Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012

Pollstar Daily News Service

Cirque Macau Show Closes Early

Cirque du Soleil has closed its “Zaia” show in Macau, six and a half years before its contract was to end. more

WME Retreat A Thoughtful Affair

What do Al Gore, Karl Rove, Rahm Emanuel, Google chairman Eric Schmidt and former Facebook president Sean Parker all have in common? more

Andrew Miller Dies

Legendary UK concert promoter Andrew Miller died of cancer Feb. 16. He was 65. more


LN Earnings Release Thursday Comment

Despite a rapidly rising share price since the New Year, Wall Street analysts have become increasingly bearish leading up to Live Nation’s fourth quarter earnings release Feb. 23. more

Megaupload Founder Released

Kim Dotcom, founder of the website Megaupload, was released from a New Zealand jail Wednesday after a judge granted him bail.  more

Supremes Reject Spector Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Phil Spector's appeal of his conviction for killing actress Lana Clarkson. more

Pinnacle Bank Arena Back On Track

Contractors for the $179 million Pinnacle Bank Arena under construction in Lincoln, Neb., will reinforce some improperly bent rebar discovered at the facility in December. more

Freestyle Music Future Unclear

Though the owners of Myrtle Beach, S.C.’s beleaguered Freestyle Music Park recently signed a $20 million mortgage with a foreign lender, the park isn’t expected to open its gates anytime soon. more

Music Sales Could Have Been Worse

With the UK teetering on the edge of a double-dip recession, the record companies are likely to shrug off a 3.4 percent drop in music sales and be thankful it wasn’t any worse. more

Henley Organization Makes Right

A nonprofit organization owned by Don Henley has agreed to return a portion of a large donation after learning the funds came straight from a Florida Ponzi scheme. more

Jackson Estate Vs. Tohme

Michael Jackson’s estate and his former manager, Tohme R. Tohme, have filed dueling lawsuits in a year-long dispute regarding Tohme’s claim he’s entitled to a 15 percent stake in the late singer’s post-death earnings. more

Muster Builds Chapel

Queensland’s Optus Gympie Music Muster had so many requests in the past by patrons wanting to get married, engaged or renew their vows that it’s built its own chapel. more

First Piracy Cases To Hit Court

The French “three strikes” anti-piracy campaign has so far resulted in 165 suspected illegal file-sharers being taken to court. more

Photo News

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The new stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville is officially in place. The venue’s first new stage since 1951 was tried out by The Band Perry Feb. 20.
 

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A seating section collapsed at a Feb. 17 concert by Hong Kong pop star Wang Fei in southwest China, injuring 64 people. Those seated in the area fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor of the city of Chongqing's Olympic stadium. The concert was rescheduled.

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United Center concession employees working a Chicago Bulls-New Jersey Nets game Feb. 18 watch a broadcast of Kevin Costner’s eulogy during Whitney Houston’s funeral.
 

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The image of Whitney Houston is displayed at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Feb. 14. Officials considered holding a memorial at the 17,500-capacity building but Whitney’s family decided upon a private memorial at the church where Houston first sang as a child.
 

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The University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux logo hangs on Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. North Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted Feb. 13 to sue to try to block a state law requiring the university's athletics teams to be called the Fighting Sioux.

 

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