TICKETMASTER TO REFUND TICKETS FOR THOUSANDS OF POSTPONED SHOWS

Dave Brooks of Billboard reports: Ticketmaster is finalizing a plan to begin offering refunds for concerts by Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and artists performing more in more that 18,000 concerts and events that had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Starting May 1st, once postponed shows set new dates, fans will begin receiving […]

ARTISTS, LIVE INDUSTRY BACE FOR A YEAR WITHOUT CONCERTS

August Brown of the Los Angeles Times reports: Just two weeks ago, Pollstar projected that in its most pessimistic scenario for the post-COVID-19 concert industry, shows would resume in less than a year with industry losses around $9 billion. Now the live business is preparing for much worse…. …Major promoters such as Live Nation have postponed or […]

DEF LEPPARD POST PERFORMANCE OF “BILLY’S GOT A GUN” FROM “LONDON TO VEGAS” SET

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Def Leppard’s London To Vegas on May 29th. This limited edition 2Blu-ray+4CD, 2DVD+4CD, DVD/Blu-ray+2CD and digital format release features two spectacular concert films: Hysteria At The O2 and Hits Vegas, Live At Planet Hollywood. A performance clip of the song Billy’s Got A Gun, taken from London To Vegas, can be seen below. Filmed in December 2018, Hysteria At The […]

THE DEAD DAISIES, FEATURING GLENN HUGHES, STREAM “UNSPOKEN”

The official lyric video for Unspoken, the new single from The Dead Daisies — the hard rock “collective” founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — can be seen below. The song is taken from the band’s fifth album, Holy Ground, which is due later in the year via Spinefarm Records — the home of hard rock and metal within the Universal Music […]