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Music History 

The North American concert industry seems to have bounced back from COVID. Check out these figures.

June 26, 2022June 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Grosses, Concert Industry, Live Music, Ticket Prices

Pollstar, the company that keeps tabs on the health of the live music industry, just released its mid-year report for

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Music Industry 

How do Canadians engage with music? The 2022 study is out.

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Live Music, Luminate, Streaming

Luminate (né MRC Data né Nielsen SoundScan) has released a sneak-peek of their Canada Music 360 Study, an annual look

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Music News 

Another round of music-related stories from the war in Ukraine

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eurovision, Live Music, Live Nation, TASS, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been few times in history when so many people have

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, February 8, 2022

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Angels & Airwaves, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Cassettes, Covid, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, Lady A, Live Music, Merch for Good, Spotify, Super Bowl

This is why you don’t want to use “‘ji32k7au4a83” as your password. Who knew? Consider that as you move onto

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Music Industry 

The biggest obstacle to going back to concerts? It could be getting liability insurance.

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Garrison, Horseshoe, Insurance, LIability, Live Music, Ontario, Toronto

A year ago in the midst of pandemic hell, a lot of people asked me when I thought we’d be

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, May 15, 2021

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Bjork, Bono, Guitars, Japan, K-Pop, Kawaii, Live Music, Mark E. Smith, Martin Garrix, NFTs, Reaction Videos, Spotify, Ted Nugent, The Edge, The Fall, UEFA

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

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Music News 

#ForTheLoveOfLIVE calls for support of more funding for artists in federal budget

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments #ForTheLoveOfLive, Canada, Canadian Government, Chrystia Freeland, Federal Budget, Live Music, Live Music Venues, Save Our Stages

As Ontario enters its third lockdown due to COVID-19, the need to work hard to help save Canada’s stages becomes

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, March 22, 2021

March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cardi B, Deftones, Fleetwood Mac, Glastonbury, Guns N'Roses, Iced Earth, John Lennon, Jon Schaffer, Kanye, Liam Gallagher, Live Music, Nicki Minaj, sea shanty, Sinead O'Connor

Interesting: Donald Trump’s personal 757 is parked and abandoned at a New York airport. Now some music news for March

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Music News 

#FortheLoveofLive wants your concert stories and support

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Live Music Association, Concert Venues, Concerts, Covid, COVID-19, Live Music, Massey Hall, Miranda Mulholland, Pandemic, Roy Thomson Hall, shut down, stay home orders

We’re quickly approaching a full year since in-person concerts stopped abruptly, without warning — and for who knows how much

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, January 6, 2020

January 6, 2021January 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Corey Taylor, David Bowie, Drake, Fleetwood Mac, Glastonbury, Godzilla, Grammys, Hipgnosis, Lazarus, Lindsey Buckingham, Live Music, Magna, Nicki Minaj, Seals, Slipknot, St. Vincent, Zach Gill

Is anyone else being bombarded with spam saying that they’ve won/inherited/chosen to receive thousands or millions of dollars? I’ve seen

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 26, 2020

December 26, 2020December 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Angry Snowmen, Beyonce, Concerts, George Michael, JBL, Jokes, Live Music, McDonald's, Michael Jackson, R Kelly, Speakers, Taylor Momsen

Looking for a good post-Christmas laugh? An extensive study has been done in order to find The Funniest Joke in

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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