Bowery Presents

Bowery Presents suing Live Nation

a musician playing Mercury Lounge (more by Chris La Putt)”The owners of famed New York City nightspot Mercury Lounge on Monday hit concert promotion giant Live Nation Entertainment Inc…

Bowery Philly coming, Merc buyer goes to Live Nation, Skippy goes to Austin, Paramount opening in LI, Wetlands reuniting

Lots of interesting stuff to report in the world of live concert promotions… NYC concert promoter Bowery Presents, who already has expanded to NJ, Boston, Maine, and Canandaigua, NY (not to mention MSG, Jones Beach, the Meadowlands, Radio City, etc), is opening a new music venue in Philadelphia this month…

My Morning Jacket kicking off 5-night run (win tix), christened Maine's State Theatre, played Live on Letterman (video)

WHAT. A. SHOW. If I could have made it to any of the T5 shows (which I can’t) it would have been TFF so I was so happy they played a bunch of tunes from that on Friday…

ceiling collapsed, Deadmau5 collapsed then cancelled, Interpol cancelled, Wellmont closed (for now)

Deadmau5 & missing piece of ceiling @ Wellmont Theatre (via Baristanet)Wellmont Theatre is temporarily closed — and its scheduled show of Interpol Wednesday night canceled — after a piece of the ceiling fell from the upper balcony during the Deadmau5 last week…

Bowery Presents expands to Boston & Maine

NYC promotion company Bowery Presents already has a presence in NJ, upstate NY, and as of recently, Boston. Today they’ve announced that they’ll also be operating in Portland, Maine…

new venue opening in Park Slope (where Cattyshack was)

“, Michael Winsch of the Bowery Ballroom will give the bi-level space that once housed Cattyshack a butch makeover. He’s teaming up with Brian Harkenrider (a former Bowery manager) to open what you might or might not consider a sports bar — “we’re not necessarily going to call ourselves a sports bar,” says Harkenrider, “but we have a bunch of flat-screens…

as you probably noticed, Bowery Presents does shows at Governors Island now...

view from the ferry in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) First Passion Pit & Tokyo Police Club, then M.I.A./Sleigh Bells, and then Local Natives (and I just noticed Michael Franti & Spearhead w/ Trombone Shorty)…

SPIN planning 25th anniversary concerts in NYC

“The pinnacle of the 25th anniversary events will be a marathon week of music programming in July, called “SPIN’s 25 Hours of Music.” In partnership with the Bowery Presents, SPIN will produce five consecutive nights of concerts throughout New York City, featuring artists that have made the greatest music of the past 25 years…

Ticketmaster has to pay refunds to Bruce Springsteen fans, loses Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion to Ticketfly

The Boss @ Izod Center in May (more by Tim Griffin)The Federal Trade Commission has settled with Ticketmaster over complaints that Ticketmaster used deceptive tactics to steer Bruce Springsteen fans to expensive scalped tickets last year…

Terminal 5 is the #3 club in the world (in sales)

Julian Casablancas @ T5 on January 15th (more by Natasha Ryan) This has already come up in the comments, and has been posted on a few other sites…
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