Concerts

Entertainment

Outlisten Wants To See Your Shaky Concert Videos

4:15PM January 13, 2012 | Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Attending a show is different now. Everybody’s holding up a mobile phone shooting video instead of watching and listening. This doesn’t have to be a 100 per cent bad thing, however. More »


Entertainment

Slowbizz Wants Bands To Play In Your House

4:30PM December 9, 2011 | Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing musicians perform in someone’s home, you should try it some time. The beer is cheaper, the bathroom line shorter and the audience (usually) more familiar. More »


News

Another Stage Collapses In Belgium

10:30PM August 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

Not again. Last night, during a Smith Westerns set at Pukkelpop 2011 in Belgium, a stage collapsed during a massive storm, killing five people and injuring a 100. The video above shows the stage as it’s coming down down. More »


Entertainment

The Concert Of The Future, Today

9:40AM June 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

For decades, Amon Tobin has constantly pioneered new sounds in the world of electronic music. So it makes sense that he’d want a visual stage show as advanced and experimental as his sounds. I think he nailed it this time. More »


Mobile

Would Apple Try To Block Future iPhones From Recording Live Gigs?

1:57AM June 3, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

In one of the most preposterous filed patents since the toaster/egg-fryer-combo, Apple’s looking to protect its relationships with record labels and film studios by outfitting future iPhones with IR blockers, presumably with live venues and cinemas housing IR signal-emitting boxes. More »


News

Protip: If You Want To Sneak Into Coachella, Bring Degreaser

7:33AM April 16, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Coachella Music Festival is going on RIGHT NOW. And according to LA Weekly, Coachella is trying to foil gate crashers by covering the top rail in grease. When you grab the fence, your hands will presumably slip and you’ll fall on your arse. Maybe some EXTREME Simple Green will help? [LA Weekly via Daily Swarm]


Online

How Facebook Could Save Ticketmaster From Scalpers

7:00AM March 31, 2011 | Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Live Nation Entertainment, the live music behemoth forged in the mega-merger between ticket seller Ticketmaster, artist manager Front Line Management Group, and promoter and venue owner Live Nation, finds itself at a crossroads. More »


Geek Out

The Modern Concert

4:00AM February 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

There’s nothing new about cameraphones at concerts or even filter apps like Hipstamatic (it went to war and came back with an award!), but something about this picture got me thinking this week about concert culture in a hyper-connected age. More »


Cameras

Concert Hands Evolution From The 1960s To 2010

1:33AM November 16, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

It just gets sadder and sadder. And then it gets really really sad. [Thanks Laura!]


Mobile

I Captured Blurry 5MP Smartphone Pics Of A Girl, And I Liked It

2:00AM November 10, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Last night, I joined the NY Giz team (and a throng of several hundred strangers) for a Microsoft-themed evening with Katy Perry. It was fun. But it was also clear that smartphones have changed concerts forever. Is that good? More »