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How Concert Tours Affect Today’s Music Market
Today’s concert tours provide the engine for the development of star power and accelerated record sales in all corners of the globe. Rare is the musician or any other entertainment act that can achieve the status of “super star” without putting forth the monumental effort of touring with their production and subsidiary staff, for the purpose of showing off their talents to a larger audience.
Generating revenues through ticket, record and souvenir sales is the major purpose of the highly orchestrated tours that today’s premier musical acts provide. Touring Continue reading this entry »
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Bill Graham: Rock and Roll’s Greatest Promoter
For every great rock n roll band, and every great rock n roll artist, there is a great promoter backing them up. Considered to be one of the best rock n roll promoters of all time, BIll Graham, has really done a great job in creating some of the best and most well known artists and bands in the world. To have a great name in the industry, and to be popular, it doesn’t matter how Continue reading this entry »
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The Highest Grossing Tours of All Time
AC/DC, Black Ice World Tour
The Black Ice World Tour was launched in support of the bands studio album, Black Ice, and spanned the years 2008-2010. At its conclusion, the tour was the highest grossing of all time with a total of 441.1 million. It also won the “Major Tour of the Year” at the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards in 2009.
The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Band Tour
The A Bigger Band Tour was in support of The Rolling Stone’s studio album of the same name. It grossed a total of Continue reading this entry »
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Five Greatest Stage Shows in Rock and Roll
Narrowing down 5 of the greatest rock and roll shows ever can be hard to do but, if I had to pick I would most definitely start with the Beatles at Shea stadium in ’65. The “British Invasion” starting right here is the United States was an amazing step up for rock and roll everywhere. This concert brought in around 56,000 people which is just epic. Also, speaking of epic, could there ever be another Woodstock? All the talent, emotion, great music and heart that went into this event, couldn’t Continue reading this entry »