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Beyonce, Michael Jackson And Eagles Were The Most RIAA-Certified Of The ’00s
Thu Feb 18 2010 by Robbie Daw
The Recording Industry Association Of America unveiled its list of the top Gold (500,000 copies sold) and Platinum (1 million) awarded albums and songs for the previous decade yesterday, and—no surprise here—Beyonce was the leading lady of the bunch with 64 certifications to her name. And, hey—remember when you bought *NSYNC's No Strings Attached waaaaay back in 2000? You can come clean now, because it turns out you weren't the only one.
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If You’re Going To Play In Alabama, Watch Your Damn Language
Wed Mar 4 2009 by Dan Gibson
The Birmingham Weekly reports that local classic… More »
“WSJ” Tries To Make Irving Azoff Look Like LBJ
Mon Feb 23 2009 by Mike Barthel
There are a lot of famous anecdotes about our 36th president, and a strange number of them involve the bathroom. In one, a female reporter is trying to get Johnson to answer some questions, and Johnson agrees on the condition that she hold his pecker while he pee; in another, he goes to relieve himself in the middle of a meeting and has the other person follow him, continuing to talk whilst emptying his bowels. So when Wall Street Journal scribe Ethan Smith starts off a profile of artist manager and Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff with a scene of him and a subordinate working in “his spacious Beverly Hills bathroom,” you can guess what he’s trying to do.
The Street Names Are Watching
Fri Dec 12 2008 by Dan Gibson
An English town is naming 13 of its its streets after Rolling Stones songs—although it’s doing so in a rather pathetic way, using songs like “Get Off Of My Cloud” and “Sympathy for the Devil” for inspiration instead of, say, “Brown Sugar” or the simple and obvious “Sex Drive.” The neat concept, yet somewhat flubbed execution by the town of Dartford, where Keith Richards and Mick Jagger grew up, made me wonder what American cities would rework their municipal geographies in honor of musical artists.
Bon Jovi Gets It Done On The Road
Thu Dec 11 2008 by Lucas Jensen
The numbers for the year’s biggest tours are in, and it looks like Bon Jovi’s country-tinged Lost Highway Tour is 2008’s top grosser, pulling in $210.6 million and two million fans. And they didn’t just drive back and forth in New Jersey! They totally left the state!* In fact, New Jersey kept on rocking at No. 2: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s Magic Tour conjured $204.5 million dollars (plus $31 million not counted from last year). That’s a lot of Camaros! Full list after the jump:
Ticketmaster May Be Taking It Easy On Its Extra Fees (No, Really)
Tue Nov 11 2008 by Maura
The good news: Ticketmaster is experimenting with dropping the “convenience fees” that can potentially mark up the tickets it sells as much as 75%. The bad news: This experiment, right now, is restricted to fans of the freaking Eagles, thanks in part to the deal two weeks ago that brought the ticketing behemoth together with Irving Azoff’s Frontline Management. Which just happens to manage Don Henley & Co.
“Rolling Stone” Flies With The Eagles
Wed May 21 2008 by anono
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Rolling Stone:
“Rolling Stone” Tries To Wash That “Hills” Cover From Its Offended Readers’ Memories
Thu May 15 2008 by Maura
CMT Blog Thinks CMT Music Award Nominations Are Just Dandy
Fri Mar 7 2008 by mbart
After noting that the just-announced CMT Music Award nominees include rockers (or “rockers”) Robert Plant, Bon Jovi, Huey Lewis, and the Eagles, the CMT blog says this is nothing to get worked up about. Really, Huey Lewis is just nominated for songwriting because Garth Brooks covered him (!). And Plant, of course, is there because of his duet with Alison Krauss. As for the other two? Well…
Record Stores Now Blatantly Using Wal-Mart As A Wholesaler
Wed Nov 7 2007 by Maura
We got a tip this morning from a reader who saw copies of the Eagles’ Long Road Out Of Eden at the Times Square Virgin Megastore yesterday, and a little detective work by Rolling Stone confirms: the so-called Wal-Mart “exclusive” has been spotted in the racks of other record stores, often at a substantial markup from the Sam Walton-approved price of $11.88. (Hey, they have to make some profit.)
