Posts Tagged ‘Bruce Springsteen’
Life, Liberty and the Right to a Printed Ticket?
In New York, the state government has continued to pass laws directly related to ticket resale. This time, it’s “guaranteeing the right to a paper ticket.” Here’s the story and here’s a snippet: “With little fanfare this month, New York State bucked a show biz trend pushed by Ticketmaster and megastars Bruce Springsteen and Miley [...]
U2 and How Not to Milk It
Tomorrow night, U2 is invading Goldstar’s hometown of Pasadena, California. Traffic inconveniences aside, the Rose Bowl show has generated a lot of excitement. But why should that be the case? This is an OLD band. To put it in equivalent terms, it would be as if the Beatles toured in the mid-90s or as if [...]
There Is No Concert Business
I said this as an off the cuff comment a couple weeks ago, so I thought I’d say a little more about it today. There’s lots of discussion, because of the secondary market, the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, and the downturn in sales for certain kinds of concerts, about the health of the Concert Business. But [...]
The Live 2.0 Manifesto
The following article was the lead article in the First Edition of Live 2.0, launched in February of this year at the TED Conference. In it, I give an overview of the Live 2.0 and what I believe is the vision to which the Live Entertainment industry should aspire. I’m reproducing it because many readers [...]
Bruce Springsteen and the Future of Entertainment
No, I’m not talking about his involvement with the alleged shenanigans at Ticketmaster and Ticketsnow. I’m talking about how being a Bruce Springsteen fan for 25 years as I have can show you the way to the future of entertainment. I gave this presentation at the TED conference in February (as part of TED-U), and [...]
Revising My Opinion on the LN-TM Merger
Actually, not my opinion of it, but of whether or not it will actually be allowed to take place by the DOJ. Initially, I felt that it was about 80 to 90% likely to go through, on the basic grounds that even this combined company wouldn’t have monopolistic pricing power because the market is much [...]
As it Was with This, So Shall It be with Prices
I’ve already expressed my feelings on the LN-TM merger, and they are thus: There’s probably not much in it for the ticket buyer, but on the other hand, this merger doesn’t mean the new company would be able to charge whatever it wants because the market decides that. That’s a less popular sentiment than expressing [...]
Live 2.0 TED Presentation, Now Available!
Ironically, not live, but still, I hope, interesting. Share and Enjoy:
Live 2.0 Edition 1
The Live 2.0 Manifesto by Jim McCarthy
Stewart Copeland of The Police: You Only Make Money When You Sweat
Marketing Baseball in the 21st Century: 6 Things That Work for the San Francisco Giants, by Russ Stanley
A Far Cry, Rocking the Boat, by Jesse Irons
Maybe I Should Be Writing This on My Commodore 64, too
After all, this story about 2008′s top 10 highest-grossing music acts hasn’t changed much since 1988. Here’s the list, courtesy of the LA Times Calendar section: 1. Madonna, $120.1 million in total, $105.3mm from touring 2. Celine Dion, $106.8 million total, $94 mm from touring 3. Kenny Chesney, $95.7 mm total, $72.2 mm from touring [...]
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