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 The 21st Pollstar Concert Industry Awards

 Online Registration is Now Closed.

Pollstar Awards tickets are no longer available online. They will be available at the door before the show.

Registration and tickets may be purchased at the Pollstar Live! 2010 registration office (JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live, Plaza I & II) beginning Monday, February 15 at 4:00pm.

The 21st Pollstar Concert Industry Awards will be held on February 17, 2010 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Each Pollstar Live! 2010 registration includes one ticket to the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards show and party. Individual tickets are also available without a conference registration.

Pollstar is pleased to announce that this year's show is hosted by Kathleen Madigan - the comedian Lewis Black (a four-time host of the Pollstar Awards) describes as "the funniest woman in America."

Last year was a whirlwind for the only comedian to go unchallenged on NBC's Last Comic Standing (2004). She toured Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a USO tour with Kid Rock, Black and Kellie Pickler; offered a comedic point of view as Dr. Phil's special correspondent; appeared on AMC's Life Coach; and wrote, produced and performed on Black's The Root of All Evil for Comedy Central.

She has won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian and appeared on shows for VH1 and TV Guide Network. Other television appearances include stints on E!, CNN, The Tonight Show (10 appearances), Letterman (5 appearances), The Conan O'Brien Show, HBO (2 of her own specials), Comedy Central, and ESPN.

Madigan also somehow defeated the ever-popular Larry the Cable Guy and other notable funny comics to win the 2007 Sirius Radio Comedy Cup.

She's performed around the world at comedy festivals and in theaters in Ireland, England, Canada and China (that was a disaster… feel free to ask her). She was also a writer for Gary Shandling in 2004 and 2005 when he hosted the EMMY'S.

Celebrity Presenters Include:

• Lead singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest
• actor John O’Hurley
• songwriters Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
• comedian David Brenner
• guitarist Ronnie Montrose
• longtime Asia frontman John Payne
• songwriter Lamont Dozier
• Cher impersonator Chad Michaels
• lead singer Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise
• frontman Fee Waybill of The Tubes
• lead singer Jimmie Van Zant
• illusionist Mike Super
• funk legends War
• lead singer Wayne Nelson of Little River Band
• singer and musical director David Pack
• keepers of the Miles Davis flame Erin Davis and Vince Wilburn Jr.
• Dallas Cowboys band Free Reign
• electronica pioneers The Crystal Method
• long time Elton John drummer Nigel Olsson
• original Iron Maiden lead singer Paul Dianno
• Cambodian-American psychedelic rock band Dengue Fever
• actor and comedian Shelley Berman
• world figure skating champion Tai Babilonia
• multi-instrumentalist and studio wizard Alan Parsons
• former Eagles guitarist Don Felder
• multi-Grammy winner Al Jarreau
• Blondie drummer Clem Burke
• the Osmond Brothers' Jay Osmond
• and more surprises to come

Last updated on February 12, 2010.