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Random music news for Saturday, August 14, 2021

Ever wonder why those CAPTCHA pictures are so depressing? Turns out there’s a reason for it. Now that you know

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

To start the weekend, here’s a puppy riding a rooster. Now let’s try some music news for December 11, 2020.

Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving

It’s not been the best couple of weeks for Ticketmaster. First the anger over what fans called a change in

Days after announcing a way for music fans and sports enthusiasts to get refunded if an event is postponed and

It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week. In addition to a state senator

Goliath blinked. All this week, concertgoers have been up in arms about Ticketmaster’s seeming change in policy, which sounded a

The live music industry is taking a beating with the coronavirus situation and there’s no way to tell when things

…Ed Sheeran. The man may look like a real-life Muppet, but damn, he’s got a lot of fans. And not

Back in 2010, Live Nation, the biggest concert promotion company in the world, bought Ticketmaster, the biggest seller of tickets

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver