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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Concert Stage Collapse in Russia

Stage Collapse Puts Kibosh On Siberian Metal NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that a stage collapse forced the cancellation of the June 20th stop of the Scorpions tour in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The collapse reportedly occurred mere hours before the start of the sold-out festival that was [...]

Lil Wayne/ Young Jeezy Tour Dates Announced

Lil Wayne/ Young Jeezy Tour Dates Announced Soulja Boy Tell’em, Drake will also be on America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. It’s not a tour, it’s a “music festival”! As we reported earlier this month, Lil Wayne is going back on the road this summer, and he’ll be joined by Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy Tell’em and [...]

Another Incredible Year For Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival

Another Incredible Year For Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival MANCHESTER, TN (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) –Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce that the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has completed another fantastic weekend that was just shy of a sellout. With Bonnaroo as the traditional rite of passage to the rest of their [...]

Six Flags Concert Series

Six Flags Hits High Note With Their Summer Concert Series NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Six Flags, Inc., announced June 16th the expansion of their popular summer concert events with more shows than ever before featuring some of the music industry’s most popular acts. This season, Six Flags parks will collectively host 120 shows incorporating [...]

Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy For Success, Pledge To Stay Indie

Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy For Success, Pledge To Stay Indie SEATTLE (Hypebot) – One of the breakout indie bands of 2008 was Sub Pop’s Fleet Foxes, and the band openly credits online piracy for providing both inspiration and a promotional boost for its 200K+ selling debut album. As much music as musicians can hear, that [...]