Green Bay Packers show Super Bowl acumen in win over New England Patriots

Dec 1, 2014 By MJ Kasprzak in Uncategorized

The Green Bay Packers answered any lingering doubts Sunday, Nov. 30. The red-hot New England Patriots (not to be confused with Kathleen Turner's role of journalist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot) were coming off seven straight wins and provided the biggest test at Lambeau Field during the 2014 NFL...

Lana Del Rey heading back to Detroit in summer 2015

Dec 1, 2014 By Michael Ferro in Uncategorized

Lana Del Rey, the incredibly popular and bestselling singer, hasn't been away from Detroit for even six months and she's already planning her return trip back to the city. Well, sort of. There's a reason the entertainer is heading back to the Motor City next year. Del Rey announced on Monday...

Lana Del Rey announces 2015 tour dates

Dec 1, 2014 By Megan Horst Hatch in Uncategorized

If you’ve ever wanted to see Lana Del Rey and Courtney Love perform under one roof, then you’re in luck. Del Rey has announced tour dates for 2015, and Love is scheduled to perform during some of the upcoming concerts. Del Rey, who describes her musical sound as “Hollywood pop/sad core” on her...

Former teen idol Leif Garrett performs with his band at the Whisky a go-go

Dec 1, 2014 By Renee Silverman in Uncategorized

In the late 1970s Leif Garrett, after a successful career as a child actor, became a recording artist with such hits as “I Was Made For Dancing” and “Runaround Sue” making him an international star. In 1999 he appeared on the VH1 Behind the Music where he publicly exposed his not so perfect life...

Review of Angela Sheik’s Home Before Dark

Dec 1, 2014 By Bob Leggett in Uncategorized

Home Before Dark, the second release from multi-instrumentalist Angela Sheik, has to be one of the premier performances by any artist in 2014, let alone an indie artist. The album delivers a Grammy-worthy set of 10 songs that take the listeners' senses to new dimensions. The first single, "Bring it...

Interview with Pandora Radio CEO, Joe Kennedy

Dec 1, 2014 By Ryan Stabile in Uncategorized

Before the advent of Pandora Radio, finding new good music was an uphill scour through endless soundscapes of garbage sounding garage bands until you ran across a single band that was so good, it was astonishing that no one else knew about them. CEO Joe Kennedy saved us all countless amounts of time...

New Year’s Eve concerts in Chicago

Dec 1, 2014 By Megan Horst Hatch in Uncategorized

You might still be nibbling on Thanksgiving leftovers, but it’s never too early to start making your plans for New Year’s Eve. This year, get your friends and loved ones together, then head out for a concert in Chicago and ring in 2015 in style. We’ve rounded up 15 concerts in just about every...

NFL mid-season standings

Dec 1, 2014 By Merrill Baum in Uncategorized

While the start of the NFL season is exciting it is more interesting at mid-season as the teams fight for their playoff positions in the standings. Each position has outstanding players that are contributing to the team’s standings. The Quarter Backs are holding their teams together due to injuries...

Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum to headline CMT College Football Playoffs concert

Nov 29, 2014 By Shawn S. Lealos in Uncategorized

The DFW area promised that they had some big concerts lined up for the weekend of the first ever College Football Playoffs, in which the national championship takes place at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 12, 2015. Considering this is Dallas, there can’t be a huge concert event, especially for a football...

Sting and Lenny Kravitz concerts added to DFW College Football Playoffs

Nov 29, 2014 By Shawn S. Lealos in Uncategorized

The DFW area promised that they had some big concerts lined up for the weekend of the first ever College Football Playoffs, in which the national championship takes place at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 12, 2015. The concerts turned out to be bigger than anyone expected as Lenny Kravitz puts on a...

Garth Brooks stays in the top spot

Nov 29, 2014 By Shannon Alexander in Uncategorized

Garth Brooks is hanging on to the number one position for two weeks in a row. CMT shared the news on Nov. 29, 2014 that Brooks’ new album Man Against Machine has earned the title of the number one album on the Billboard Country Albums Chart by selling 61,706 copies. Brooks’ wife Trisha Yearwood...

Electric Daisy Carnival 2015

Nov 29, 2014 By Meredith "Mary" Browning in Uncategorized

Once again, the Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas tickets are going on sale, and all you Dallas EDM fans do not want to miss this years party. The 2015 edition, sponsored by 7UP, LiveNation, and Insomniac is set to happen in June, according to last week's announcement. It will again be in Las Vegas...

Ex-Raven Rice has NFL suspension vacated by arbiter

Nov 29, 2014 By Curt Macysyn in Uncategorized

In an outcome that many thought could happen, multiple media outlets are reporting that former Baltimore Ravens' running back Ray Rice won the appeal of his indefinite NFL suspension today. Rice had received an initial suspension of two games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, reportedly based upon...

BYU football: 3 ways it can upset the Cal Bears

Nov 29, 2014 By Brian Shaw in Uncategorized

The BYU football team is walking into a buzzsaw on Sat. Nov. 29. The Cal Bears are one win from becoming bowl eligible. BYU is playing with its backup quarterback and its backup running back but it is already headed to the Miami Beach Bowl. All of the above does not bode well for the Cougars, who...

Extreme shoppers battle the elements for Black Friday deals

Nov 29, 2014 By Brent McGrady in Uncategorized

Shoppers all across the northeast battled frigid temperatures and a fresh snowfall to get the holiday shopping season underway today. Retailers were anxious to get profits into the black, but many reported slower than normal customer volume as people hit the stores on Thanksgiving evening. Stores...

Actor Mickey Rourke, 62, victorious in comeback boxing match in Moscow

Nov 29, 2014 By Richard Webster in Uncategorized

Veteran actor Mickey Rourke, now 62 years old, started out as a boxer before turning to the big screen to grab the public’s attention with his standout performances in what are now considered classic films of the 1980s like “Diner” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village.” Rourke continued making...

Loretta Lynn performing at The Joint

Nov 29, 2014 By Emma Riley Sutton in Uncategorized

Loretta Lynn's latest tour will make a stop at The Joint. The Joint is in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to a Thursday, Nov. 27 report by NewsOK, Loretta Lynn's concert will be on Jan. 29. Loretta Lynn is one of the most famous and iconic of all country music superstars...

David Tyree wins the “Best Catch” Title

Nov 26, 2014 By TicketNews in No, Sports

The New York Giants and their fans don’t have much to be thankful for this season. New York enters Week 13 tied for last place in the NFC East with a 3-8 record, and a division-worst -61 point differential. The Giants had a chance to play spoiler on Sunday night, but allowed the Dallas Cowboys to overcome an 11-point deficit, as the hated Cowboys won 31-28 over the Giants.

Which Catch Was the Greatest?

Nov 26, 2014 By TicketNews in No, Sports

It’s an age old question in sports and pop culture for that matter: who or what was the best ever? Is it Montana or Unitas or Brady or Manning? Is it MJ or Wilt or Magic or Bird? Are teams that we see now and in the last ten years or so better than championship teams from prior eras? Is it fair to compare the two?

Cleveland Cavaliers Announce New Ticket Sales Policy

Nov 25, 2014 By TicketNews in Cleveland Cavaliers, No, Sports Secondary, Ticket Industry

As many industry participants are aware, one NBA franchise, the Cleveland Cavaliers, recently announced a substantial shift in how they will execute ticket sales operations. It remains to be seen if this is more of an announcement than a literal plan of execution, but nonetheless this brings to the forefront the relationship between teams or venues and brokers.