Michael Marion did a very good job booking concerts for a university venue. So did Barbara (Mother) Hubbard. Marion loved music and everything related to music. So did Mother Hubbard. Marion is outspoken and highly approachable. So is Mother Hubbard. They met in 1977 at the Billboard International Touring Forum in Los Angeles at the […]
REPORTING FROM TORONTO – The second stop on Linda Deckard’s 2019 Awards Tour is now history, and I find myself learning a lot more about this business from a new vantage point. On June 13, 2019, my 72nd birthday, I received the highest honor the Event & Arena Marketing Conference confers – the Gigi Award […]
When the hottest band on the road insists on a sweetheart merchandise deal, a venue manager has to build his case thoughtfully, always assuming reasonable people will be reasonable. It was 1985 and Van Halen was playing the Houston Summit. At the time, it was standard for major arenas to ask for 40 percent of […]
Marilyn Manson’s opening act was Nashville Pussy. The show was set for April 28, 1999, at Five Seasons Center (now U.S. Cellular Center), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a small and conservative town. “When we announced the show, the biggest issue was that on the marquee we advertised Nashville Pussy as the opener. So I would say […]