Friday, Jan 27, 2012

Pollstar Daily News Service

Schneider Joins PS&E

Adam Schneider joined Palace Sports & Entertainment Jan. 25 as senior VP, events and booking, Jan. 25. more

Mark Reale Dies

Riot founder/guitarist Mark Reale died Wednesday, reportedly due to complications from Crohn’s disease. He was 56. more

Haggard Home

Country music legend Merle Haggard has returned home to northern California to recuperate from multiple illnesses. more


Gurus Celebrate 30th

The Hoodoo Gurus celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of debut single “Lelani” with a five-city run April 20-28 through Feel Presents. more

New Orleans Arena Goes Fishing

Officials with the state-owned New Orleans Arena have been in talks with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board regarding a new, seafood-themed name for the venue. more

High Flying Benicassim

Vince Power hopes to cash in on Glastonbury Festival’s year off by tempting fans to visit the UK’s resurrected Phoenix Festival or take a trip to Spain for Benicassim. more

Niners Stadium Deal Debate

The San Francisco 49ers’ plan to build a new stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., is moving forward despite some experts’ concerns the deal could be too risky for the city. more

Miami Arena Now A Park

The site of the Miami Arena in Florida, former home to the NBA’s Miami Heat, has been transformed into a temporary park. more

MIDEM Spotlights The German Way

This year’s MIDEM will focus on the German music market, and the annual conference has enlisted a few of the company’s top execs to trumpet the French event. more

K-Hop Coming

When the program “MTV Iggy” pronounced Korean girl group 2NE1 as the Best New Band in the world, it focused attention on what is increasingly being called K-hop, a subset of K-pop specifically targeted at the world’s huge cohort of hip-hop fans. more

Fair Lawsuit Tossed

A lawsuit filed by witnesses of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse has been dropped. more

ACM Nominees

The Academy of Country Music has just released its nominees and they are ....  more

Jewell To The Collective, Nashville

Genevieve Jewell has been hired by management company The Collective and has opened a Nashville office.  more

Photo News

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Kristian Bush of Sugarland addresses legislators in the House chamber as he and other Georgia musicians Chuck Leavell of Rolling Stones fame and Third Day’s Mac Powell appear in support of the inaugural Georgia Music Day at the capital in Atlanta Jan. 24.
 

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Nick Jonas takes his first curtain call for Broadway’s 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in New York Jan. 24.
 

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Steven Tyler belts out the national anthem at the AFC Championship NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., Jan. 22. The 'American Idol' judge warbled just enough to cause commotion on the Internet.
 

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Dolly Parton and Gaylord Entertainment CEO Colin Reed announce Jan. 19 plans to build a $50 million, first-of-its-kind, water and snow-themed park in Nashville tentatively scheduled to open in summer 2014.
 

 

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