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February 28, 2008 

AEG Live May Pact With Cablevision And Ticketmaster

A partnership between promoter giant AEG Live, Ticketmaster and Cablevision, the parent corporation behind MSG Entertainment appears to be in the offing.


Joel
Joel's Extra Concert Angers Fan

Billy Joel's decision to perform a second 'final concert' at New York's famous Shea Stadium has angered fans who paid to watch him close the venue.

CRISPIN PARRY
British Underground
Crispin Parry set up British Underground (BU) to promote cutting edge music from the UK in 1998. The company produces British show-cases across the globe, including the Rock Over London series that launched Amy Winehouse in New York in 2007.
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Pepsi Drops $100 Million On Naming Rights Deal

The developers of the under-construction $2 billion dollar Xanadu entertainment complex in the Meadowlands have recently announced plans to build the world's largest ferris wheel.


Olympic Plaza
Juno Weekend Promises Giant Outdoor Concert

A giant outdoor concert featuring Finger Eleven, Sloan, the New Odds and Bedouin Soundclash will kick off Juno weekend in early April.


City Grants Reprieves To 57 Bars Without Sprinkler Systems

Dozens of bars and nightclubs in Boston are being given more time to comply with state regulations requiring fire sprinklers.


Can This Record Be A Hit In The U.S?
So I'm cruising up 20th Street, accelerating in my Saabaru, since that's the only thing it's good for, to get ahead of the car in the left lane before it holds me up waiting to turn. And as I sit at the
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Technology Helps Music Publisher Reap Profits From College Fight Songs

Alabama football fans can buy pens, ties, video games, phones and socks that play the Crimson Tide's fight song, and a New York firm is humming the tune all the way to the bank.


Waters
Roger Waters To Play Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and his band will perform his band’s classic 1973 album, 'Dark Side Of The Moon', in its entirety at two UK gigs.


Herbie & Joni
Album Sales See Post Grammy Bounce

You've heard of a Grammy bounce. This is more like a Grammy rocket.

ARTIST SNAPSHOT: k.d. lang

The first minute of k.d. lang's new disc "Watershed" feels like a quick trip through her musical life. More...



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REM
REM To Play Four UK Stadium Dates

Rock group REM have announced four stadium dates in the UK this summer to promote their new album, Accelerate.

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02/16/08The Police, Fiction Plane Neal S. Blaisdell Center - Honolulu, HI Live Nation Global Touring 2/2 2,192,890 16,444 16,444 100% $225.00
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