In an effort to keep you updated of all music festivals coming to the NY-area, here is more news about Coachella East–or “All Points West.” From nj.com:
“In April 2007, Ken Tesler attended the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., and met that event’s producer, Paul Tollett, for the first time.
The conversation turned […]
Check this out from the New York Times:
“In the latest shift in the competition for music fans this summer, the concert promoters behind the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California will stage a three-day event in Liberty State Park, according to people briefed on the plans. The new festival, tentatively scheduled for […]
Perez Hilton posted this on his site:
“Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that the Coachella Music Festival is heading east this year!
‘In addition having the festival outside of Palm Springs, like they do every year, this year they’re mounting an east coast version of Coachella in New York or possibly New Jersey,’ an insider tells us.
The […]
In case you haven’t heard, the promoters of Lollapalooza are gearing up to put on a 3-day music festival in Vineland, NJ (about an hour from NYC, Philly, and DC) on August 8-10, 2008. However, they seem to be facing opposition from NARCS (Neighbors Against Rock Concert Site) who had a meeting Thursday night.
According to […]
According to paidcontent.org:
“The Alternative Distribution Alliance, an independent distributor owned by the Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), has acquired Insound.com, the indie music lifestyle store, reports Billboard, for an undisclosed sum. The NYC-based site, founded in 1998, will allow ADA to use the Insound digital sales infrastructure as a back-end for its labels and indie […]
According to the New York Sun and Billboard, the Virgin Megastore in Union Square is being offered for availability in 2009 by real estate broker Winick Realty. The two-story, 58,000 sq. ft. space is being offered in total. It is unclear whether Virgin will move the store to another location or close it permanently. No […]
The Grammy nominees were announced yesterday and Amy Winehouse cleaned up. She is nominated in seven categories: Best Record, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Producer of the Year (Mark Ronson).
Feist will give her some competition in three categories (Best […]
Nirvana Unplugged was (and is) the most successful Unplugged to date. The performance, and subsequent CD, introduced audiences to a different side of the grunge rockers. It also created a whole new Nirvana fan base. Parents that used to yell, “turn that grunge crap down” were now listening to the same band unplugged in their […]
Foo Fighter’s The Pretender has been #1 on Billboard’s Hot Modern Rock Tracks list for 16 weeks.
The band is on fire…which means that their concert tickets will sell out in minutes.
So, Big Apple Music Scene wants to add something to your calendar…
Presale for the Foo’s MSG gig begins: Wed, 11/28/07 10:00 AM
Set a reminder, […]
Surf/Jungle/Country
I would say more along the lines of psychedelic-electronic-pop-friendly-punk…but their description sounds much cooler.
MGMT (pronounced ‘Management’) is a quirky, ambitious, progressive duo that are on the cusp. Their segment is a tough one to crack, but MGMT are finding a way to get noticed - they’ve been ‘artist of the day’ in SPIN Magazine and […]
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