Bowery Ballroom

Life of Agony played Bowery, add shows with Sick Of It All (pics, setlist, dates)

Openers at Bowery were the The Type O Negative related project Silvertomb, and Vessel of Light (members of Ancient VVisdom and Hades) who were playing their first-ever live show. Speaking of firsts, these new shows will be the first time Sick of It All and LOA share a stage.

Ticketfly still down (ransom demand??); Music Venues & Bands feeling the pain

Online ticketing service Ticketfly is still down, more than 24 hours since announcing they were the “target of a cyber incident.” It’s staying down as they investigate and “don’t have a specific timeline to share right now. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused by this incident and are working around the clock to resolve the issue and get all Ticketfly systems back up and running.”

Colter Wall and Jade Bird impressed at Bowery Ballroom (pics)

Both acts channel a different type of country music, and both sounded excellent at Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday (4/11).

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.

Live Nation taking over Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge?

Bowery Presents/AEG confirms they are parting ways with the LES establishments.

Dive Bar Wisdom with Laura Stevenson

For this edition of ‘Dive Bar Wisdom‘ we caught up with Laura Stevenson to talk about future plans and some of her favorite places in NYC…

Dive Bar Wisdom with Cymbals Eat Guitars

For the second edition of ‘Dive Bar Wisdom’ we caught up with Cymbals Eat Guitars bassist Matthew Whipple to talk about passed down knowledge and some of his favorite places to go in NYC…

Big Thief played Bowery Ballroom, joined by Sharon Van Etten (pics, videos)

Twain and and Big Thief’s Saddle Creek labelmate Sam Evian opened the show.

Bowery Ballroom & Mercury Lounge now use Ticketfly (and still will when AEG buys Bowery Presents)

Bowery Presents’ venues switched from Ticketweb to its owner Ticketmaster a long time ago, but two of their venues, Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge, will soon switch to Ticketfly, reports Billboard. Ticketfly, which was bought by Pandora last year, is also the ticket seller for SummerStage, Baby’s All Right, The Bell House, Port Chester’s Capitol […]
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