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Touring Industry Up-Less Shows More Dough

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Pribek

Finally, some good news from the music business; kind of. Ray Waddell at Billboard Biz writes…. For the overall touring industry, grosses reported to Billboard Boxscore totaled slightly less than $4 billion worldwide, the most ever for a year and … Continue reading →

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Nasterisk Update

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Pribek

Nas, or if you prefer his new name, Nasterisk, and Island/Def Jam are pulling off the cheesy publicity stunt of pretending to take the high ground by not calling Nasterisk’s new record “Nigger” as originally intended. The media is chasing … Continue reading →

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David Cook’s Quest For World Domination

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Pribek

O.K., I know you guys are going to think I must be slipping something into my coffee as this is the second time in a week that I’m writing about American Idol. It’s not the case, I subscribed to Billboard … Continue reading →

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