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concert tour stories: 55 news summaries

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 Concert Earnings 
 Defy Recession 

Big-name acts, up-and-comers see modest rise in attendance

Oct 26, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concert tours remained surprisingly strong this year despite the weak economy, with slightly more people heading out to see their favorite acts than in 2008. Gross revenue held steady at $1 billion for the period from May 1 to Sept. 1, matching earnings a year earlier. Big-name acts like Kenny... More »

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entertainment • music • concert • tour • Bruce Springsteen • Beyonce • Kenny Chesney • Coldplay • Jonas Brothers • concert tour • Dave Matthews Band • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Kings of Leon

INTERVIEW

 Inside Gaga's 'Delicious' Tour 

Lady Gaga talks new album The Fame Monster and The Monster Ball concerts

Oct 22, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lady Gaga's upcoming tour is more than just a series of concerts—it's a pop-electro opera, "a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to," she tells Rolling Stone. The Monster Ball launches Nov.... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • new album

 West-Gaga Tour Canceled 

No word on what killed the 'Fame Kills' partnership

Oct 1, 09 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West and Lady Gaga aren’t hitting the road together after all, but there’s no word tonight on what might have been the death knell for the Fame Kills Tour. The circus was to have opened Nov. 10, but in addition to rumors it was on thin ice... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • Fame Kills Tour

 U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day 

Bono and the boys talk pop stardom, expansive tour with Rolling Stone

Sep 30, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes—and tags along in a private jet—for its cover story on the U2360° Tour (aka “the biggest rock tour of all time”), which is comprised of a 170-ton stage carted around by 200 trucks, 250 speakers, almost 400 employees—and... More »

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entertainment • music • U2 • pop music • concert tour • Jay-ZTV

GLOSSIES

 Earth, Wind & Fire Flower 
 Again in Obama's America 

White House concert helps revive popularity

Sep 23, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earth, Wind & Fire is back on top again in its 40th year, playing stadiums for the first time in a quarter-century. And their resurgent success, the band tells Newsweek, is based on a mixture of '60s idealism and the good favor of the president. Barack Obama has always... More »

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entertainment • music • White House • 1960s • concert tour • Obama administration • President Obama • funk • Earth, Wind & Fire • Verdine White

 Leonard Cohen 
 Collapses 
 in Spain 

Canadian singer suffered from cramps, vomiting

Sep 19, 09 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonard Cohen collapsed onstage in Spain last night and was rushed to a hospital with stomach pain, the CBC reports. The 75-year-old singer, who fainted while singing "Bird on the Wire," suffered from stomach cramps and vomiting before losing consciousness. Cohen was released this morning and said he... More »

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food poisoning • Spain • collapse • Leonard Cohen • concert tour


 Tyler Just Glad He 
 Didn't Break His Neck 

He's grateful injuries aren't worse

Aug 14, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Tyler’s fall from the stage last week brings an early end to Aerosmith's summer tour, Entertainment Tonight reports. “Words can't express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour,” Joe Perry wrote on the band’s website. Tyler also spoke out for the... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • injury • accident • concert • Aerosmith • concert tour • Steven Tyler

(Newser) - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has been diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland and will undergo treatment, Billboard reports. The surgery and radiation forced the group to cancel summer tour dates and postpone the release of a new album. The outlook, though, is good. “It’s a pain in... More »

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cancer • entertainment • music • salivary gland tumors • Beastie Boys • concert tour • Adam Yauch • cancelled • MCA

 Second Person Dead in 
 Madonna Stage Collapse 

Madonna 'devastated' by news

Jul 17, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The collapse of a stage where Madonna was to perform this weekend has claimed a second victim. A 32-year-old British citizen has died, CNN reports. The first casualty was a 53-year-old Frenchman who died yesterday; three more are in the hospital in Marseille, and seven were treated and released, says... More »

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entertainment • music • France • celebrity • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

1 Dead After Stage for Madonna Show Collapses

Marseille show canceled after construction calamity

Jul 16, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - One person was killed and six injured today when a stage being built for a French stop of Madonna’s tour collapsed, the BBC reports. Construction workers were assembling the stage at a Marseille stadium when it “started shaking and collapsing,” allowing most of the workers to get... More »

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music • France • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

 Dad Slams 
 Michael's 
 Grueling 
 Tour Sked 

'I was worried about his health,' says Joe Jackson

Jul 14, 09 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's dad yesterday blasted the grueling schedule of 50 concerts planned for his son, saying "no one" could have delivered that package. "I was worried about his health," Joe Jackson told ABC News. "I knew Michael couldn't do all those shows without some rests."... More »

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exhaustion • Michael Jackson • comeback • concert tour • Joe Jackson

 U2 Tour Not So Eco-Friendly 

No word from Bono on whether or not he's offsetting his emissions

Jul 7, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - U2 is all about “looking after our planet,” as frontman Bono once said—but they’re not practicing what they preach, according to Carbonfootprint.com: The band’s 44 concerts this year are the equivalent of “the four band members traveling the 34.125 million miles from... More »

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entertainment • carbon footprint • Bono • U2 • celebrity • carbon emissions • concert tour • Jay-ZTV

Firm Mulls Release of Final Jackson Rehearsal

Concert promoter could earn millions from CD, DVD sales

Jun 28, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even in death, Michael Jackson may earn million of dollars for the company that was producing and promoting his comeback tour, The Wrap reports. The singer’s last rehearsal, recorded in Los Angeles the day before he died of heart failure Thursday, could be released as his last album. “... More »

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London • cardiac arrest • music sales • Michael Jackson • concert tour

 Jacko Knew He'd 
 Die Young: Lisa Marie 

Told former wife years ago he feared he'd end up like Elvis

Jun 28, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The King of Pop was sure he would follow the King to an early grave, blogs Lisa Marie Presley. During his brief marriage to Elvis's daughter, Michael Jackson "stated with an almost calm certainty, 'I am afraid that I am going to end up like him.'" Jackson wasn't... More »

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death • lung disease • Elvis Presley • anxiety • Michael Jackson • predictions • Lisa Marie Presley • concert tour

 Boyle Sits Out Another Show 

Troubled singer is still planning Las Vegas run

Jun 19, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle’s tour troubles continued last night when she was dropped from a third Britain’s Got Talent show. Spokespeople said she was “just tired,” but witnesses saw her crying for her cat on her hotel room balcony, the Daily Mail reports. “She kept shouting, ‘... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Simon Cowell • celebrity • concert tour • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

(Newser) - The New Kids on the Block have canceled a planned tour of Australia because of weak ticket sales amid the recession, Reuters reports. “We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work,” said Donnie Wahlberg. He said the group... More »

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entertainment • Australia • recession • global economy • ticket sales • New Kids on the Block • Donnie Wahlberg • concert tour

 Boyle's Comeback 
 Earns Standing O 

Scots love her, but most fan mail is from US

Jun 16, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle has taken back her rightful place as beloved reality TV phenomenon. Her return to the stage last night brought fans in Scotland to their feet, People reports. “They were cheering her on. And she was ecstatic with the performance,” her rep says. Even though the Scots... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • concert tour • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

Ticketmaster
Goes Digital to
Curb Scalpers

Miley Cyrus opts
for paperless tix to
control prices, resale

Jun 8, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Better be sure before buying a Miley Cyrus concert ticket. Hers is the first major concert tour with paperless tickets—redeemable only at the door with the buyer's credit card—making it nearly impossible to pawn them off, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ticketmaster and concert promoters hope it will... More »

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entertainment • Miley Cyrus • Ticketmaster • scalpers • concert tour • Jay-ZTV

 Britney Plans 
 to Pop In on 
 the Queen 

Spears hopes to stop by for tea

Jun 5, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Determined not to let a pesky thing like, oh, not having an invitation get in the way, Britney Spears plans to carve out time from her busy tour schedule to drop by Buckingham Palace for tea—with sons in tow. "No way does she want to leave without visiting... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • London • Prince William • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • British royals • concert tour

OPINION

 Paramore: 
 The New 
 No Doubt 

And they're touring together—time for some heart-to-hearts!

May 20, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paramore isn’t just opening for No Doubt this summer—Paramore is the new No Doubt, argues James Montgomery for MTV. The “glaring similarity” between the bands is “the dynamic, iconic frontwoman who also doubles as the media focal point”—both “pretty girls with dye jobs... More »

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entertainment • music • Gwen Stefani • concert tour • No Doubt • Jay-ZTV • Paramore • Hayley Williams

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