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iLike the iPhone
iLike, the “leading social music discovery service, has just announced an upgrade to their iPhone application. You will now receive updates on when your favorite artists are touring in your city. Not only that, the app will use the GPS ability of the iPhone to give you directions to the venue. You can then share [...]
Coldplay Income
Coldplay brought in a total $81.6 million dollars in 2008. The breakdown is as follows: – $40.8 million in concert revenue- $35 million in cd sales- $6 million in individual track downloads Their average concert ticket price was $79.87. Coldplay came in 6th on the list of total income. Madonna came in first place with [...]
2008 Peruvian Concerts
It was quite a year for international music artists performing in Peru. As the economy of Peru continues to expand at very high rates, bands are noticing the increase in expendable income and are adding Peru to their list of tour locations. In the past, bands from the USA rarely made the trip to Lima [...]
Latin America Tour
A popular Spanish-language rock tour called Rock en Ñ is starting today with a stop in Caracas, Venezuela. The tour’s purpose is to promote Rock en Español and will hit 5 major countries – Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Argentina. The five cities that will host the concert are described by Raul Ramosas of ARTeria [...]
MySpace Artist Deal
Here is a story about a brilliant move on the part of MySpace. MySpace Records is about to sponsor their first artist for a nation-wide tour. The artist is Kate Voegele and the deal connects MySpace with Kate Voegele and the University of Phoenix. The way the deal will work is that the University of [...]
Artistic Expulsion
Here is some encouraging news from the country about to host this big international event called the olympics. In an effort to preserve national dignity, unnamed country about to host the olympics has decided to ban all foreign artists and entertainers if they have ever taken part of activities that “threaten national sovereignty.” So some [...]
Cultural Ambassadors
I have written often about USA bands touring overseas. Most of the time, I approach the topic from a financial standpoint. There is money to be made on these tours. Music from the USA is respected and demanded around the world. But what about looking at music exports from a different point of view? As [...]
Van Halen’s Big Fat Money
I have to write about one of my favorite bands of all time. Van Halen. I play guitar because of Eddie. I’ve seen Van Halen in concert more times than any other band. In Van Halen’s recent 74 stop tour, they had revenues of $93 million. The music industry is most certainly not dead. I [...]
