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It seems that the rapper’s recently planned “small shows for the fans”, with up to 2500 seats available, mind you, aren’t really attracting many of those fans Chris Brown claims to have. It seems that all of his upcoming shows for which tickets have been selling since last week are not filling up at all, not even those that have only 1000 seats. Things aren’t looking too good for Chris Brown right now… maybe he should try some new stunt with somebody else, get his publicity up and running a bit, see if he can in any way boost his popularity. It’s a pity for all those wonderful tickets to go to waste…

I keep saying that he’s the dethroned King of Pop but I now take it back. Michael Jackson has still got it as tickets for all 50 of his shows at London’s O2 Arena have completely sold out! Jacko fans who didn’t trust the reliability of online purchasing spent the night camped out in front of the O2 to assure dibs on the tickets. Tickets for the show went on sale on Friday morning. One million tickets for Jacko’s comeback performance were snatched up in a matter of hours! Tickets to see the shows are going for as much as $14,000 on eBay but I can only think that the prices will go even higher as the show dates come closer.

Last week, the assets of Death Row records were sold for a disappointing $18 million. The assets included masters of recording by Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and other rap pioneers. In a way, I bet former Death Row exec Suge Knight must be happy about the bargain sale. He lost the rights to all the assets to bankruptcy in 2006 after one of his former partners, Lydia Harris, sued and won a $107 million case against him. Once all the lawyers, the IRS and other administrators are paid, the money left over won’t be enough to divide among any of the company’s unsecured creditors. The auction winner is a Canadian-based company called Wide Awake Holdings.

Metallica’s first album in over five years ‘Death Magnetic’ is projected to do fairly well. The record is actually on track to take the number one spot on the US album charts. According to preliminary estimates, their new album will make it big by having sold 450,000 to 500,000 copies last week even though the album was only on sale for 3 days. Something that might be helping the band is the fact that some stores are bundling the album with Guitar Hero or some Metallica headphones. Ticketmaster is also offering ticket/album deal for buyers. It’s a great deal but I don’t think that it’s enough to put them back in the spotlight.

It looks like Ticketmaster is about to get some serious competition as Live Nation, the owners and promoters of music venues all over the globe as well as the group that gave Jay-Z and Madonna their $100 million contracts, will be launching its own ticketing arm once its contract with Ticketmaster expires at the end of the year. A little competition is always good for both the consumers and the producers. But then again, at the end of the day, Live Nation is still a corporation. Sooner or later, they’re going to suck the life out of us too much like every other corporation does.

Madonna has announced that she will launch her 27-date world tour in Cardiff, Wales
Ticket prices are going to be between $55 and $300

Madonna Tour Dates:

23-Aug – Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
26-Aug – Nice, Stade Charles Ehrmann
28-Aug – Berlin, Olympic Stadium
02-Sept – Amsterdam, Arena
04-Sept – Dusseldorf, LTU Arena
06-Sept – Rome, Olympic Stadium
09-Sept – Frankfurt, Commerzbank Arena
11-Sept – London, Wembley Stadium
20-Sept – Paris, Stade de France
03-Oct – E. Rutherford, Izod Center
06-Oct – New York City, Madison Square Garden
07-Oct – New York City, Madison Square Garden
15-Oct – Boston, TD BankNorth Garden
18-Oct – Toronto, Air Canada Centre
22-Oct – Montreal, Bell Centre
26-Oct – Chicago, United Center
30-Oct – Vancouver, BC Place Stadium
01-Nov – Oakland, Oracle Arena
04-Nov – San Diego, Petco Park
06-Nov – Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium
08-Nov – Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena
11-Nov – Denver, Pepsi Center
16-Nov – Houston, Minute Maid Park
19-Nov – Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
22-Nov – Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall
24-Nov – Atlanta, Philips Arena
26-Nov – Miami, Dolphin Stadium

Kanye West recently kicked off his new ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour and the first review is in! He not only took it to another level, he took it all the way to outer space. Actually, the Seattle Times reviewer says that “He not only took the concert experience to a new level, he took it to a new planet.” Okay. I’m officially jealous of whoever has caught the show and of whoever is holding tickets to see a show. I want to see it too! Is anyone holding on to an extra ticket and looking for a date? I’m free!

Times are getting tough for some of the music industry’s once hottest rappers. DMX has hit the college campus tour. The rapper performed at Indiana University last Wednesday night. Tickets were purchased for $25 through Lambda Chi Alpha. The concert was supposed to begin at 8:30PM but didn’t start until an hour later because DMX arrived late. Unfortunately for concertgoers, the concert shut down after just 3 songs because the organization told the University that the noise would be over by 9:30PM. When music was heard past that, police arrived to shut down the scene. That’s when things got bad. Profanities were yelled, students got maced – it just got really rowdy.

Much like the rest of the world, Buffalo, New York could care less about Avril Lavigne. Ticket sales for Avril’s current tour are so bad already and it gets worse by the day. Tickets for her upcoming show in Buffalo are selling so poorly that concert promoter Live Nation has had to cut down the prices drastically. You can now buy a whopping four tickets for just under $100 just to see Avril in her poorly reviewed show. I say just save your money and donate it to charity. But then again, with the way things are going, Avril can be considered charity already.

The Jonas Brothers — Kevin, 20, Joe, 18, and Nick, 15 — work it out at the Disney premiere of Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert held at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday in Hollywood.
The Jo Bros toured with Miley Cyrus on the blockbuster Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus arena tour. And tickets are very hard to come by!
According to TV Guide, “Tickets went on sale Dec. 1, but the buzz is heating up as opening night draws closer. Miley’s flick, which highlights her performances from her recent 54-date tour, accounted for 30 percent of Thursday’s sales at Fandango.com. The site’s CEO said that the teen phenom’s film has been ‘the best-selling concert movie in Fandango’s history.’”

Celine Dion was photographer with her 6 ½-year old son Rene as she waved goodbye during the final run of her Las Vegas show ‘A New Day’ at The Colosseum at the Caesars Palace on Saturday night.

Since the show opened in March 2003, nearly 3 million people have watched the 39-year old songstress perform 717 live shows. Gross ticket sales have totaled a cool $400 million. For those that missed the show, you can still catch it on the newly released five-hour double DVD ‘Celine Dion: A New Day – Live in Las Vegas’.

Celine will be kicking off the North American leg of her concert tour next month.

If you were looking for a truly impressive night out then you are going to want to see what you can do about getting yourself tickets to take in the “Cover Your Eyes” Tour which is sure to be a great night out whether you decide to attend with family or with friends. Featuring such acts as Kenotia and City Sleeps as well as Bedlight for Blue eyes, this tour promises to be an amazing night out that you are not going to want to miss so make sure you see what you can do about getting yourself tickets to catch these great bands and more in action.
Highlights of this tour include stops at such venues as Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia on November 15, The Brewery in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 16, Soapbox in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 17, The 7 Venue in Douglasville, Georgia on November 18, The Pit in Jacksonville, Florida on November 19, Island Oasis in Winter Park, Florida on November 21, Dark Room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on NOvember 24, Fat Daddy’s Sound Shack in Lewisville, Texas on November 25, White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas on November 26 and The Blue Goat in Salina, Kansas on November 28 as well as The Foundry in Joplin, Missouri on November 29 and The Cellblock in Mesa, Arizona on December 4. There are also a slew of other performances that you know you aren’t going to want to miss out on!

Just because it took them 13 years to deliver a studio sequel to their 1994 live album Hell Freezes Over, don’t say that it took the Eagles a long time to cash in on their reunion. They started cashing in almost immediately, driving up ticket prices into the stratosphere as they played gigs on a semi-regular basis well into the new millennium.

Fans were satisfied by the oldies and the band kept raking in the dough, so they could take their time making a new album. And did they ever take their time — the gap between 2007’s Long Road Out of Eden, their first album since 1979’s The Long Run, was nearly as long as that between their 1980 breakup and 1994 reunion. Far from indulging in a saturation campaign for this long-awaited record, the Eagles released the double-disc Long Road Out of Eden with surgical precision, indulging in few interviews and bypassing conventional retail outlets in favor of an exclusive release with Wal-Mart, who were not only the biggest retailer in America but where a good chunk of the band’s contemporary audience — equal parts aging classic rockers and country listeners — shopped

Jay-Z, that one-time retired now very much back-with-a-vengeance rapper who holds as arm candy that divalicious diva herself Beyonce Knowles formerly of Destiny’s Child before she broke free into a solo career, is going on tour and you had better believe that you are not going to want to miss out on seeing him perform live!

Highlights of this mega-brand performer’s touring schedule include gigs at such locales as the House of Blues in both West Hollywood, California on November 6 and in Chicago, Illinois on November 7 and Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland on November 9 as well as Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York on November 11, and the Fillmore – TLA in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 12.

You had better believe that you are not going to want to miss out on this chance to see this rapper-entity do his thing live so get yourself tickets today.

Radiohead’s experiment of letting the fans download their new album for free has proven to be a success when their website topped the chart of music websites. Now, some of the music industry’s biggest names are following in their footsteps.

Jamiroquai and Oasis are not contracted to a record label much like Radiohead. They are also rumored to be considering on following Radiohead’s actions. Oasis has already announced that their next single will be available for download for a mere 99 pence. The Charlatans are also offering their next album for free if they visit the site of radio station XFM. Madness is considering giving away its next album for free as well.

With rapidly declining CD sales and increasing download sales but still the same wide fanbase, the performers who choose to give away their music are expected to make money from sales of concert tickets and other merchandise.

The Queen of pop is planning another world tour next year to celebrate turning 50. Madonna, who turns 50 next August, will call the tour “Madonna at 50.” I would never pay that much money for tickets to see her. I think it’s messed up that she charges that much. Plus the fact that she does stuff just to piss people off bugs me. I don’t care that she was on a cross for part of her performance I care that she did it just to cause shit and piss people off. I can’t stand this lady anymore. I saw her in Hartford Ct. Why to pricey no air condition she was not that good she spent 1/2 the time changing cloths maybe showering it was so hot. And her back up dancers did alot of stuff I paid to see her not them. Plus she was preaching. I would see Justin Timberlake Again he rocked the HOLE time….

Led Zeppelin’s announcement of a one-off reunion show has caused the concert’s official website to crash – as millions of fans across the world rush to register their names for the ticket ballot. This is an incredible event that I bet no-one even imagined could happen. I thought that Led Zep was History! But these guys have an uncanny knack of dong the unthinkable when you think they are done with for good and the least expected. Anyways, what a nice thing to do for a friend or loved one. That’s absolutely Cool! Well done Guys You show what compassion means by actions. And what a great action. I have some words for these sites owners too, may be they just didn’t expect such a great response from the fans but still they should have had arrangements in place for such an event. I haven’t heard of a site break down in years, means like what could have been so drastic that the site stopped functioning.

Pearl Jam will play a private show for fan club members in Chicago on August 2, three days before its headlining stint at the city’s Lollapalooza festival, the rock group said on Tuesday.

Tickets for the show at the Vic Theatre will go on sale on Thursday, priced at $150 per pair (plus applicable fees). The Vic’s capacity is about 1,400 people, according to the venue’s web site.

Lollapalooza is Pearl Jam’s only U.S. appearance planned for 2007. Apart from a three-week European tour last month, the group has been laying low this year. The Seattle quintet spent much of 2006 on the road in support of a new self-titled album, its first studio release in almost four years.

As part of the “Jazz at the Hyatt” series at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Cincinnati, jazz pianist Rachel Z and the Dept. of Good and Evil will perform two full sets, which will also be streamed live over the Internet.
The concerts will take place Friday, June 29 at 8:30 and 10 p.m. EDT, and will be broadcast in real-time video and audio.
To view the shows, visit jazzincincy.com, the official Web site of the “Jazz at the Hyatt” series.

Pianist/keyboardist Rachel Z has toured with Peter Gabriel and performed with Wayne Shorter, including an appearance on his record High Life which won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
The concert will be held in the Sun garden Room of the hotel, located at 151 West 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The price for both shows is $5 advance, $10 day of show.
Tickets are available on the Web site, where sample videos from previous concerts as well as the calendar of other upcoming performers can also be found.

The former American Idol star was forced to cancel her forthcoming UK tour due to poor ticket sales.
The singer had a number of dates scheduled across her homeland, but all of the shows have now been called off and refunds issued from the various sellers.
After the cancel of her tour the singer made a statement on official website. She told her fans: ”I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to getting out there to perform for y’all. In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won’t be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.”
Clarkson said that her next tour in the UK would be scheduled as soon as possible after the singer prepares for the release of her new album “My December”.
“I promise you that we’re going to get back out there as soon as is humanly possible to give you a show that will be even better. Thanks for all of your love and continued support.”
Michael Rapino, chief executive of concert promoters LiveNation, told the Reuters news agency that sales had not been as successful as hoped.
He told reporters: ”Ticket sales have not been what we anticipated and we came to the realisation that we had bit off more than we could chew.”
Clarkson won the first series of American Idol and his released two highly successful pop albums in the US.