Concert Ticket Sales Up, Prices Down. EDM's new Impact

The following article was in the LA Times.  How long before the title reads Concert Ticket Sales Up, Prices Up?

Article written By Todd Martens for the LA Times

(LA Times) Concert revenue is up and ticket prices are down, as midyear touring data from industry trade Pollstar reflects a business on the rebound. The top 100 North American tours boasted a combined gross of $1,125.9 million, up 1.2% over last year's data at the halfway point.

There's even a greater increase in

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Boston Get's #Jacked by @DJAfrojack, Review @djquintino @R3hab

Within a two-week period, Boston has played host to 3 of the biggest DJ’s in the world, Kaskade, Avicii, and Afrojack.  Some would argue that the city is in the midst of kicking off its biggest music transitional period in years, but on the night of June 27th that wasn’t the topic of conversation.  Rather, Bostonians and New Englanders alike were focused on gathering at the House of Blues on Lansdowne Street to take in the sights and sounds of Afrojack’s Jacked Tour.

Much like other EDM tours that have come to town, Afrojack brought other DJ’s in tote.  However, his friends and label mates that opened his concert brought the skills, music catalogs, and fan followings of acts that would ordinarily take headline billings at the most notable of nightclubs across the world.  As a result, this wasn’t your ordinary concert that you arrive at just in time for the headline act and skip the opener.

R3hab kicked things off at...

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"Derby Fight" (Morgan Page Bootleg Mix) - Morgan Page vs. Nima Nesta [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Morgan Page delivering us some soul southing progressive house at a discount price of free.  Have no fear this isn't one of those crappy "free" tracks but rather something of release quality that you've come to expect from Morgan Page.  Enjoy "Derby FIght" Morgan Page Bootleg and Nima Nesta's beautiful vocals.

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Dayglow Lowell, Ma Aftermovie "Life in Color"

Dayglow "The Worlds Largest Paint Party" invaded the Tsongas Center on April 25 and 26th 2012 and  saw R3hab & Thomas Gold play massive shows in Lowell.  Check out the Dayglow lowell, ma aftermovie above!

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CHEMICAL BROTHERS COMPOSE OLYMPIC CYCLING ANTHEM

Watch out for the Chemical Brothers this Olympics!  They will be playing to the ears of cyclists and spectators during the London 2012 Olympic track cycling events.  The group has created a "Theme for Velodrome" and we have finally gotten a preview of the track.

Chemical Brothers member, Tom Rowlands had this to say about his love of cycling, read after the jump...

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Deadmau5 Sold Out Dubstep...Read his Explanation

(Spinner) Electronic dance music artist Deadmau5 -- a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman -- admits he "sold out" when he made a dubstep song despite not being a fan of the genre.

"It's a conduit now for previously mainstream pop acts to use," Zimmerman said in a rather wide-ranging, hour-long interview with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC's Q radio show this morning. "I've only ever made one dubstep track and I will admit I only did it because it was cool at the time, you know what I mean, and that's why I did it. I'm not a fan of dubstep but I figured 'Okay, well I'm sure I can engineer something that's palatable or on par with the whole Skrillex thing that everyone is into.''

"I sold out on that one track -- that would be me

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Coachella Cruise Announced

Yesterday, July 17, the promoters behind the Coachella festival, Goldenvoice, called for a special announcement at 6pm.  No one knew what was going on.  Sources believed it was an announcement as to whether or not the festival was moving locations or staying put.  However,  Coachella had something elese in store for everyone.

Goldenvoice brought to us a...

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