Material Girl Show Signs of Rust, Arista Drops Another Idol, and Gas Prices Puts The Breaks On Bands..
Posted June 24, 2008 — in Music News
Material Girl Show Signs Of Rust: Live Nation is on the defensive about the health of its $120 million Madonna deal according to the New York Post. The concern is over Madonna’s lackluster album sales and the large number of tickets available for her shows, including the November Los Angeles Show. Live Nation handed out big bucks to aging stars which eventually led to a dispute among the top executives.
Arista Drops Idol: Blake Lewis has been dropped by Arista. ‘Blake’s debut album Audio Day Dream failed to chart any singles, and by Idol standards, underperformed, selling 98,000 its first week and 299,000 to date.’ (MJS)
Recommended Listening: Receive by The Wedding. The band released an EP on Brave New World Records on June 1st. Check out live video here. The band’s mission? To bring the rock back.
Gas Prices Put The Brakes On Bands: Gas prices at $4 a gallon is taking a toll on indie bands. CNN has an article titled ‘Gas prices thwart indie band tours‘ and cites instances where bands are spending $150.00 between shows. Make sure you merch is designed well and that your selling LOTS of it to make up the difference in the rising gas price…It’s a long way to the top if you want to Rock N Roll…
Old School: Coldplay will defy the current musical landscape by debuting #1 on the Billboard Charts with expected sales of 700k.
I feel you have been pimping the Coldplay album for weeks… Curious to see a review by you guys…
Comment by MP — June 24, 2008 @ 11:19 am
Amen on them gosh darn gas prices brother!! My band Overscene just finished doing a 6 week college town tour with Sevendust and Saliva. And let me tell you something about gas prices…they suck. Being the opening band on a bill like that was tough enough…and then having to hustle merch to a crowd of people who probably got there late and didnt see you made it even worse. Its tough. But id do it again and again cuz i mean, come on! Its what i do.
Comment by justin — June 25, 2008 @ 8:54 am
Rock never went away, the public just waited to be spoon fed bands.
Comment by A2daC — June 25, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Rising gas prices have not stopped Infinity Cat artists JEFF The Brotherhood and Meemaw, out now on a 30 city tour including NY, Chicago, Texas, FLA, and back to their home of Nashville.
The difference? They’ve converted their diesel bus to run on vegetable oil. Hey CNN, we’re right here at infinitycat.com
Did we really need another doom and gloom music biz story?
Comment by not stopping JEFF — June 25, 2008 @ 5:44 pm