Phoenix-area music venues battle for concerts

The Valley is home to six full-sized arenas, more than a dozen theaters, dozens of smaller venues. Check out this piece from Arizona’s Family Channel 3 & 5 about the “battle of the venues” and what Danny Zelisko had to say about it. Watch below or read the article HERE.  

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Linda Ronstadt back in public eye, and it’s not so easy

Linda Ronstadt doesn’t feel like company much these days. At least, not too much company. And on a recent visit, she is definitely not going to put on clothes and makeup. Ronstadt is withdrawing from medicine she has been taking for more than three years that was supposed to help control her Parkinson’s disease. She…

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Steven Wilson tour: He really just wants people to enjoy the music, ‘To the Bone’

Steven Wilson was remixing Tears for Fears’ “Songs from the Big Chair” and “The Seeds of Love” when he found himself missing the blend of ambition and pop sensibilities that had defined so many classic albums he loved growing up in the ’80s. “I did a Simple Minds record around the same time,” Wilson says….

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Linda Ronstadt’s Tucson visit about sharing her past, reconnecting with friends

Linda Ronstadt was rummaging through memories tucked in a dresser drawer not long ago and came across a cassette tape from another lifetime. It was recorded at her home in California near the beach in Malibu in the mid-1970s. Jackson Browne and J.D. Souther had dropped by and the three of them were doing what…

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