by Zach Shaw | May 10, 2011 | Rumors and Gossip, Touring
For the past few months, the metal community’s attention has been pretty much focused on The Big 4 U.S. dates. Then, we had Mayhem Fest to distract us while waiting for essentially more Big 4 updates. So it’s no surprise really that during this entire time, we all...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 3, 2011 | Ticketing, Touring, You Give Concert Sales A Bad Name
Right before the end of the year, Pollstar revealed their lists for the top 50 grossing concert tours of 2010. First, the good news: rock is dominating concert’s worldwide sales. Topping both the worldwide and North American tour lists is Bon Jovi, who grossed $201.1...
by Metal Insider | Sep 2, 2010 | Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. When the sunburn and aroma of beer and sweat start to fade...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 24, 2010 | Interviews
Of all the bands to play Ozzfest, Oakland’s Saviours may have the most to gain. Even though they have three albums out (the most recent being last year’s Accelerated Living) it’s not like they’re a household name yet. However, their mixture of...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 23, 2010 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAh_SCjCh8A&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Just before this year’s Ozzfest comes to an end, Ozzy Osbourne has released a video for the new single “Life Won’t Wait,” which was directed by Ozzy’s son Jack. The video sees...