Eleven New Fillmore Venues Planned By Live Nation

Beginning April 11, Live Nation will be rebranding eleven existing venues as Fillmore franchises. Reflecting the Victorian hippie decor of Haight-Ashbury, when Live Nation opens doors at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza it will be with a new face decorated with chandeliers similar to ones at the San Fran venue, a new coat of bordello deep red paint, hundreds of vintage posters, handbills and photographs of Fillmore perfs as well as past...

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Bonnaroo Festival Buys 530 Acre Farm For $8.7 Million

The promoters of the annual Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee have paid $8.7 million for the 530-acre farm where the event takes place. According to tofficial records, Bonnaroo producers A.C. Entertainment and Superfly Presents bought the Manchester tract for $8,686,482 from owner Sam McAllister. The deal works out at $16,374 per acre, well above the $8,000-$10,000 per acre the Coffee County Property Assessors office says land is...

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