Archive for August, 2011
Industry Ink Thursday (8/25)
Americana Defined • Mark Bright • Marlee Scott • Guy Clark • Nan Kelley/WMBA • Musicians Corner • Xtreme Muzik The Tour
CMA Awards Bidding War Draws To A Close?
As reported last week, the major television networks have been in a bidding war for broadcast rights to the CMA Awards. ABC has been the show’s home in recent years, and despite efforts by NBC and CBS, two outlets are reporting that “Country Music’s Biggest Night” will likely stay put on ABC. The Hollywood Reporter [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Financial/Legal, Organizations, Weekend
Video: Lady A “Unplugs,” Discusses New Album
Lady Antebellum announces they will touch-down in three major cities surrounding their Sept. 13 Own The Night album release in a concert series labeled Own The Night: Unplugged. The evenings will feature stripped-down versions of new and old favorites from the band beginning in Chicago on Sept. 10, New York on release day (9/13), followed [...]
Breaking News: Details on CMA Noms Announcement
Awards noms will be revealed at events in New York, Nashville
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations, Weekend
Quick Pics
Connie Smith kicks-off residency • Hit songwriters at Miller Harris Benefit • East Side Sounds
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Apple’s Steve Jobs Steps Down
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced his resignation from that post yesterday, and was elected [...]
Category: Featured
Gibson Guitar Raided
Gibson’s plants in Nashville and Memphis were raided today by federal agents. Law enforcement is not giving any details in the case, but The Tennessean reports that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were executing search warrants at the offices. Today’s searches could be related to past investigations about [...]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Weekend
Frank DiLeo Passes
Legendary music businessman Frank DiLeo died today (8/24) following a lengthy illness. He was 63 and is best known as Michael Jackson’s manager during the pinnacle of the star’s career in the 1980s. DiLeo resumed the role in the months leading up to Jackson’s death, and continued working for his estate following the star’s passing. [...]
Category: Featured
Eli Young Scores Solid Debut
[Subscriber-only] Eli Young Band’s "Life At Best" debuted with sales of 35K units, including a notably high 46 percent digital downloads. Plus more news from Soundscan.Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Hunter Hayes Plans Album Release
Multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes will release his debut self-titled album on Atlantic Records October 11.
Indiana State Fair Tragedy Claims Seventh Life
In wake of disaster, Chesney reschedules concert as a safety precaution, and five dead at Belgium festival
Category: Artist, Featured, Financial/Legal, Touring
Weblinks: Sony, Aerosmith, Amy Winehouse
Aerosmith classics coming to iTunes • RCA pop/rock restructuring • Winehouse toxicology report
Ticket Technology War Escalates
Touring is big business and filling the seats in a club or a giant stadium starts with one transaction—the ticket sale. The service charges that are collected from the sale of tickets is also big business. Ticketmaster, owned by Live Nation Entertainment is the big dog in this market, currently dominating ticket sales at venues [...]
DISClaimer Single Reviews (8/24/11)
[Subscriber-only] You’d be a fool to ignore the new sounds being made by Eric Church, Chris Young, Billy Yates, The Kentucky Headhunters or Billy Burnette. All of them are guaranteed to brighten your day. [...]
GAC To Sponsor Own The Night Tour
GAC has announced it will sponsor Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night 2011 tour which will feature Josh Kelley on all dates and Randy Montana and Edens Edge on a rotating basis. The 21-city tour begins Nov. 11 in Knoxville, then moves on to Macon, GA. (11/12) and Pikeville, KY. (11/13). “GAC and everyone who works [...]
Snapshots: Paisley, EYB, Hoge, Nick Lowe
Artist photos from Brad Paisley, Eli Young Band, Will Hoge and Nick Lowe.
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing, Touring
