Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)
AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
03/11/2010 02:10:57pm
Top Stories: March 11, 2010
• Conan O’Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour• Pearl Jam Plot May Tour Dates• Corgan on Mayer’s Career-Destruction• Idol to Tackle Rolling Stones Songs• Pink Floyd Halt Single-Song Downloads• Strokes Confirm Lollapalooza Slot• News Ticker: Beck, Rock Band 3• Actor Corey Haim Dead at 38• Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You• OK Go Split With [...]
03/11/2010 01:40:55pm
Pearl Jam Announce May U.S. Tour Capped By Two MSG Gigs
Missed Pearl Jam live during the band’s run of Backspacer tour dates last year? Eddie Vedder and company are giving you another chance to see their legendary live show in action with a month-long slate of U.S. shows that kick off in May. The trek launches at New Orleans’ Jazz Festival on May 1st and [...]
03/11/2010 01:33:55pm
“American Idol” Set to Tackle Songs By the Rolling Stones
Two years ago American Idol celebrated the music of the Fab Four, and next week the show’s Top 12 will pick up that rockin’ tradition by belting out songs by “the Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World,” the Rolling Stones. Host Ryan Seacrest made the announcement of next week’s musical theme on a [...]
03/11/2010 01:20:43pm
Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.
Billy Corgan on John Mayer: “He’s Trying to Destroy His Career”
Photo: Bedder/WireImage (Mayer), Mayer/WireImage(Corgan)After reading John Mayer’s controversial recent interviews, Billy Corgan is convinced Mayer is trying to self-destruct. “He’s trying to destroy his career,” Corgan told Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt in an interview outtake from RS‘ revealing new Corgan feature in the new issue, on sale now. “Rather than take a year off or [...]
03/11/2010 12:03:32pm
Reuters - Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was handed a 12-month driving ban and fined 500 pounds ($750) on Thursday after admitting he allowed his manager to use his car without insurance.
AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
