Topic: Gary Bongiovanni

Concert tries all-mobile ticketing

0 . A recent concert featuring the dance duo LMFAO and rapper/producer Swizz Beatz seemed like a typical summer concert. But the fans who attended...
Artists faced with cancellations, empty seats are pressured to reduce ballooning ticket pricesConcertgoers sick of ballooning ticket prices should have some extra pocket change to rattle with their rock 'n' roll in the new year.2010 was tough for the concert business ...
Artists faced with cancellations, empty seats are pressured to reduce ballooning ticket pricesConcertgoers sick of ballooning ticket prices should have some extra pocket change to rattle with their rock 'n' roll in the new year.2010 was tough for the concert business ...

Top-Earning Pop Stars

What does it take to become one of the highest-paid musicians of the 2010s? That U2, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna could collectively make an estimated $372 million between June 2009 and June 2010--a little more than half of the $700 ...
What does it take to become one of the highest-paid musicians of the 2010s? That U2, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna could collectively make an estimated $372 million between June 2009 and June 2010--a little more than half of the $700 ...
Sour note: The down economy and a glut of familiar choices have hit summer tour seasonA slow economy and a glut of choices is turning the once ironclad summer tour season into something of a gamble.The evidence is everywhere. The always ...
The average price of a ticket to the top 100 acts rose a stunning 8.4% last year, according to Gary Bongiovanni, the editor in chief of Pollstar, a box office trade magazine. Coachella, the annual rock festival near Palm Springs, Calif ...
Concert industry posts record year despite sour economyThe stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home ... "Overall, it's been a pretty good year for touring," said Ray Waddell, who covers the industry ...
R.E.M., Joss Stone, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne to headline 10th New Orleans Voodoo ExperienceStephen Rehage lost thousands of dollars in the making of the first New Orleans Voodoo Experience, the outdoor music festival he first produced in 1999 that only ...
Total primary-market concert ticket sales climbed to a record $3.9 billion, up 8% from $3.6 billion in 2006 and representing the ninth consecutive year that combined concert grosses in the U.S. and Canada have hit an all-time high, Pollstar ...