Give credit to Jim DeRogatis for being a relentless pain-in-the-ass to Bono in the middle of a glad-handing radio event last night in Chicago. While I imagine Bono would have preferred to discuss whether the new U2 album is just a great 2009 album or the greatest, DeRogatis decided to ask a series o...

This may be a bad time to try and stir up sympathy for concert-promoting behemoth Live Nation, what with its impending merger with Tickemtaster and Congressional hearings and all, but if ever there was a way to do it, well, this would be it: Suggest that it could stand to take some tips from the air...

Bill Wyman's in-depth coverage of the Congressional hearings on the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger continued today, as he live-blogged the House hearings on the merger. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said that he doesn't hear complaints about high ticket prices (man, those upper-management bubbles ...

:: A dude from Activision had something to say about the new Metallica edition of Guitar Hero. Probably that it sucks. But that’s just my guess. :: Josh Fiedler and Chad Alan (formerly of The Juliana Theory, currently of Vesta) had a nice long talk with fans over at Absolute Punk yesterday. It...

Lazy weekend links?? The Guardian music blog on the dilemma of Animal Collective. Seriously, their music page is better than most music-dedicated websites. The end of hip-hop magazines? I (still) blame the Benzino/Source scandal from way back. Obama might not be so thrilled at the proposed Ticketmas...

When I first was sent this link I thought it was an absolute joke, but something tells me the peeps at The Wall Street Journal don't dick around with news like this. Right now this is nothing more than a rumor. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks...... From The Wall St...

Sure, today saw quite a few highly anticipated concerts in the news. But Forbes.com is seeing through those lineup announcements and sellout crowds and forecasting nothing but gloom and doom, thanks to—what else?—recent global economic woes. Layaway plans for pricey festival tickets are ...

Tickets for select shows on Phish's summer reunion tour went on sale this afternoon, and the onsales represented the first big test of sorts for the online ticketing system run by concert-promotion behemoth Live Nation. the comments sections of Hidden Trck and, surprisingly, Brooklyn Vegan to regist...

Twice in one week is odd for the report but there are a few things I think are news-worthy but don’t feel like writing extensively about them. Also, I was suppose to go see Mudvayne and Snot tonight and get an interview with Greg Tribbett. Unfortunately some things have come up and I can’...

What will happen to the "glowing executive profile" in the darkening days of the new economy? How will writers portray those mavericks who are good at spending and making money when there's less money to be made, there's ? These are all worthy questions—but they're probably best saved for anot...