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I haven't heard of him until now. Duder is from Ottawa. Any of you guys know him? Or are any of you guys actually him?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/meet-the-guy-who-saved-lady-gaga-from-bankruptcy/article23614512/ Meet the guy who saved Lady Gaga from bankruptcyAlec Scott Special to The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Mar. 26 2015, 11:29 AM EDT Lady Gaga calls him her Oz—the man who saw enough potential in this modern-day Dorothy to save her from bankruptcy. Bono says he’s George Clooney’s character in ER: “The operating room’s about to explode, and he keeps calm, doing open-heart surgery with a Swiss Army Knife.” The man they’re praising so extravagantly is probably the most powerful behind-the-scenes figure in modern music: Arthur Fogel, the head of Live Nation’s global touring division. To date, the Ottawa native has helped run four of the five highest-grossing tours of all time. He has the clout to—as he did for Gaga—cut a performer a $40-million cheque and send her touring to the world’s biggest venues (all currency in U.S. dollars) In the post-Napster era, live shows have become the rock star’s sole source of reliable income (music and licensing sales went from $14.6 billion to $6.3 billion from 1999 to 2009). As Fogel’s friend Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager, has said: “You once toured to promote albums, now you release albums to promote tours.” This has multiplied Fogel’s importance in a beleaguered industry. Interviewed in his L.A. office—hung with photos of himself with Madonna, U2, and his wife and five kids—Fogel is understated, his clothing dark and plain. But under that, he burns with what critic Walter Pater once called a hard, gemlike flame. This is a man who once told legendary promoter Bill Graham—the guy who brought Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to the masses—to go f--- himself, who recently enjoyed showing off to a small-time Canadian promoter because the man long ago refused to help Fogel get his foot in the door. And why not? Fogel’s rise looks inexorable only in retrospect. The headmaster of his private high school, Ashbury College, predicted that Fogel would never amount to much, and for a while, that prediction looked likely to come true. After graduating from McMaster in Hamilton, his career as a drummer faltered. He took a job as a night manager at Egerton’s—later the Edge—a club at the centre of Toronto’s vibrant new wave scene. (“What didn’t I see there? I had to learn how to fight—literally and figuratively.”) He managed small bands on cross-continent tours, then worked as an assistant for one of the principals of CPI, the firm led by Michael Cohl that booked acts into Canada for a time. (1) Fogel had become part of CPI’s leadership team by the time it revolutionized the concert-tour industry. Acts used to have to work via local promoters in each city. But CPI began booking venues for the Rolling Stones’ international tours directly—giving rise to Fogel’s confrontation with Graham, who ran the San Francisco concert scene. The Edge’s former owner, Ron Chapman, recently made a documentary on Fogel (2), and comments: “Until Arthur came along, the industry was full of promoters who championed their own brand more than the artists they booked—they were large, public personalities like Graham. Fogel, meanwhile, is the biggest in the industry, has been for some time, and until recently he didn’t even have a Wikipedia page.” Fogel’s claim to posterity will be that he helped some album-era artists lengthen their careers. When we talk, he’s firming up tours for U2, Madonna and Rush, and overseeing Australian shows featuring Sting and Paul Simon. His staff will often hire over 1,000 people in each city and book out 200 hotel rooms. When Bono had to get emergency back surgery midway through U2’s last tour, Fogel had to postpone all North American dates for a year, and place what one insider calls the highest insurance claim ever in this sphere. Most of the acts Fogel represents are heading into that good night (though Mick Jagger et al. are hardly going gently). What does he see after they (finally) retire? “People have been moaning for a while that no artists who came up in the digital era will be able to fill the stadiums,” he says. “It’s such shit.” He name-checks Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Rihanna. “There’s an explosion of talent.” Floor tickets near the stage for U2’s summer shows are posted at nearly $10,000. Aren’t such prices exorbitant for one night out? “You have to look at the expenses that go into the show, the number of people employed, the stages,” says Fogel. “We don’t pull the prices from the air.” Fogel claims people are willing to pay more if the shows are high-octane. In short: Spend more, make more. (3) Not every tour goes as planned—to wit, Guns N’ Roses’ 2002 tour, where Axl Rose often no-showed and fans rioted. “With the expenses of touring, the stakes are so much higher. I can’t say I’ve found myself in that situation since then, but you never want to get cocky.” (1) Live Nation and Cohl, its former chairman, parted ways in 2008 and recently settled significant outstanding litigation. “Michael is amazing with numbers, with deals,” Fogel says carefully. (2) The film Who the F*** Is Arthur Fogel? efficiently recounts the major changes swirling around Fogel, from the ’80s to the present. (3) Live Nation invested $3 million to build the stage for U2’s 360° tour, which allowed the band to perform in the round in stadiums— only possible in arenas before. History’s Top Five Tours (*Fogel-managed Live Nation tour) 1. U2, 360°* (2009-’11) $736 million 2. Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang* (2005-’07) $558 million 3. Roger Waters, The Wall Live (2010-’13) $459 million 4. AC/DC, Black Ice* (2008-’10) $441 million 5. Madonna, Sticky & Sweet* (2008-’09) $408 million

Back again... Mar 26, 2015 21:00Guelph, OntarioDstrct Mar 28, 2015 21:00TorontoLee's Palace Mar 29, 2015 21:00Ottawa, OntarioMavericks

None of this is looking too promising for me. Fack!!!

Bam! Phish Summer Tour Dates 2015 7/21 & 7/22 - Les Schwab Amphitheater - Bend, OR (Capacity: 8,000) 7/24 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA (Capacity: 22,500) 7/25 - The Forum - Inglewood, CA (Capacity: Approximately 18,000) 7/28 - Austin360 Amphitheater - Austin, TX (Capacity: 14,000) 7/29 - Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie - Grand Prairie, TX (Capacity: 6,000) 7/31 & 8/1 - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood - Atlanta, GA (Capacity: 19,000) 8/2 - Tuscaloosa Amphitheater - Tuscaloosa, AL (Capacity: 7,470) 8/4 - Riverfront Park Amphitehater - Nashville, TN (Capacity: 6,500) 8/5 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, MO (Capacity: 7,958) 8/7 - Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Capacity: 23,000) 8/8 & 8/9 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI (Capacity: 37,000) 8/11 & 8/12 - Mann Center for the Performing Arts - Philadelphia, PA (Capacity: 14,000) 8/14 - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre - Raleigh, NC (Capacity: 20,500) 8/15 & 8/16 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD (Capacity: 19,319) 8/21, 8/22 & 8/23 Watkins Glen International Raceway, Watkins Glen, NY 9/4, 9/5 & 9/6 - Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO (Capacity: 26,000) link: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/124363/Tour-Dates-Phish-Summer-Tour-2015

I have only ever seen these babies for sale at Winners. And winners they are. Go get 'em!

If you have seen the doc '20 Feet From Stardom' you will remember Lisa Fischer as the amazing singer who most notably has been touring with The Rolling Stones for a long time. Her performance in that doc was enough to make me force myself to remember her name and watch out for an opportunity to see her live.

Yeah, thanks. It's cool they're doing those in the round shows at the downtown Hamilton library lately. Looks like it was a good crowd.

Do we have anyone on the ground in the Hammer? Juno Fest reports requested please! Looked like there was going to be a big jam going down last night at This Ain't Hollywood. http://junoawards.ca/2015-junofest-schedule/

I'd go see him supporting any act. Haven't had a fix in a while! I don't see any Ottawa dates in there though with Cassandra Wilson. His son eh? I remember him bringing his son's drawing book to the Orbit Room, couldn't have been that long ago... Maybe he's a child prodigy.

Hey, Kevin Breit has a new website which responds to the question posed in the title of this thread from 2007. http://www.kevinbreit.com/ He's also been posting some pretty funny video blogs on his FB page in the past few weeks while on tour with Cassandra Wilson in the USA.

Really great sold out show last night at Lee's. Andres Vial was not in the lineup (is he out of the band now?) however it was a sextet including a pedal steel player, a keys player and a bassist. They played all new material except for Beggar in the Morning to (I think) close their set and maybe one more from the first album as part of the encore (not sure). Encore also included an unreleased song that Brad said they tried to get right in the studio but weren't happy with. I love the new album and enjoyed this show more than any other Barr Brothers show I've seen. Aroara opened, I caught some of it. I keep trying but haven't really latched on to their music. Leslie Feist sat in. Thanks Tasha for the ticket hook up!!

SOLD!

http://bigearsfestival.com/ Kronos Quartet presents The Music of Terry Riley, featuring 'The Cusp of Magic' with Wu ManLaurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet: 'Landfall'• Terry Riley with Gyan Riley & Tracy SilvermantUnE-yArDs• Tyondai Braxton: HIVE• Swans• Ben FrostMax Richter: 'The Blue Notebooks' & 'Infra’ with the American Contemporary Music EnsembleMax Richter: 'Vivaldi: Recomposed' & 'The Leftovers' with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, violin soloist Yuki Numata Resnick, and ACMEThe Bad Plus: “On Sacred Ground: Stravinsky’s 'The Rite of Spring'"Kronos Quartet: Folk Songs with Rhiannon Giddens & Sam AmidonBill Frisell & Bill Morrison: 'The Great Flood'• Jamie xxKronos Quartet: '40 Canons’ with Bryce Dessner• Rhiannon GiddensKronos Quartet: 'Tundra Songs’ with Tanya Tagaq• Silver Apples• Perfume GeniusTanya TagaqKronos Quartet: "Views from Here to the Heavens (for Scott Fraser)" with Nels ClineClarkNels Cline & Norton Wisdom: Stained RadianceDemdike Stare: 'HÄXAN: Witchcraft Through The Ages' re-scored• Grouper• LoscilSQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan, and Jozef van Wissem)SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan): Live Score with Man Ray Fims• Omar SouleymanTyondai Braxton: DJ Set• Sam Amidon• A Winged Victory for the Sullen• Nosaj ThingHarold Budd & Keith Lowe• Ryley Walker• Steve Gunn• William Tyler: "Corduroy Roads"Little Annie• Amen Dunes• Wu Man• Jozef Van Wissem• Bing & Ruth• Hildur GuðnadóttirHolly Herndon• Rival Consoles• Coupler• Zs

I have heard of 5 of the acts and know the music of one of them.

Looking for two tickets for the show at Lee's Palace on March 12th if anyone has any extras. Who would've thought they'd sell out Lee's a full two weeks before their show?

I am officially "not with it" any more. The only band that I know on this list is The New Pornographers. http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/nxne_announces_2015_lineup

Yeah, it wasn't me who made it. I had no idea it was a Canadian guy though, nice.

I've always loved the studio version of this song and for the most part the live versions I have heard have left me wanting something more expansive and sonic. That said the last few years I've heard live versions that I really dug.

Pretty sweeeeet: My remix of Phish' "Roggae" Roggae was always one of my fav's from that album as it was such a laid back groove and playful,colorful lyrics. I had an amazing experience in my bedroom doing Yoga to Hampton Comes alive's version of Roggae.It was always one of my favorite live cuts from any of their live albums..So last year when i wanted to do a Phish remix it was a no brainer to do Roggae..The first few minutes of the remix is the studio version and then i splice in the Hampton 98' version.Following the band on their valleys of breath and relaxed jam i pretended i was the 5th and 6th members of the band tracing their dynamics with textures and lucid synth pastels.It is an honor to merge cultures and bring more harmony with the profound family tree of music.

Bob in the Hammer:

Arrghh they split up the stuff I want to see. Might have to go for both days after all. Very pleased to see that Apostle of Hustle will play Folkloric Feel - great album.

Not the lineup I was dreaming of, that's for sure.