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VenuesNow To Merge Into Pollstar As Part Of Brand Refresh, Digital Transformation

Jan 8, 2025 | venuesnow.com | Don Muret |Bob Allen |James Zoltak

Pollstar, the most trusted and leading resource for the live entertainment industry, today announced a bold new chapter in its storied 40-plus-year history. The new Pollstar will feature a refreshed brand, new digital platforms and greatly enhanced data while remaining the premier publication for the global live industry.
VN reporter sampled Bourbon Street hours before attack

Jan 2, 2025 | venuesnow.com | Don Muret

BOURBON BLOCKADE: New Orleans police cars block an entrance to Bourbon Street after a terrorist attack early New Year’s Day. (Getty Images)Editor’s Note: VenuesNow Senior Editor Don Muret was in New Orleans at the time of the Bourbon Street terrorist attack and filed this first-person account.
2024 Live Round-Up: Mixed Signals As Year-End Numbers Continue Trend

Dec 31, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Bob Allen

END OF AN ERAS: Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” once again broke the $1 billion mark for a single year of touring, with Pollstar estimating more than $2.2 billion grossed and 10 million tickets sold for the full tour, which began in March 2023 and totaled 149 shows.
Canadian Gov't Grants To Aid Local Indie Promoters

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Karen Bliss

ON GUARD FOR THEE: New funding pot is a pilot program intended to help independents. (Getty Images)Applications are being assessed for The Promoter Program, a first of its kind federal government grant for Canadian-owned, Canadian-controlled music promoters, through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Music Fund, which was created in 2001. The new funding pot is a pilot program intended to help independents who must compete with the giant foreign-owned companies promoting shows in Canada.
2024 Hall of Honor: Donna Dowless

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Wendy Pearl

LIVE INFLUENCE: An impressive group of VenuesNow/Venues Today Women of Live gathered in 2018. Bottow row L-R: Marla Ostroff, Patti-Anne Tartlon, JoAnn Armstrong, Jane Kleinberger, Peggy Daidakus, Kim Bedier, Barbara Hubbard, Carol Wallace, Donna Dowless, Kerry Painter and Leslee Stewart. Top row L-R: Kim Stone, Cheryl Swanson, Tammy Koolbeck, Evelyn Ingram, Linda Deckard, Lynda Reinhart, Susette Hunter and Michelle Montague.
Tipitina's Thrives Six Years After Band Bought It

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | James Zoltak

TIPI-TOP: Steve Earle, left, and Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band perform at famed New Orleans nightclub Tipitina’s in 2018, the year local funk outfit Galactic bought the venue. (Gettty Images)Robert Mercurio and Galactic knew plenty about performing in clubs, but nothing about running one when the band bought iconic New Orleans landmark Tipitina’s in 2018.
Love Shack in Athens

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Don Muret

BRIDGING THE GAP: Akins Ford Arena, shown here on opening night, should route well for concert tours playing midsize arenas in the southeast. (Don Muret/Staff)ATHENS, Georgia — Akins Ford Arena turned into a love shack for all things B-52s last week, tied to the homegrown party band’s concert and the Athens Rock Lobsters, named after their signature tune. The new arena, capacity 8,500, kicked off with the Dec.
TOP SHOWS: DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Bob Allen

MAIDEN CHILE: Steve Harris of Iron Maiden performs Oct. 4 during opening night of the U.S. leg of The Future Past World Tour 2024 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California. The band saw 119,052 tickets sold to two shows Nov. 27-28 at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. The in-house/Move Concerts-promoted performances grossed $5,792,977. (Getty Images)TOP SHOWS is a weekly summary of the top events and ticket sales as reported to VNPulse via Pollstar.
2024 Hall of Honor: Pat Christenson

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | James Zoltak

Pat Christenson: Empowering Leadership Shepherds Neon Desert Into New Entertainment EraFor decades, Pat Christenson has been at the heart of the Las Vegas entertainment industry, helping transform the city into the vibrant, neon-lit entertainment beacon it is today.
2024 Hall of Honor: Matt Brown

Dec 19, 2024 | venuesnow.com | Don Muret

NOW OPEN: Matt Brown, shown at the groundbreaking of the Steven Tanger Center, the crowning touch in his 50-year career in venue management. (Joey Kirkman)Matt Brown walked into Greensboro Coliseum early in his tenure as executive director and noticed a glaring omission — the arena had zero suites. The year was 1994, about 35 years after the building opened, and there was no premium seating to produce incremental revenue streams at the 23,000-seat venue.