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The Rolling Stones are allegedly in talks with promoters AEG Live and Live Nation Entertainment Inc. for a tour, according to a source in a recent Bloomberg article. And according to the private talks, The Stones are planning concerts in the next few years but haven’t yet signed a contract. Rolling Stones Tickets you can buy at Worldticketshop.com! The U.K.’s Sun newspaper reported last weekend that the group’s 50th anniversary shows would be its last. Spokespeople for Live Nation and AEG Live declined to comment. The band, which turns 50 in two years, holds the record for the most profitable tour with the 2005-2006 “A Bigger Bang,” which took in half a billion euro. With record sales plunging 30 percent in the past decade and illegal downloads of music accounting for almost all music heard online, live performance has become the industry’s most lucrative and fastest-growing segment. Fans are paying twice the price for tickets to top concerts compared with a decade ago. Artists who once performed live to promote record sales are now churning out albums to boost attendance at shows. Higher Concert Sales AC/DC, whose hits include “Back in Black” and “Highway to Hell” will probably be the second-highest grossing tour band when figures are tallied from their “Black Ice” shows which concluded last weekend, according to Spinner. The concerts may have taken in $441.6 million, the website said. The live performance market raked in $21.6 billion in 2008, an increase of 54 percent in three years, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Recorded music sales last year were $18.4 billion. Record companies are scrambling to find ways to get a piece of the live action. They’re signing artists to so-called 360 deals, where they get a portion of an artist’s rights to recorded music, tours, merchandise and marketing. Live Nation Inc., the world’s largest concert promoter, has 360 deals with Madonna and Shakira. Related Articles: Live Nation Unloads U.K. Theatre Division for Approximately U.S. $160 Million Live Nation
, the world's largest live music company, recently announced that it has
closed the sale of its remaining U.K. theatrical venues and operations
to The Ambassador Theatre Group, an owner and operator of regional
theatres in the United Kingdom. In addition, on October 23, 2009,... Live Nation Reports Strong Third Quarter Results Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) released financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009 today.
“We generated robust organic growth from our operations during the third quarter as we focused on executing our fundamentals with excellence during the peak concert season,” said... Live Nation, Ticketmaster profits take a hit due to Proposed Merger
Live Nation and Ticketmaster
Entertainment Inc. both stated that their earnings were hurt by
costs related to the proposed deal, which is expected to continue into 2010 as
regulators examine antitrust issues.
Nectar and Viagogo Team up to offer loyalty programme
Viagogo UK just signed a deal with English loyalty card programme Nectar to allow Viagogo users to amass points when they buy concert tickets.
Viagogo developed what appears to be a White Label solution and this is the first time this kind of deal has been forged. The new Nectar ticket... Comcast Jumps into Ticketmaster Live Nation Merger Fray According to recent reports from Bloomberg, Comcast is looking to help ease the Ticketmaster Live Nation merger by massaging and lobbying for the marriage. Comcast is the largest U.S. cable operator and controls an
arena-management as well as a ticketing company.
Concert Videos Come to iTunes in Live Nation-Apple deal Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
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