Ian Courtney, Author at CelebrityAccess

Riverside Concerts/Rochester Civic Music’s Steve Schmidt To Retire In September

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 9, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Steve Schmidt, longtime General Manager and Artistic Director of Rochester’s Civic Music department and Riverside Concerts announced plans to retire next month. Schmidt joined Rochester’s Civic Music Department…

YouTube Theater Opens Its Doors

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 9, 2021

INGLEWOOD, CA (CelebrityAccess) — YouTube Theater, a brand-new concert venue located in the under-development sports and entertainment district Hollywood Park, has officially opened its doors. YouTube creator Mai Pham served…

Counting Crows, Limp Bizkit Join The Covid Concert Cancellation Cavalcade

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 9, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — “Big Yellow Taxi” rockers Counting Crows pulled out of a planned show in Boston just hours before the curtains were set to rise after a member of the tour…

Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, Founding Member Of Kool & The Gang, Dead At 70

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 9, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, co-founder of the R&B group Kool & The Gang, died at his home in New Jersey. He was 70. An obituary released by the…

Lynyrd Skynyrd Postpone Concerts After Bandmember Tests Positive For COVID-19

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 8, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd have postponed four upcoming performances on their current summer tour after the band’s longtime guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for Covid-19. Affected shows…

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Cancels Performances After Undergoing Surgery To Treat Brain Tumor

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 6, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Noted conductor Michael Tilson Thomas announced on Friday that he was pulling out of a series of upcoming performances after undergoing surgery to treat a brain tumor. Thomas…

Michael Bublé Postpones August Concerts In The US Amid Covid Surge

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 6, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — The number of COVID-19 related concert cancellations appear to be accelerating and on Friday, Canadian singer and recording artist Michael Bublé announced the postponement of a string of…

Eventbrite On The Road To Recovery In Q2

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 6, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Ticketing and event management platform Eventbrite released their financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2021, revealing a slow but steady recovery of the live sector. According…

Dustin Lynch Cancels Shows Due To ‘Illness’

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 6, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Country recording artist Dustin Lynch postponed a pair of concerts this weekend after someone on the tour became ill. “Due to a case of illness in touring party,…

The UK Launches A £750 million Event Insurance Program

Posted by Ian Courtney - August 5, 2021

LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — The United Kingdom is throwing a lifeline to the live events industry with the announcement of a £750 million government-backed insurance scheme to support the return of…

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