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John Legend announced a second leg of his “Bigger Love Tour,” which sees the 12-time Grammy Award winner performing 28 shows on his first full outing in three years. 

The German capital of Berlin, one of the world’s most famous destinations for underground club culture, has not seen an indoor rave since March 2020.

WME’S co-heads of music, Lucy Dickins, Kirk Sommer, and Scott Clayton, today announced the hiring of Craig D’Souza as partner in the UK, effective immediately.

Andrew Saunders has been named Vice President of Entertainment for Seminole Gaming. In his new role Saunders will oversee live entertainment programming at Seminole Gaming venues throughout Florida including the 7,500-seat Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, the 1,500-seat Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa and the 836-seat Seminole Center at Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee. 

It’s been almost 10 years since Amy Lee and Lzzy Hale first met in a backstage green room the opening night of 2012’s “Carnival of Madness” tour featuring their bands Evanescence and Halestorm, respectively. The two queens of hard rock became instant friends and since then have each moved to Nashville, played on each other’s projects and won Grammy Awards, but have yet to share another tour stage. 

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “lollapalooza” is “one that is extraordinarily impressive” – a good starting point for describing the annual Chicago music event that occurs in the early days of August. But add “superstar headliners, 170-plus bands, eight stages and one of the largest music festivals in North America” and you’re close to a good definition of Lollapalooza.

Recent cover star Kane Brown will join with his manager Martha Earls of EFG Mgmt for a Pollstar Live! digital session on Thursday, Aug. 5. The conversation is being moderated by Sr. Contributing Editor Holly Gleason and will be streamed live via Pollstar’s Facebook page at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.

The Australian government has responded to a July 22 call from promoters, stadiums and live organizations to lift restrictions for tours by international acts, who cited strong demand by music fans in a survey commissioned by the Live Entertainment Industry Forum (LEIF).

Latin American concert promoter Move Concerts has reached a partnership with Brazil’s DC Set Group, seeing DC Set partners and co-presidents Dody Sirena and Cicão Chies acquiring a stake in Move Concerts Brazil.

It’s been almost 10 years since Amy Lee and Lzzy Hale first met in a backstage green room the opening night of 2012’s “Carnival of Madness” tour featuring their bands Evanescence and Halestorm, respectively. The two queens of hard rock became instant friends and since then have each moved to Nashville, played on each other’s projects and won Grammy Awards, but have yet to share another tour stage.