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Lady Gaga Tour Cancellation: Legit or Preemptive Marketing Gimmick?

4th March 2013 • 2 comments

In my latest column for Think Like a Label, I look into the skuddlebutt surrounding Lady Gaga’s recent tour cancellation. Some say she has an injury warranting surgery and recovery time which isn’t conducive to the tour continuing, others say the cancellation is due to lagging ticket sales and decreased interest in the star. What […]

How to, and How Not to, Cancel a Show

25th January 2013 • 5 comments

A rather odd week for Chicago concert goers, indeed. I’ve been banging on about the Ultraista gig (and Ultraista in general, as it were) for ages, and sadly, the band had to cancel almost all of their U.S. tour dates very unexpectedly. While most of the time when such things happen it’s down to illness […]