To begin, I want to thank all of you who’ve tolerated the radio silence on this site the last several weeks. Between projects, the holidays, and many other obligations I haven’t had much opportunity to update the site as frequently as I would have liked. Now that we’ve crossed over into the new year, the slate’s been wiped clean, the batteries recharged, and we’ll be getting back to a regular posting schedule beginning next week. I promise.
Something that bears mention...This past week saw the release of both Pollstar’s and Billboard’s ranking of the top-grossing tours of 2011. Although the results aren’t particularly surprising (U2 basically owned everyone), one fact regarding Pollstar’s numbers caught my eye. By their calculations , half of the artists who’s tour ranked in the top-ten began their careers in the 1990’s or later. For me, I find this both surprising and reassuring, given the industry’s recent over-reliance upon music’s lumbering dinosaurs to prop up the bottom line (although there’s a fair amount of that, as well). I won’t go so far as to say this entirely disproves my belief that the large promoters care little about artist development - aside from Kenny Chesney, none of the young guns spent much time slugging it out in the industry’s farm leagues before being welcomed to the big stages. But it is a welcome sign that there is life after the Rolling Stones.
Who incidently may be heading out on the road next year...again.
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