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Last week C3 Presents and parent company Live Nation announced it acquired Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, the iconic Austin, Texas, music venue and restaurant that opened in 1996. A de facto hub for the annual SXSW Conference and synonymous with incredible live music, the venue has hosted shows by everyone from Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and Willie Nelson to The Beastie Boys, Metallica and Loretta Lynn to the New York Dolls, Merle Haggard, Lady Gaga and far beyond. Pollstar spoke with Stubb’s and C3 co-founder Charles Attal and C3 promoter Amy Corbin, whose careers began at Stubb’s, to find out more about the venue, the acquisition and plans for the future. 

The inaugural edition of LETSGETFR.EE will see Missy Elliot, Wizkid, Anderson .Paak & Free The Nationals, Ozuna, El Alfa, Kali Uchis, Jhené Aiko nad more taking the stage. 

Several prominent independent promoters from across the United States revealed D Tour, a new network to facilitate national touring in independent venues, on Tuesday.

Wasserman Music has hired two new music agents and promoted eight others within the organization, the company announced March 1.

Louis Tomlinson is the latest artist to call off performances in Russia because of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with a statement released on social media Monday that sent thoughts to “the people of Ukraine and all those suffering from this needless war.” Over the weekend Green Day and AJR canceled their respective concerts in Moscow. 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Some African American promoters say once the careers of top artists reach a certain level, they often have to take a back seat to the larger corporate agencies. But the recent formation of the Black Promoters […]