Ongoing History Daily: Concert sponsorships
Whenever a band gets a sponsorship for a tour, there are always those who scream “Sellout! How dare a band
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Concerts
And the highest-grossing tour this year was…
Outside of a few lingering pre-Christmas shows, the live music industry is about to enter its holiday hibernation. As everyone
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Weekly survey: What’s your opinion on encores at concerts?
Years ago, an act would only come onstage for an encore–i.e. play a few more songs that they hadn’t planned
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What’s the story of acts doing encores in concert?
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Encores really bug some concertgoers. Why go through the motions of
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The live music industry is in big trouble. Here’s why
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Shawn Mendes fans were disappointed this past summer when the singer announced
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters
Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves.
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Garbage is the latest band to warn about doom with the live music industry
You’d think that with a band with a track record like Garbage would have no trouble putting together a profitable
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Random music news for Thursday, October 6, 2022
Chernobyl frogs are now very, very goth. And probably radioactive, too. In music news for October 6, what have we
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I have seen the future of music and it’s called the Web3 musicverse
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] SINGAPORE — If you want to kill a conversation quickly, just
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Introducing Massey Hall+, a new livestreaming platform
Toronto’s Massey Hall has come a long way since it opened in 1894. After nearly $200 million in renovations, the
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Keith John Correa–“The Original Kid Rock”–has died
If you’ve been to any concert in Toronto over the last thirty years, it was inevitable that you would have
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