi-octave bazooka and all

White Dudes With Rhythm

Breathy and/or Swedish folk troubadours get (politely) down and make (often inscrutable) love

Everyone's Gone to the Dentist

Downtown kids chill out, kick back, discover yacht rock, soak in the good life

Rufus Wainwright's Release the Stars

An unsubtle symphony of diminishing returns

Nickelback U.K.

The press-fattened Arctic Monkeys roll loudly, wittily, competently on