Roy Trakin
Senior News Editor at All Access
Editorial, Content Provider and Media Consultant at Freelance
Contributor at Variety
Pop culture pundit, rock critic vet, Noo Yawker exiled in L.A. since '85.
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2 weeks ago |
news.pollstar.com | Roy Trakin
There’s a bittersweet, elegiac feel to director Jake Sumner’s documentary “Ron Delsener Presents, ” harking back to an era in the rear-view mirror of regional concert promoters, classic rock icons and $1 shows in Central Park. The industry went from a world of cigar-chomping hustlers replaced by corporate monoliths, from Frank Barsalona to Michael Rapino, from Premier Talent to Live Nation.
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2 weeks ago |
news.pollstar.com | Roy Trakin
This year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which started Thursday (June 12) at the fabled Farm in Manchester, Tennessee, is perhaps the most eclectic in the event’s continuous 23-year history (with two years canceled in 2020 and 2021 for Covid and a hurricane, respectively).
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2 weeks ago |
hollywoodreporter.com | Roy Trakin
Brian Wilson, whose “teenage symphonies to God” made him the poet laureate of adolescent heartbreak as a founding member of The Beach Boys, has died. He was 82. Wilson’s family confirmed his death on social media on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now,” his family wrote in an Instagram post. “Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Roy Trakin
Brian Wilson, whose “teenage symphonies to God” made him the poet laureate of adolescent heartbreak as a founding member of The Beach Boys, has died. He was 82. Wilson’s family confirmed his death on social media on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago |
hollywoodreporter.com | Roy Trakin
Jonathan Mayers, a concert promoter who co-founded the music festivals Bonnaroo and helped create Outside Lands as a principal at Superfly Entertainment, has died at the age of 51. The cause of death is as yet unknown. The news arrives as the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is set to kick off on June 12 with headliner Luke Combs. The three-day musical gathering continues through June 15.
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