Aerosmith Looks For New Frontman to replace Steven Tyler

Aerosmith Looks For New Frontman Posted: Fri., Jan. 22, 2010 04:49:54 PM MST BOSTON (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Aerosmith has announced that they have started a search for a new frontman to replace Steven Tyler who is currently undergoing rehab for an addiction to painkillers. Its not entirely clear if the band’s new frontman will be [...]

Detroit Lakes’ WE Fest Announces ’10 Lineup

Detroit Lakes’ WE Fest Announces ’10 Lineup DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) ¯ Promoters have announced the lineup for this year’s WE Fest, the three-day country music festival at a campground near Detroit Lakes. The headliners for this year’s events are country superstars Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney, and rocker Kid Rock. The festival kicks off [...]

Rothbury 2010 Cancelled

Rothbury 2010 Cancelled ROTHBURY, MI (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Festival organizers have announced that they are pulling the plug on the 2010 return of the festival, making it, with Live Nation’s Pemberton to be the second major North American festival to be cancelled this week. AEG Live and Madison House, the event’s producers, claimed that a [...]

Eric Woolfson of The Alan Parsons Project Passes

Eric Woolfson dies from cancer on 2nd December 2009. Since then there have been a number of touching tributes made to him in the press and online (Alan Parsons’ tribute is included below). A selection of obituaries can be seen on the APP website NEWS section. Eric Woolfson’s FACEBOOK page has also become a place [...]

Simon Cowell To Produce Charity Single For Haiti

Simon Cowell To Produce Charity Single For Haiti LONDON (AP) — TV mogul Simon Cowell said Thursday he would produce a charity single within 10 days to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The “American Idol” and “X-Factor” judge said he was asked by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to help with the relief [...]

Joe’s Rant on the Entertainment Booking and Production Industry

I won’t start off with a major rant on the business of booking entertainment, but I can assure you a serious rant is on it’s way. Everything from clients that have NO CLUE to the middle agents ripping off the clients with Buy/Sell agreements. With the exception of Responsible Agents(RA’s), this industry is ripping off [...]

Industry veteran Bob Kinkead will be joining Paradigm as their latest agent.

Kinkead To Paradigm Posted: Tue., Jan. 19, 2010 06:33:45 PM MST NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Industry veteran Bob Kinkead will be joining Paradigm as their latest agent. Kinkead has long experience with more than 25 years in the industry, working as both an agent and a manager at various firms including APA, William Morris [...]

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater Becomes Comfort Dental Amphitheater

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater Becomes Comfort Dental Amphitheater ENGLEWOOD, CO (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Live Nation has pacted with Comfort Dental, the largest dental franchise in the United States in a naming rights deal to rename Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre to the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. The 17,000 capacity shed, owned by the Museum of Outdoor Arts and operated [...]

Mayhem Fest Announces Headliners and Dates

Mayhem Fest Announces Headliners & Dates LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with headliners Korn and Rob Zombie is set to kick off on Saturday, July 10 in San Bernardino, CA and is scheduled to hit 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada through the summer. The touring rock festival’s [...]

Cowell Pacts With Sony Music

Cowell Pacts With Sony Music Posted: Wed., Jan. 20, 2010 05:38:12 PM MST LONDON (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Sony’s music division says that it has signed off on a five-year deal with former American Idol judge Simon Cowell over Simco Ltd (Syco) which Cowell established in 2002 with a Sony bankroll. According to the Wall Street [...]