Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pollstar Daily News Service

Joe Brauner Joins WME Entertainment

Joe Brauner, agent for Norah Jones since the inception of her career, has moved from the New York office of CAA to William Morris Entertainment.  more

Live Nation Settles Class Action

Live Nation has agreed to settle 22 consumer antitrust class-action lawsuits.  more

Homecoming For Sigur Rós

It will be a sort of homecoming when Sigur Rós plays Iceland Airwaves festival Nov. 4, the act’s first gig in Reykjavik in four years and its first at the festival in 11 years. more


NZ Stadium Bailout

The Dunedin City Council may have to provide more funding for Dunedin Venues Management Ltd. (DVML) in New Zealand, which failed to post a predicted profit of NZ $91,000 for the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year. more

Expo Starts Slow

The opening weekend of Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea, saw fewer people than expected. Less than 40,000 visitors a day were admitted May 12-13, while organizers were hoping for 100,000 each day. more

ACTA A Non-Starter

With the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement still waiting for ratification from the European parliament, Neelie Kroes has already made it clear the deal is a non-starter. more

Oakland Picks AEG – Again

Officials voted a second time on who should manager O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., and the result is the same: AEG is still the favorite to win a new management contract to operate the sports stadium and Oracle Arena. more

AEG And Eventim To Share Apollo?

There’s no official announcement regarding the breakup and sale of HMV’s music business interests, but there’s London music industry gossip that AEG and German ticketing giant CTS Eventim have been successful in a joint bid for London’s Hammersmith Apollo. more

Liberty Takes Quarter Stake In LN

Liberty Media now holds more than 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Live Nation Entertainment with 48.7 million shares, according to a May 15 filing. more

Itty Bitty Tour Buses Photo

Rock-It Ships, a company launched in August in Tallahassee, Fla., has a simple, innovative concept: take a tour bus, shrink it down. more

Eavis Online From TGE Photo

One of the highlights from this year’s The Great Escape was an interview with festival chiefs Michael Eavis and Rob da Bank, which UK newspaper The Guardian brought to a wider audience by setting up an online Q&A session. more

ICP Fan Files Suit

Insane Clown Posse isn’t exactly known for tame performances, but a fan of the group has filed suit claiming things got a little too crazy during ICP’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave in Rock, Ill., in 2010. more

Flo Rida Served Via Facebook

The New South Wales District Court, which last month ordered Flo Rida to pay $80,000 to promoters of the Fat As Butter festival, set a watershed legal precedent for Australia. more

Photo News

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Michelle Davis-Balfour, mother of William Balfour, hides her face as she leaves Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago May 11 after Balfour was found guilty of the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of singer Jennifer Hudson.
 

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A new company in Tallahassee, Fla., has converted Mercedes-Benz vans into mini-tour buses.
 

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Booker T. Jones (front L) and Steve Cropper watch Donald 'Duck' Dunn take the podium at the induction of Booker T. & the MGs into the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville Oct. 28, 2008. Dunn died in his sleep May 13 after performing two shows in Tokyo with Cropper.
 

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The BVAA Compass Stadium, new home to MLS’ Houston Dynamo, opened May 12 in Houston. The 22,000-capacity stadium, located downtown near the 18,000-capacity Toyota Center arena, 41,500-capacity Minute Maid Park baseball stadium and House of Blues, will also host concerts and other events.
 

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Stevie Wonder performs during 'In Performance at the White House' in the East Room in Washington May 9. The event honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David, recipients of the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for popular song.
 

 

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