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PHISH: INDEPENDENT SPIRITS
July 04, 2009 - Features
By the time Phish charged into a loose, swinging cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" some two hours into its Friday night set in front of a rapturous crowd of 70,000 at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., it was clear that the band had its groove back. » Full Story
PHISH: FALLING INTO PLACE
July 04, 2009 - Features
According to Our (ATO) Records was founded in 1999 by Dave Matthews and Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management. ATO's current GM is John Biondolillo. » Full Story
TECH N9NE: TECH SUPPORT
July 04, 2009 - Features
Strange Music co-principal Travis O'Guin has instituted a three-tiered Tech N9ne product line at the label. » Full Story
INDEPENDENT INVESTORS
July 04, 2009 - Features
Madness and the Prodigy, U.K. bands steeped in sales success, have been enjoying returns to chart heights in 2009 thanks to innovative deals that encompass financial planning that vastly differs from traditional major-label backing. » Full Story
CAN YOU HEAR HER NOW?
July 04, 2009 - Features
Like many Brazilian 16-year-olds, Mallu Magalhães has made her mother cry. In the singer/songwriter's case, however, she moved her mom to tears as she serenaded her with Johnny Cash. » Full Story
PLACEBO: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
July 04, 2009 - Features
Placebo’s “Sun” is rising in the east—and continuing to rise in the west. The London-based alt-rock band opted to go out on its own when its Virgin/EMI deal ended last year after five albums. » Full Story
THE BILLBOARD Q&A: MAC MCCAUGHAN & LAURA BALLANCE
July 04, 2009 - Features
Mac McCaughan & Laura BallanceMerge's founders look back on 20 years of indie rock » Full Story
THE POWER OF THE PRIEST
July 04, 2009 - Features
There’s no denying Priest’s place as a heavy metal deity. » Full Story
JUDAS PRIEST: A PRIESTLY LEGACY
July 04, 2009 - Features
While Judas Priest has released several studio albums in recent years—including "Angel of Retribution" in 2005 and the conceptual "Nostradamus" in 2008—an active catalog campaign has also helped the band's visibility. » Full Story
JUDAS PRIEST: DIGITAL PRIEST
July 04, 2009 - Features
When it comes to the Internet, Judas Priest is all about, as the song says, "delivering the goods" to its fans. » Full Story
JUDAS PRIEST: 'WHAT WE LIVE FOR'
July 04, 2009 - Features
The discovery that Judas Priest was "a dynamite live band" led to Bill Curbishley's desire nearly 30 years ago to manage the group. » Full Story
SPECIAL FEATURES: A FEW FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
July 04, 2009 - Features
With some 600 performances planned for the 30th-anniversary edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival June 30-July 12, any list of highlights seems incomplete. » Full Story
SPECIAL FEATURE: UNDER THE STARS
July 04, 2009 - Features
In the three decades since the Montreal International Jazz Festival staged its first summer performance, the event has become a favorite of fans, critics and musicians. » Full Story
SPECIAL FEATURES: A WORD FROM THEIR SPONSORS
July 04, 2009 - Features
The Montreal International Jazz Festival's organizers have wooed the essential financial backing of sponsors for their event, in part, by taking the music to the streets. » Full Story
MAXWELL: SUMMER IN THE CITY
June 27, 2009 - Features
Sade did it. It's been nine years since she released "Lover's Rock," which sold 3.9 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. » Full Story
MAXWELL: PARTNERS IN CRIME
June 27, 2009 - Features
". . . Til the Cops Come Knockin'," 1996... "Lifetime," 2001... "Pretty Wings," 2009... "Bad Habits," 2009... "Cold," 2009... » Full Story
THE PRICE YOU PAY
June 27, 2009 - Features
In April, soon after Apple gave labels the ability to set different prices for their songs on iTunes, every track on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was raised to $1.29.Some music fans complained about these price increases, and many technology executives and bloggers proclaimed that labels were making the wrong move. » Full Story
DYNAMIC DILEMMA
June 27, 2009 - Features
While the music industry experiments with the new fixed-tier variable pricing system, many are already looking to the next logical evolution of the model—dynamic pricing. » Full Story
ANGELO MEDINA: CROSSOVER KING
June 27, 2009 - Features
Depending on whom you ask, there are at least 20 people directly responsible for Ricky Martin's legendary appearance at the 1999 Grammy Awards. Virtually everyone says it was probably the most memorable and career-changing performance for an artist at the Grammys. » Full Story
THE BILLBOARD Q&A: ANGELO MEDINA
June 27, 2009 - Features
Tall, gentlemanly and preternaturally calm, Angelo Medina looks more like a Caribbean dandy than a mega music manager. In three decades of managing acts and promoting shows, Medina has kept his cool, built a broad base of support and respect, and developed new ways of doing business, from facilitating crossovers to forging new alliances. » Full Story
ANGELO MEDINA: THE CLIENTS
June 27, 2009 - Features
With one exception, all of Angelo Medina's clients are from his native Puerto Rico. But they vary widely in popularity, scope and genre. » Full Story
 


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