• Dave Brooks

    Dave Brooks

    For this installment of the newsletter, we talked to Dave Brooks, who covers the concert business for Billboard and has organized its Touring Conference.

  • Charles Johnston: Select Artists Associates

    Charles Johnston: Select Artists Associates

    Charles T. Johnston, known to his many admirers as Charlie, has been a staple of live entertainment since the ‘60s. That’s just the byproduct of…

  • Chris Semrau: A Venue Perspective

    Chris Semrau: A Venue Perspective

    As the U.S. events return with or without restrictions, NACPA decided to take a look at how our friends in facility management are handling it.…

  • Dick Alen: Chuck Berry In Paris

    The following is the second installment from an unfinished autobiography for legendary William Morris agent Dick Alen:

  • A Touring Hospital: Interview with Entour Med’s Jeremy Pinyard

    A Touring Hospital: Interview with Entour Med’s Jeremy Pinyard

    As founder of Nashville-based EnTour Med, Dr. Jeremy Pinyard has developed a concept that one would assume would be more common: getting touring artists a…

  • NIVA: Now What?

    NIVA: Now What?

    The National Independent Venue Association was one of the few positive byproducts of the Covid-19 pandemic. As businesses shuttered, NIVA, under the auspices of First…