Bowery Presents
Asbury Lanes reopening soon; Bowery Presents booking shows at renovated NJ club
Asbury Park, NJ’s iconic Asbury Lanes closed for renovations in 2015 with plans to reopen in the spring of 2016. Two and a half years later, the venue is now set to reopen Memorial Day weekend, looking a little different.
Bowery Ballroom + Mercury Lounge and Live Nation form Mercury East Presents
Earlier this year, NYC venues Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge confirmed that they were parting ways with Bowery Presents (which was acquired by AEG), and we heard that Live Nation would be taking over the two Lower East Side venues. Today that news has been officially confirmed, as Bowery Ballroom/Mercury Lounge co-owner Michael Swier and Live Nation announced their new promotions and booking venture, Mercury East Presents.
Fazerdaze and Common Holly @ Mercury Lounge (pics, setlist, video)
New Zealand’s Fazerdaze are on their first, albeit short, North American tour, supporting the this year’s debut album, Morningside which she played all of at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night…
Josh Ritter played Brooklyn Steel (pics, setlist, review)
Josh Ritter was as gracious and as joyous as ever on stage at Brooklyn Steel on Sunday (10/29) for an essentially hometown show supporting his ninth studio album Gathering. Road-tested earlier this year during Ritter’s solo ‘Works in Progress’ tour Gathering is a different sound for Ritter…
Live Nation taking over Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge?
Bowery Presents/AEG confirms they are parting ways with the LES establishments.
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires honored Gregg Allman at the Beacon (pics, videos, setlist)
Allman sadly passed away earlier this year, and the Beacon was The Allman Brothers Band’s home in NYC before they called it quits in 2014. To kick off his 3-night run at that venue, Jason Isbell and his wife/bandmate Amanda Shires played two Allmans tunes…
things I learned at the Relix Live Music Conference (and lots of pics)
Which artist does legendary promoter Ron Delsener (pictured) never book but wishes he did? That and more, in our recap of the first annual Relix Live Music Conference.
Brooklyn Steel, a first look at the venue opening this week (pics)
While Brooklyn Steel is rushing to finish things up for Thursday’s grand opening with LCD Soundsystem, Bowery Presents’ Jim Glancy and John Moore took a few minutes to show us around their new baby on Monday morning.
AEG & Barclays Center owners purchasing Webster Hall (Bowery Presents taking over booking)
In 2014, NYC venue Webster Hall took over its own booking after having been booked by Bowery Presents for years. Now, Billboard reports that AEG Presents — which recently acquired Bowery Presents — is purchasing the venue, along with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment…
watch Brooklyn Steel be built (in 30 seconds), win tickets to the new venue
Bowery Presents’ newest venue, Brooklyn Steel, is set to open in Williamsburg in April. Check out this sneak peak and enter to win some free tickets to shows there (PJ Harvey, Mitski and the Decemberists included).
