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Radio Disney plans to bring tweens free live music with Disney Live!, a 10-date free tour beginning late August, that will feature Hoku, the Baha Men and Aaron Carter. The [...]

Megadeth will allow fans in each market to choose the setlist when it hits the road in early September for a 35-city national tour of midsize and large theaters (AR, [...]

Increased free entertainment and improved grounds have been credited for the increase in attendance at the Delaware State Fair as well as the fair's carnival, Wade Shows, for the third [...]

With the hopes of creating an increased awareness of Clear Channel Entertainment's national scope of Broadway shows, the company has launched a new brand called Broadway Across America. The national [...]

When Denver-based independent promotion company Nobody in Particular Presents (NIPP) filed a lawsuit earlier this month charging that Clear Channel and its concert promotion arm, Clear Channel Entertainment (formerly SFX), [...]

U2, which wraps a tour of Europe later this month, plans to return to North America later this year to play 25 additional shows. So far, the Elevation tour has [...]

The Juniata County Fair, Port Royal, Pa., will mark its 147th year with a new $800,000, 3,100-capacity grandstand facility made possible through a grant from the state of Pennsylvania. A [...]

The New York State Fair, Syracuse, is gearing up to celebrate its 155th year with nearly $5 million in improvements to the grounds. According to Assistant Director Michael Sommers, the [...]

Eletronica has been raving in dark corners of the U.S. underground since the early '90s, but summer tours such as Crystal Method's Tweekend and Area:One, which highlight the genre, are [...]

If attendance continues to increase for veteran rockers Daryl Hall and John Oates, the duo could launch an all-shed tour and dates overseas next year. According to the band's tour [...]

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Themed Entertainment unit has partnered with Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) in a new marketing alliance that will provide concert and theater guests with a photographic reminder of [...]

In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Nobody in Particular Presents, a Denver concert promoter, claims Clear Channel Communications is operating as an illegal monopoly. Clear Channel denies the claims [...]

Numbers at the Allegheny County Fair, Alexandria, N.Y., were down slightly this year due to dusty conditions produced by high temperatures and dry weather during the fair's July 16-21 run. [...]

The inaugural MTV 'Total Request Live' tour -- featuring Destiny's Child, Nelly, Eve, Dream, 3LW and, on select dates, Jessica Simpson -- opened its trek through more than 40 North [...]

New Toronto-based Mekka Entertainment has plans to introduce the Mekka Tour this year to 10 North American cities during August and early September. The festival-type event will sport a huge [...]

The acquisition by Nashville-based TBA Entertainment Corp. of Atlanta-based Alliance Artists Ltd. could bring much needed relief to the nation's fairs and festivals by providing specially designed touring packages next [...]

The introduction of a new $750,000 big top to the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus may boost attendance past the one-million mark, said owner John Pugh. The show has been nicknamed [...]

Sears has been named presenting sponsor for the upcoming Brian McKnight 38-city tour in support of his forthcoming album, 'Superhero' (AB, July 23), slated to kick off in Detroit Sept. [...]

Word of mouth and market commitment have increased attendance at the Van's Warped Tour by at least 70% since its inception in 1994, despite little MTV and radio support: for [...]

Neil Diamond is hitting the road for the first time in three years with the hopes of replaying the 99% booked-capacity rate set during his last tour. The upcoming tour, [...]

Due to the constant threat of rain during the first 15 days of the Westchester County Fair, Yonkers, N.Y., Conklin Shows was down by 40% at a date counted on [...]

Clear Channel Entertainment (formerly SFX) has announced that Cricket Communications Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based communications firm Leap Wireless International Inc., has signed a multi-year agreement to rename Phoenix's [...]

SRL, Sugar Ray Leonard's new boxing promotional company, plans to implement the sport's first open door policy beginning Aug. 3 at the Legends Casino in Las Vegas. The fights, which [...]

The postponement of 19 summer dates because of Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean's bout with anxiety, depression and alcohol should not affect ticket sales when the tour resumes Aug. 7, according [...]

According to industry officials, inflated ticket prices for the top concert tours are to blame for the 12% drop in overall totals through the first half of 2001. Overall numbers [...]

Forty-four years after the Dodgers left Brooklyn, the Cyclones -- a Class A minor league affiliate of the Mets -- played their first game June 25 at the brand-new, $38.5 [...]

Although there will be an all-over increase in numbers, capacities and ticket prices for the upcoming Watcha Tour will vary wildly depending on the Latino demographic into hardcore music in [...]

According to industry estimates, only 10% of U.S. summer tours are crossing the border into Canada, due mostly to high taxes and low exchange rates. As a result, the Great [...]

After three years of intense marketing and publicity, SFX Entertainment -- the world's largest promoter -- will now be known as Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE), reflecting the company's parent, communications [...]

Blues Traveler, which earlier this month wrapped up the first leg of its tour behind the album, 'Bridge,' kicked off the outing's second leg June 29 at the Summer Celebration, [...]

Uniondale, N.Y.--The 17th edition of the Nassau County Fair, June 14-24, closed out with numbers that were up considerably from last year, surpassing the average 225,000. Last year, the fair [...]

SFX Family Entertainment and Nickelodeon kicked off the third edition of Nick's Tween Tour with a sold out June 19 show at the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, Calif., featuring [...]

Capacities and ticket prices for the upcoming Watcha Tour will vary wildly depending on the Latino demographic of each market. The San Diego and Los Angeles stops will be in [...]

Reithoffer's Blue Unit added $2.5 million in rides and matching flagging to this year's midway, as well as a brand new ride specific safety system formulated by the show's managers. [...]

The 16th annual Pennsylvania Fair in Bensalem had a banner year thanks to high temperatures and a Memorial Day attendance of 17,000. Overall attendance for this year rose to more [...]

A $2 million video system will be the big draw of the new $34 million Staten Island Yankees Stadium, completed just in time for the summer season. The building represents [...]

SFX has consolidated its three marketing companies -- The Cotter Group, CMI and SFX Corporate Consulting -- under a single umbrella to create a fully integrated brand agency headquartered in [...]

A long, soggy run put a damper on this year's Westchester County Fair, Yonkers, N.Y., resulting in a $200,000 dip in total revenues despite a favorable change in format and [...]

Interactive areas and giveaways during concerts are just some of the ways SFX is drawing big name sponsors to two of the biggest tours of the summer. Kellogg's new Chocolate [...]

The Roskilde Police recently granted permission to carry through Denmark's Roskilde 2001 based on a new extensive risk-and-care assessment. According to festival organizers, numerous measures have been put in place [...]

Revenues have increased 10% over 1999 for S&S Amusements this year after a total wash in 2000. 'Last year was so bad because of the weather and other problems that [...]

Stevie Nicks has firmed up a two-month itinerary slated to kick off in Burgettstown, Pa., July 6 (AB, Feb. 15). Sheryl Crow -- who produced several tracks, provided guest vocals [...]

The radio concert. What began as a promotional tool for radio stations nationwide has become a major profit center with hard ticket prices, large capacity venues, numerous sponsors and loads [...]

Several new rides at Casino Pier, Sea side Heights, NJ., is keeping hopes high for the upcoming season de spite a dreary Memorial Day week end which dropped park and [...]

Beer is the big seller for venue food and drink per caps, and if the demographic is not of beer drinking age, concession revenues suffer. Saving the day for many [...]

The planned $10.77 million pedestrian tunnel connecting facilities in St. Paul, Minn., is already 'paid for' by $13 million worth of new business that would not have booked the city [...]

As one of the biggest outdoor concert seasons in years gears up, SFX continues to devise new ways to tack on extras to its shows, this time by teaming with [...]

After postponing the tour launch twice and canceling a May 30 show in Foxboro, Mass., because of production problems, 'N Sync's upcoming PopOdyssey tour has arrived bigger than expected, with [...]

National Basketball Assn. (NBA) has found that offering live music at various NBA retail locations is a more useful tool in brand building than traditional sponsorship deals. To date, the [...]

Sugar Ray will kick off a six-week, North American tour with Uncle Kracker July 10 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas (AB, May 28). The outing will travel through California [...]