Pollstar Daily News Service
Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:30AM
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Free concerts can’t make ends meet without an audience, so the promoter of a complimentary series recently scrapped his last three shows in Syracuse, N.Y., citing low attendance.
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Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:25AM
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The conditions that led to 20 deaths and more than 500 injuries in Duisburg, Germany, July 24 has angered at least two of the country’s major festival promoters.
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Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:19AM
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A U.S. District Judge has explained why he didn’t toss the lawsuit Terra Firma is bringing against American bankers Citigroup over the purchase of EMI and set a date for the case to proceed in New York.
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Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:16AM
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State investigators examining the death of Michael Jackson have decided not to file charges against seven doctors who treated him, the authorities said Wednesday.
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Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:15AM
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Baltimore city officials won’t be taking legal action against rapper Wale for reportedly cursing and using racial slurs during his set at the city’s free Artscape festival July 18 after all.
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Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 2:05AM
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The Australian music industry’s major awards, the ARIAs, have undergone a massive transformation this year.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 4:53PM
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Ben Keith, 73, steel guitarist and longtime Neil Young collaborator, died of a heart attack July 27.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 11:28AM
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The only thing John Giddings knows about rumors of Live Nation and AEG getting in a bidding war for the next Rolling Stones tour is that he’s fed up with them. And he’d like to get his hands on the journalist who started it.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 2:50AM
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From “bad sushi” to “mouse excreta,” ESPN says some of America’s sports palaces really do have it all when it comes to concessions, in a report compiled for its popular “Outside the Lines” series and released July 26.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 2:46AM
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Ongoing negotiations between the Kentucky State Fair Board and financially strapped Six Flags regarding the shuttered Kentucky Kingdom amusement park in Louisville have reportedly reached a resolution.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 2:27AM
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A “Britain’s Got Talent” contestant is suing the TV show for £2.5 million, claiming it aired her audition even though she suffers from fibromyalgia and was mourning the loss of her dog, Harry.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 2:26AM
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Branson city officials have again said no to a proposed outdoor concert by hip-hop artist Nelly.
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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 2:25AM
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The organisers of Pori Jazz Festival were happy at this year’s attendance, but the Finnish media preferred to focus on whether it’s still a jazz festival.
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