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☆ The coolest high-tech moments from U2's Sphere concert in Las Vegas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Sphere hosted its first concert in Las Vegas over the weekend, and the stunning visuals wowed attendees. U2 performed there for 18,000 fans on Friday, and their show was accented by The Sphere's wraparound LED screen. The venue's LED screen is the largest in the world — with the highest resolution. A trip to the desertThis is a clip of U2's Concert in "The Sphere" in Las Vegas. Whatever this isThe Sphere just opened in Las Vegas.

Persons: —, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Mark Gadala, @markgadala, I'm, Rob Kachelriess Organizations: Service, Forbes, rbs Locations: Las Vegas

NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary chronicling Beyoncé's just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday. Like “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” which debuts Oct. 13, “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé” is being released directly by AMC, the movie theater chain, without studio involvement. Beyoncé's previous films include the acclaimed 2019 Netflix film “Homecoming," which captured her Coachella performance in 2018. In the deals with AMC, Beyoncé and Swift are both reported to be receiving at least 50% of ticket sales. The film charts Beyoncé's tour on behalf of her 2022 Grammy-winning album “Renaissance.” It mixes concert footage and elements of a visual album while trailing the tour from its launch in Stockholm, Sweden, in May to the finale Sunday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

Persons: Beyoncé's, that's, “ Taylor Swift, ”, Swift, Beyonce Organizations: AMC Theaters, AMC, Netflix, Billboard Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Kansas City , Missouri

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. The latest round includes a flood of messages from world leaders and pop culture figures donning “Jimmy Carter 99” hats, with many of them focusing on Carter’s four decades of global humanitarian work after leaving the Oval Office. The year Carter was born, Congress passed sweeping immigration restrictions, sharply curtailing Ellis Island as a portal to the nation. As governor and president, Carter set new marks for appointing Black Americans to top government posts. At 99, Carter’s Sunday online church circuit includes watching Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator, the Rev.

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☆ This Montana college town ranks No. 1 as the most fun city for young people—what it's like to live there
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The metro area around Missoula, Montana, ranked No. Tucked away in western Montana is America's most fun city for young adults. "There are so many big names, it doesn't make sense for how big the area is," Tong says. Don't miss: These are the top 10 states for young workers to find jobs, live affordably and have funMissoula ranks No. Tong says one big misconception of living in Missoula is that college students are everywhere, but she hasn't found that to be the case.

Persons: DeJohn, Jaclyn DeJohn, Sturgell, Tong, Brandon Sturgell, Summer Tong, Bon Iver, Jimmy Eat, Elton John, hasn't, we've Organizations: University of Montana's, MIT, Wilma Theatre downtown, Missoula, CNBC Locations: Missoula, Missoula , Montana, Montana, U.S, Tulsa, Okla, Mont, Portland ,, Denver

☆ Lil Nas X’s Toronto Film Festival documentary premiere delayed due to threat from a ‘passerby,’ police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lil Nas X’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere for his documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed Saturday while police investigated a threat in the area, officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday. “Yesterday, at the TIFF, a passerby uttered a threat towards private security. Out of an abundance of caution, the Toronto Police and the private security swept the scene and cleared within 20 minutes. To our knowledge, this was a general threat and not directed at the film or the artist,” the statement continued. Directed by Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel, “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” features footage of Lil Nas X “as he navigated the whirlwind of fame, creativity, and growing responsibility that came with his meteoric success,” according to an official synopsis.

Persons: Lil Nas, Montero ”, ” Victor Kwong, Alejandra Sosa, “, Montero, Roy Thomson, Carlos López Estrada, Zac Manuel, “ Lil Nas, who’ve, ” Organizations: CNN, Toronto Police, Media, Toronto Police Service

☆ Beyoncé wants everyone to wear silver and Etsy sellers are benefiting
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The Queen, better known as Beyoncé, had a dress code in mind for Renaissance tour concert goers attending her “House of Chrome,” as she described her concerts. Unprecedented salesAt a pivotal moment during each concert, Beyoncé flicks her wrist and pans out her black handheld fan. A group of fans pose for a portrait before entering Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 in Inglewood, CA. “I did not see them becoming my best seller, much less my by-far-best-seller, because of something as random as a concert tour,” Fritts said. That demand was quickly replaced with silver bedazzled shades earlier this month after Beyoncé’s silver announcement.

Persons: Etsy, Taylor, “, ” VenuezNVibez, ”, Beyoncé, Erin Fritts, she’s, Taylor Swift, it’s, ” Fritts, Jason Armond, Fritts, Sydney Baloue, ” Baloue, Tracy Swank, Swank, DaKeitha Bennett, I’ve, ” Bennett Organizations: New, New York CNN, Chrome, New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York, ”, Charlotte , North Carolina, Inglewood , CA, Florida, California, Baltimore, Etsy, Flint , Michigan

☆ Beyoncé Fuels a Small-Business Boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sanam Yar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Virgo season dawned, Beyoncé — perhaps the world’s most famous Virgo, who named a track on her seventh album, “Renaissance,” after the star sign — had a birthday request. The performer, now in the last month of her Renaissance World Tour, posted a message on her website and Instagram on Aug. 23 encouraging fans to wear silver to her concerts through Virgo season, which ends on Sept. 22. “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night,” the message read. Virgo season together in the house of chrome.”The tour has already been a fashion show, with attendees wearing bejeweled cowboy hats and more looks inspired by the album’s visuals and Beyoncé’s stage outfits. On TikTok, concertgoers posted videos of their original non-silver looks set to audio of high-pitched screaming.

Persons: Beyoncé —, —, concertgoers, Gayle King, Rosie O’Donnell Locations: Las

☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that stuck Burning Man festivalgoers are 'probably being brainwashed' that climate change is 'the root of all evil'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

More than 70,000 Burning Man attendees were stranded at the Nevada campsite following torrential floods. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said they're probably being 'brainwashed' about climate change. The annual weeklong Burning Man festival, which is held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, faced a series of challenges this year. Greene isn't the only member of Congress who's been outspoken recently against Burning Man. "God's judgement is real," he wrote online before then openly wondering if any festivalgoers had been influenced into converting to Christianity due to this year's tumultuous Burning Man.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, they're, festivalgoers, Alex Jones, Greene, Jones, Greene isn't, who's, GOP Sen, Mike Lee of, there's, hasn't, Diplo, Chris Rock, Neal Katyal, Greene didn't Organizations: GOP, Service, Republican, CNN, concertgoers, Burning Man, Twitter Locations: Nevada, Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Mike Lee of Utah

☆ "Barbenheimer" makes waves for July's movie spending, but box office recovery still lags
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Amina Niasse | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - "Barbenheimer" - the twin-bill summer box office phenom - sure helped to drive U.S. consumers back to cinemas last month, but movie-going is still struggling to catch up to other recreational spending categories post-pandemic. While that helped long-suffering box office receipts, it made less of a splash for overall consumer spending when compared to larger categories like clothing and household furnishings, economists at Oxford Economics said. It made a big difference in the live-event spending area though, at least for the moment. This summer’s box office has been out of the ordinary with ticket sales for the season up $500 million from last summer’s sales, according to data firm Box Office Mojo. While other categories of live-event spending have fully recovered from the hit delivered by pandemic shutdowns, film attendance outlays remain at roughly 65% of their pre-COVID levels.

Persons: Mike Blake, Oppenheimer, Michael Pearce, Taylor, Amina Niasse, Dan Burns, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, Commerce Department, Warner Bros, Oxford Economics, Graphics, Mojo, Sporting, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Gillette, Billboard, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Massachusetts

New York CNN Business —Taylor Swift’s era-defining “Eras” tour is flying like a jet stream, high above the music scene — by billions of dollars. The tour could gross $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to August survey data from research firm QuestionPro provided to CNN exclusively. ‘An economic phenomenon’“Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour is rewriting the playbook of entertainment economics,” said Chris Leyden, director of growth marketing at SeatGeek. “She’s not just a performer — she’s an economic phenomenon.”The average resale price of an “Eras” ticket was $1,607, SeatGeek told CNN. Swift kicked off the highly-anticipated “Eras” — her first tour since her “Reputation” stadium tour in 2018 — in March.

Persons: New York CNN Business — Taylor, QuestionPro, Swift, Elton John’s, Larry Miller, New York University Steinhardt, “, ”, Miller, concertgoers, Taylor, Chris Leyden, “ She’s, —, SeatGeek, “ Taylor, Terri Shoemaker, Taylor Swift, Hell, Swifties, “ We’ve, Ethan Chernofsky, That’s, it’s, I’ve Organizations: New York CNN Business, North, CNN, New York University, Swift, Arizona Food Bank Network, Retailers, Ticketmaster, Entertainment, Nissan Locations: Los Angeles, American, North America, Arizona, Philadelphia, Nashville , Tennessee, Arlington , Texas

☆ Lionel Richie apologizes after last-minute concert cancellation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Lionel Richie performed on Monday after her had to cancel a concert at the last-minute over the weekend. The singer was forced to postpone a scheduled New York City concert with Earth, Wind, & Fire at Madison Square Garden on Saturday an hour after the show was supposed to begin. “And when those two decided it’s a no — when God says no and when the pilot says no, the answer …” Richie explained on stage Monday in video shared by concertgoers. “Due to severe weather and being unable to land in the NY and surrounding areas, I’m unable to make it to the show tonight,” he wrote. Tickets for tonight’s show are valid for the show on Monday.”Richie is currently headlining “Sing a Song All Night Long Tour” with Earth, Wind & Fire.

Persons: Lionel Richie, “, ’, ” Richie, ‘, ” Organizations: CNN, New York, Fire, concertgoers Locations: New, New York City, Madison, NY

☆ Taylor Swift’s Viral Era
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Matt Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift, wearing a long green gown, takes a swan dive pose and jumps into a hole in the stage. A large crowd of Taylor Swift fans sing together in a parking lot outside of her concert. Taylor performs in a “full on deluge.”Rain pours down on a smiling Taylor Swift as she performs onstage. Taylor Swift, sitting at a piano, explains to concertgoers that it is malfunctioning and playing itself. The actor Taylor Lautner enters the stage with a backflip to greet Taylor Swift.

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☆ Taylor Swift friendship bracelets: Etsy shop owners capitalize on Eras Tour craze by making concert bracelets as a side hustle
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The 46-year-old mother said she sold over 5,000 Taylor Swift-themed friendship bracelets on her Etsy shop this summer, bringing in about $16,000 in sales. She is part of a group of Etsy shop owners who are selling Swift-themed bracelets for serious cash. Her daughter suggested listing them on her Etsy shop, which typically sells hairbows and headbands for babies and toddlers. “I will continue to make them as long as people want them.”Jamie Thompkins has sold more than 5,000 friendship bracelets to Taylor Swift concertgoers. Similar to the other Etsy shop owners, Papson put her leftover friendship bracelets online and has earned about $1800 so far.

Persons: Jamie Thompkins, Taylor Swift, ” Thompkins, Thompkins, ”, “, ” Jamie Thompkins, Jamie Thompkins Swift, ” Swift, You’ve, Swift, Jennifer Garner, Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Travis Kelce, Taylor roberts, Taylor Roberts, we’ve, hasn’t, There’s, Aimee Papson, Roberts, ” Roberts, …, ” Aimee Papson, Taylor, Papson, Papon Organizations: CNN, Kansas City, Swift, Gillette Locations: Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, Arlington , Texas, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Boston, Block Island, Rhode Island, Nashville

☆ How About More VIP Treatment In Unusual Places?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Joe Queenan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Last week The Wall Street Journal ran a story about how VIP passes are radically remaking the music festival business. Fed up with getting banged around and having beer spilled all over them by the Great Unwashed, concertgoers are willing to pay $400 for one-day festival passes so that they can be close to the stage, have access to bathrooms with no lines, enter and exit the venue effortlessly and just generally avoid rubbing shoulders with the down-market hoi polloi.

Persons: concertgoers Organizations: Street Journal

☆ Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, addresses alleged Lizzo snub
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Tina Knowles has appeared to refute the theory that her daughter Beyoncé dropped mentioning Lizzo on tour because of a lawsuit. The lyrics to the song include references to “Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl,’ Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack” and other prominent women, which Beyoncé recorded with Madonna. That led some to believe the superstar was distancing herself from Lizzo. Knowles jumped in the comments on an Instagram post about the alleged snub. “She also didn’t say her own sister’s name yal [sic] should really stop,” Knowles wrote.

Persons: Tina Knowles, Beyoncé, Lizzo, Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Kelly Rowl, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack ”, Knowles, ” Knowles Organizations: CNN

☆ Why Are Dave Matthews Band Fans So Loyal?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On an afternoon in June while wildfire smoke enveloped Manhattan, people lined up outside Irving Plaza — some before dawn, some sporting face masks, some fresh off red-eye flights — to see Dave Matthews. That night, the 56-year-old balladeer was playing a rare solo gig celebrating his namesake band’s new album, “Walk Around the Moon.”Josh Roberts, 42, a special-education teacher in Las Vegas, who has seen the Dave Matthews Band, or DMB, 523 times, stood in that line. Mr. Roberts estimates that he has spent $100,000 on tickets and travel since discovering the band as a struggling high school junior in 1995. “This band has songs about love, depression, sex, things that you connect to,” he said. Mr. Matthews is the first to admit he doesn’t always get it right.

Persons: —, Dave Matthews, balladeer, ” Josh Roberts, Roberts, ”, Matthews, doesn’t, “, ’ ”, DMB Organizations: Irving, ChatGPT Locations: Manhattan, Las Vegas, TriBeCa, Charlottesville, Va, DMB

☆ A 5G-powered app could be the solution to muddy speakers at concerts and sporting events — but it's not for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Kristina Etter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mixhalo is an app that streams sound directly from the mixing board to concertgoers' earphones. The audio platform Mixhalo is leveraging 5G to deliver high-quality audio directly to event attendees' earbuds in real time. A user checks the Mixhalo app at an LA Football Club game. And sync issues between the live sound and the app can also happen, particularly when using wireless or Bluetooth headphones. For sports fans, Mixhalo is in use by the Los Angeles Football Club, the Sacramento Kings, and at NASCAR events.

Persons: Mike Einziger, Ann Marie Simpson, Corey Laplante, Mixhalo, Reddit, Laplante, Sting Organizations: 5G, LA Football, Apple, Incubus, Stern Grove Festival, Los Angeles Football Club, Sacramento Kings, NASCAR Locations: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Sacramento

☆ Ozzy Osbourne pulls out of Power Trip festival citing health problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —British rock icon Ozzy Osbourne announced on Monday he was pulling out of the Power Trip music festival scheduled for October, citing persistent health problems that have plagued his career in recent years. The Power Trip festival, to be held in California, is set to feature some of the world’s biggest names in rock and metal including Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Metallica. Osbourne, 74, also nicknamed the Prince of Darkness, began his career as a member of groundbreaking metal band Black Sabbath. In the 90s, Osbourne and wife, Sharron, founded the popular music festival, Ozzfest, providing a platform for a new generation of metal bands such as Slipknot. “Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way,” he wrote at the time.

Persons: Ozzy Osbourne, optimistically, ”, Metallica, Osbourne, Prince, Darkness, Sharron Organizations: CNN, Twitter, MTV Locations: British, California, Los Angeles, England

☆ Harry Styles hit in eye with object while performing on stage at Vienna concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Harry Styles was hit in the eye by an object thrown at the stage while he was performing in Vienna on Saturday, marking the latest incident in an ever-growing list of similar situations in recent weeks. Video footage posted on social media by concertgoers shows the “As It Was” singer walking on the stage as an object hits him square in the eye during a “Love on Tour” concert. Styles has yet to update his followers on his social media, but CNN has reached out to a representative for the singer seeking comment on the incident. The unfortunate incident isn’t the first time Styles has been the target of a flying object while he was performing on stage. In 2022, videos posted on social media showed Styles was hit by Skittles thrown at him during a Los Angeles concert.

Persons: Harry Styles, Styles, Skittles, “ Didn’t, ” Styles, who’ve, Drake, Bebe Rexha, Kelsea Ballerini, Ava Max, Ballerini, Max, Adele Organizations: CNN, Los, Las Locations: Vienna, Los Angeles

“In this instance, the grand jury of the 228th District Court of Harris County found that no crime did occur, that no single individual was criminally responsible,” Ogg said. But a tragedy isn’t always a crime, and not every death is a homicide,” Ogg also said. He’s looking forward to getting back home after being cleared by the grand jury,” Schaffer told CNN. The grand jury met for six hours and homicide detectives testified, according to Schaffer. It was unclear at the time what Scott saw from the stage and whether he was aware of the conditions in the crowd.

Persons: Travis Scott –, Kim Ogg, John Junnell, Brett Silberstein, ” Ogg, isn’t, “, Scott, Travis Scott, ”, Ted Anastasiou, Kent Schaffer, Schaffer, ” Schaffer, Troy Finner, Mike Barrow Organizations: CNN, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, District, Schaffer . Houston Police Department, Houston Fire Department, Houston Police Locations: Harris County, Harris

☆ Joni Mitchell Finally Returned. Her Fans Were Waiting.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Lindsay Zoladz | Justin J Wee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the night of June 10 at the majestic Gorge Amphitheater in George, Wash., on the lip of the Columbia River, the 79-year-old singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell played her first headlining show in 23 years. Her appearance had the air of a comet’s return: rare, breathlessly awaited and well worth camping out all night. That many concertgoers had traveled long distances made the experience feel all the more like a Mitchell song — perhaps one of the poetic highway travelogues recorded on her 1976 album “Hejira,” or even one of the romantic, intercontinental voyages she sang about on her 1971 landmark “Blue.” It was a crowd dotted with tie-dye and graying braids, yes, but also one full of lifelong friends reunited, mothers and children bonding over intergenerational musical tastes and enough homemade Mitchell T-shirts to rival Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. As Mitchell said to the adoring crowd as it held glowing cellphone lights aloft, paraphrasing one of her most memorable songs, “You’re stardust, and golden.”

Persons: Joni Mitchell, breathlessly, concertgoers, Mitchell, Taylor, “ You’re Locations: George, Columbia

☆ Taylor Swift is an unlikely public transit icon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Taylor Swift, public transit savior? Public transit systems across the United States are getting a much-needed, if temporary, boost from Taylor Swift fans flooding trains, buses and subways to her sold-out Eras Tour. As transit agencies scramble to recover from the pandemic, transit experts say all those Swifies taking mass transit offer lessons for policymakers on how to adapt to the post-pandemic world. Philadelphia’s SEPTA system and New Jersey Transit also got a boost from concertgoers taking mass transit to Swift shows. But public transit agencies still have yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic.

Persons: New York CNN — Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift’s, Swift, Raymond James, Matthew Dickens, Taylor, ”, Jim Aloisi, Aloisi, Yanfeng Ouyang Organizations: New, New York CNN, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, Soldier, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Mercedes, Benz, SEPTA, New Jersey Transit, Swift, American Public Transportation Association, Public, MIT, Transportation, University of Illinois Locations: New York, United States, New Jersey, Pittsburgh , Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

☆ New report shows Ticketmaster controls the vast majority of the live event business, and any promises of 'transparency' just mean they'll overcharge concertgoers more brazenly
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Live Nation Entertainment announced new "transparent" pricing where it will display fees at the beginning of the transaction. While this has been on Biden's agenda for months, he hasn't addressed the grip Live Nation Entertainment has on the entertainment industry. Republican state Sen. Scott Wilk introduced a bill in early 2023 to ban exclusivity contracts in the ticketing industry. Ultimately, she said, it's up to the Department of Justice to investigate and potentially take action on Live Nation Entertainment. According to the New York Times, the DOJ opened an antitrust investigation into Live Nation Entertainment in late 2022.

Persons: hasn't, —, Biden, Krista Brown, Sen, Scott Wilk, Wilk, Brown Organizations: Nation Entertainment, Service, Ticketmaster, American Economic Liberties, Nation, Congress, Entertainment, California's State Senate, Department of Justice, New York Times, DOJ, Live Nation Entertainment Locations: United States, California's

☆ German metal band Rammstein’s lead singer Till Lindemann under investigation on allegations of sexual offenses and distribution of narcotics
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Inke Kappeler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Till Lindemann, the lead singer of German industrial metal band Rammstein is under investigation on allegations relating to sexual offenses and the distribution of narcotics on the basis of “several criminal complaints,” according to a spokeswoman for the Berlin’s Public Prosecutor’s office. Neither the band nor Lindemann have commented publicly since the investigation was launched on Wednesday, or responded to CNN’s request for comment. Concertgoers have accused Lindemann of coercion and systematic abuse of young women on social media in recent weeks. After Lynn went public with her account, German Youtuber Kayla Shyx, 21, released a video revealing details about her experience at a Rammstein concert in Berlin the previous year. The band is scheduled to perform in Berlin on July, 15, 16 and 18, with all concerts sold out.

Persons: Till Lindemann, Lindemann, Christian Schertz, Simon Bergmann, Concertgoers, Shelby Lynn, Lynn, Lindemann’s, “, ” Lynn, Rammstein, ”, Till, Kayla Shyx, Shyx, ” Shyx, ” KiWi, Iris Spranger Organizations: CNN, German Journalists Association Locations: Lithuanian, Vilnius, Berlin, Europe, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Poland, Belgium, Minneapolis , Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City

☆ Live Nation and Ticketmaster pledge to show you exactly how many fees you're paying on concert tickets up front
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with companies like Live Nation to discuss "junk fees." Before meeting, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and SeatGeek agreed to show all additional fees up front. Live Nation Entertainment — made up of Live Nation and Ticketmaster — is doing away with unexpected "junk fees" amid pressure from frustrated concertgoers and President Joe Biden. Prior to the meeting, both Live Nation and SeatGeek agreed to show any additional fees up front during ticket purchases. "It is also just a first step towards addressing junk fees in the economy."

Persons: Joe Biden, SeatGeek, —, concertgoers, Biden, Taylor Swift, Drake, Robert Smith Organizations: Ticketmaster, Morning, Nation, Live, White, Department of Justice, Nation Entertainment

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