Concert Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The big I Love NY concert cut short by a pre-hurricane storm

Maybe Mother Nature was trying to tell the 60,000 people gathered in Central Park something, They were making a statement

Start whistling: Peter Bjorn and John are gearing up for a marathon 36-hour live-stream concert this Friday. The trio announced

The Smashing Pumpkins are back and ready to smash out some classic tunes this summer on the Oh So Bright

The Internet–specifically Twitter–has been losing its mind this weekend over a photo posted by Michah B. Horn on Instagram that seems

This past Friday (October 27), family, friends and fans gathered at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to pay tribute

[Earlier this week, I posted an unpopular view on concert tickets. I suggest that they’re priced far too low for

As long as I can remember, there’s been a tradition of the audience holding up lighters at a concert in

June 8, 2017 Andrew Dick 0 Comments Concert, hiphop

The Manifest 11 Hip-Hop Festival is back in Toronto with more amazing local artists. A little bit about this years

This is just about the best ticket deal to date. For a one-time price of $800, you can be the

Warm weather is officially around the corner, which means it’s time for some summer tours! Plenty of international super stars

It seems like progress is finally being made in the fight against ticket bots and the inflated resale market. Queen

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver