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64-408: The Voodoo Experience has hosted a wide variety of artists, and has had as many as 180,000 festival-goers in 2018. Voodoo is owned by Live Nation Entertainment , which acquired a majority stake in 2013, and was produced by its Austin-based subsidiary C3 Presents after being acquired. Don Kelly, Voodoo's former General Counsel and COO, is Festival Director has overseen the event. The Voodoo Experience

128-506: A 49% stake in the event, and became Live Nation's President of North American Festivals. The final day of the 2015 edition was canceled due to inclement weather. In 2016, operations for the festival were taken over by Live Nation subsidiary C3 Presents , organizers of Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits Music Festival , with Sig Greenebaum and Don Kelly promoted to co-directors in place of Rehage. With

192-403: A concert incident. In June 2013, Live Nation was charged with violating Ontario health and safety laws following a 2012 stage collapse at a Radiohead concert that killed one crew member. A 2019 inquest returned a verdict of accidental death . A British inquest later that year found that inadequate technical advice and construction techniques had caused the death. On October 1, 2017,

256-925: A controlling interest in BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival, Salt Lake City-based concert promoter United Concerts, and CT Touring. In 2021, Live Nation acquired a majority stake in streaming entertainment company Veeps. In 2013, the company acquired the New Orleans Voodoo Music + Arts Experience . Live Nation later acquired C3 Presents in Austin, Texas (2014), Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee (2015), Knoxville-based AC Entertainment (2016), Red Mountain Entertainment (2018), and Emporium Presents. In October 2019, Live Nation acquired

320-699: A controlling interest in Israeli promoter Blue Stone Entertainment and the United Kingdom 's Cuffe & Taylor. In May 2018, Live Nation Entertainment also acquired a majority stake in Brazil 's Rock in Rio festival, including from previous stakeholder SFX Entertainment , which was involved in a failed attempt at a U.S. version of the event in Las Vegas , with its founder Roberto Medina continuing to manage

384-555: A key to the city, following the Voodoo 2005 post-Katrina event. Voodoo was first held as a single day event on October 30, 1999, at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Stephen Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and a mix of local and national acts including headliners Wyclef Jean and Moby . As the U.S. festival market swelled, Voodoo continued its growth, increasing both

448-647: A limited 500 copy vinyl release of August 21, 2020 via TSM Recordings. The band addressed the long period of inactivity and the rebirth of the band in press coverage of the release. A single, "Talos' Corpse", was released simultaneously. "Awake in the Brain Chamber" is performed by Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza, featuring musicians Benjamin Curtis, Chris Kyle, Brian Bisordi and Sarah Pedinotti (of Okkervil River and LipTalk). Songs were mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer and mastered by Joe Lambert. Original album artwork

512-1299: A majority stake in David Grutman 's Groot Hospitality, which includes several nightclubs and restaurants in the Miami metropolitan area , including the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel's LIV nightclub. In 2018, the company acquired majority stakes in Wisconsin -based Frank Productions. In 2012, the company announced a partnership with Creativeman Productions, based in Tokyo , Japan. In August 2015, Live Nation announced it would form Live Nation Germany, in partnership with German promoter Marek Lieberberg . Live Nation Germany would also have oversight over Live Nation events in Austria and Switzerland . In February 2016, Live Nation acquired Canada's largest independent concert promoter, Union Events. The following month in March 2016, Live Nation acquired Big Concerts International, South Africa's leading concert promoter. In 2017, Live Nation purchased

576-401: A new single "Like I Can" along with "A terrible light" was released digitally, and Brandon announced plans for a new Secret Machines album, to be titled The Moth, The Lizard and The Secret Machines . While no official announcement was made, the band was inactive since 2010. In 2016, Run Out Groove Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, announced that fans had voted Now Here is Nowhere as

640-554: A series of tours in support of the album, including opening for U2 for three dates in Mexico. Following the album's release, the band were interviewed for radio by David Bowie – a fan of the band. On March 3 2007, Benjamin Curtis announced his departure in order to focus full-time on his new band, School of Seven Bells . On December 29, 2013, Curtis died of lymphoma in New York City at age 35. After Ben's departure from

704-635: A style of shoegaze . The band described Ten Silver Drops as "being influenced by our love for Brian Eno and all things experimental, on the other hand was our love for The Beatles ." They have toured with U2 , Foo Fighters , Spiritualized , Oasis , Interpol , M83 , Kings of Leon , among others. Secret Machines supported the British rock trio Muse at London's Earls Court in December 2004. They appeared at Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago and

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768-494: Is included within its concerts division and also includes Front Line Management and Roc Nation . Live Nation Entertainment owns and operates hundreds of venues globally. The company sells tickets to live events through Ticketmaster . The company has faced various lawsuits alleging ticket price fixing , hidden fees and anti-competitive practices . In May 2022, Representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district Bill Pascrell stated that he had issued letters to

832-870: Is known for including national artists from all genres, such as Stone Temple Pilots , Foo Fighters , Marilyn Manson , Pearl Jam , Metallica , Rage Against the Machine , Muse , Eminem , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Arcade Fire , Tiësto , Nine Inch Nails , KISS , R.E.M. , Modest Mouse , Thirty Seconds to Mars , Calvin Harris , The Weeknd , Deadmau5 , The Black Keys , Neil Young , Green Day , Snoop Dogg , Duran Duran , Porcupine Tree , The Smashing Pumpkins , My Chemical Romance , 50 Cent , Cowboy Mouth and 311 as well as local Louisiana musicians such as The Original Meters , Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue , The Preservation Hall Jazz Band , Rebirth Brass Band , and Dr. John . Since its 1999 Halloween weekend debut,

896-722: The Carling Reading and Leeds Festivals in England in the same year, as well as the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas. On September 7, 2022, Emily Haines of Metric announced that Secret Machines will be supporting Metric on the U.S. leg of their Doomscroller tour. The band contributed three tracks to the soundtrack for the 2007 film Across the Universe : a duet of " I Am the Walrus " with Bono on lead vocals, and

960-681: The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice calling for Live Nation to be unwound and broken up, citing its safety record and other factors. These calls were repeated in November 2022 after the Taylor Swift ( The Eras Tour ) Ticketmaster controversy . On August 2, 2023, Dynamic Ticket Systems, LLC. sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation for patent infringement. Destiny's Child manager Mathew Knowles unsuccessfully sued Live Nation in 2011, asserting that

1024-640: The Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island . In 2021, Live Nation announced a joint venture with Duke Concept, a concert promoter specialising in African artists, in which Duke Concept handles production and logistics with Live Nation providing support and a network of venues, for touring Afrobeat artists. In 2013, Live Nation announced a joint venture with Insomniac Events , a promoter focused on electronic dance music . The company continued to invest in music festivals and promoters in 2017, purchasing

1088-667: The New York City -based parent company of the Governors Ball Music Festival . In 2017, Live Nation announced New York City-based promotion company Mercury East in partnership with Michael Swier, a founder of The Bowery Presents , since acquired by AEG . The deal brought former "indie" clubs Mercury Lounge and Bowery Ballroom under the Live Nation umbrella, along with other Live Nation-owned venues including Irving Plaza , Gramercy Theatre , and

1152-793: The Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting left 58 people dead and hundreds more injured. It is the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The shooter fired at attendees from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay . The victims settled for $ 800 million and received their settlements four years after the shooting. In November 2021, a crowd crushing incident occurred at Astroworld Festival —a Live Nation-promoted concert in Houston organized and headlined by rapper Travis Scott —which resulted in 10 fatalities and nearly 5,000 injuries. Live Nation, Scott, and other parties involved have been named in over 387 lawsuits related to

1216-544: The U.S. Department of Justice announced it was suing Live Nation Entertainment over what it alleges are anti-competitive practices. The DOJ was joined in the lawsuit by 29 states and the District of Columbia. Live Nation has been linked to at least 200 deaths and 750 injuries at its events in seven countries since 2006. From 2016 to 2019, they had also been cited for at least ten OSHA violations, fined for several more serious incidents, and sued civilly at least once for

1280-487: The 2008 EP as well as an alternate version recorded with Peter Mavrogeorgis on guitar and Jim Sclavunos contributing percussions. In September it was announced that The Secret Machines would accompany Metric on the US leg of their Doomscroller tour with Phil Karnats re-joining on guitar for the tour. Secret Machines has been described as progressive rock with some krautrock influences. They describe themselves as space rock . Many have also cited Secret Machines as

1344-498: The Justice Department and a coalition of states sued to break up Live Nation over antitrust violations. In 2009, Live Nation and Ticketmaster , a concert promotion firm and ticketing company, reached an agreement to merge. The new company received regulatory approval and was named Live Nation Entertainment. Michael Rapino , then CEO of Live Nation, became the new company's CEO, while Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff

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1408-744: The Stone Age , The Secret Machines , the New York Dolls , and Kermit Ruffins were among the artists who all came together in celebration of a city they love. It marked the first major multi-musical performance in the two months since Hurricane Katrina’s effects were felt in the city. Voodoo in Memphis included a fundraiser for victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in AutoZone Park . The 2006 Voodoo Music Experience saw

1472-506: The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience announced an initial 15 acts to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Voodoo. The initial 15 acts include Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Calvin Harris, Bassnectar , Paramore , Macklemore & Ryan Lewis , Afrojack , Boys Noize , The Gaslight Anthem , Big Gigantic , How To Destroy Angels , Cults , Alkaline Trio , Desaparecidos and Robert DeLong . The 15th anniversary Voodoo celebration also marked

1536-548: The Voodoo Music Experience was displaced by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina . While plans were in full swing to move forward with a relocation to Memphis , Voodoo founder Stephen Rehage met with community leaders in New Orleans about the opportunity to move the event back home for one of its two days—as a tribute event for relief workers. Festival organizers and Memphis representatives alike agreed this

1600-458: The ability for class action status to be certified. Wu found in August 2023 that Live Nation's rule changes to potentially be "fundamentally unfair", and that New Era had "unchecked power" to group cases together as part of the bellwether arbitration process, and that New Era's limits could not reasonably allow plaintiffs to prove their case. Furthermore, Wu found that Live Nation offerings were often

1664-462: The annual event has become a Halloween tradition for music fans, both locally and others who travel from around the world. Throughout Voodoo’s 25-year run, more than one million festival-goers have gathered to see performances from about 2,000 artists. The event has also been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year and in 2005, Voodoo founder Stephen Rehage and his team were presented with

1728-404: The arbitration rules in order to gain “outsized settlement leverage” with Live Nation, citing the large fees that would have been charged to Live Nation if JAMS were to stay as arbitrator. Ultimately, federal judge George H. Wu , who was overseeing the proposed class action, ruled that the changing of arbitrators unilaterally made the entire arbitration agreement unconscionable, and kept in place

1792-505: The band for a film set in the Texas town of Marfa and included footage of the band recording new material and included an outdoor "concert" at night. The new "Marfa Song" was exclusively available in the film. In 2006, Ten Silver Drops , their second album, leaked onto file-sharing websites following the release of their lead single "Alone, Jealous and Stoned" in the UK . The album was critically-acclaimed by many publications. They embarked on

1856-451: The band in March 2007 to focus on his work with School of Seven Bells , and was replaced on guitar by Phil Karnats. The re-activated band is a two-piece, with the remaining members being Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza. Before forming Secret Machines, the members played in various Dallas bands such as UFOFU , Captain Audio, Comet , When Babies Eat Pennies, and Tripping Daisy . Captain Audio

1920-516: The band, Secret Machines played two shows in New York, one at the Annex, and the other at the newly opened Highline Ballroom. At these shows, the band played mostly new material off of their next album. They included two new members: Blasco ( Interpol 's touring keyboardist) on guitar, keyboards, and bass, and ex- Tripping Daisy member Phil E. Karnats on guitar. Since these shows, Karnats has become

1984-421: The careers of music artists. The company has faced widespread criticism over its central role in the consolidation of the live events industry, allegations that it proactively engages in anti-competitive practices , poor handling of the ticket sale process for highly popular events, and injuries and deaths that have occurred at many of its events. As of early 2023, Live Nation's annual shareholders report says

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2048-423: The company changed its arbitration provider and rules from JAMS to a startup, New Era ADR, who had rules and procedures much friendlier to Live Nation. In Skot Heckman et al v. Live Nation , an antitrust case based on Live Nation's inflated ticket prices, the initial filings described New Era's rules and procedures as abusive and " Kafkaesque ", and Live Nation's switch from JAMS to New Era as unfair since they made

2112-431: The company had spread false information about his business dealings with Beyoncé . In May 2024, the company confirmed rumours of a 1.3 TB data leak, at subsidiary Ticketmaster, whose potential impact may extend to over 500 million of their customers, making it one of the world's biggest digital security breaches. The leak was attributed to the malicious efforts of ShinyHunters , a hacker group who allegedly targeted

2176-411: The company has controlling interests in 338 venues globally and believes itself to be "the largest live entertainment company in the world," "the largest producer of live music concerts in the world," "the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing sales and marketing company," and "one of" the world's biggest artist management companies and music advertising networks for corporate brands. In May 2024,

2240-431: The company's Snowflake (cloud-based) infrastructure. The incident led to a class action lawsuit. In August of 2024, Irelands's consumer watchdog ruled out an investigation into ticket pricing "after some tickets jumped in price by over 400 per cent on Ticketmaster within minutes" and failures of their website during sales of upcoming concerts for the band Oasis to be performed in August of 2025. On May 23, 2024,

2304-470: The debut of City Park’s Festival Grounds, a new permanent home for Voodoo. Home to Voodoo since its 1999 debut—with the exception of Voodoo 2005, which was displaced by the city’s hurricane damage—New Orleans’ 1,300-acre City Park is the region’s principal recreation site that attracts over seven million visitors each year. In October 2013, a controlling stake in the festival was sold to Live Nation Entertainment , amid growing financial issues. Rehage retained

2368-609: The debut of three distinct areas on six distinct stages within the festivals landscape: Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival. Each of these areas was designed to uniquely showcase different sides of the personality of the festival and its New Orleans home: "Le Flambeau" features music and sounds consistent with the style of The Big Easy; "Le Ritual" features more mainstream music; and finally "Le Carnival" features indie bands, burlesque and circus acts. In 2007, Voodoo expanded to three days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimated 100,000+ fans in attendance. In April 2013,

2432-501: The decision to switch arbitration providers unilaterally and without sufficient notice. A prior filing also alleged that Live Nation had a hand in writing New Era's rules. Live Nation's switch to New Era and its rules were primarily based on its friendlier terms to Live Nation and its requirement that in instances where multiple related cases were filed into a "bellwether" arbitration system, where three cases would be decided in an expedited fashion and if settlements could not be reached after

2496-464: The festival site and musically expanding with the addition of stages and performers. During its second year in 2000, Voodoo became a two-day event, and garnered international attention with a headlining performance from Eminem in support of his debut album The Slim Shady LP . In 2007, Voodoo expanded to a three-day event. Originally scheduled for Halloween Weekend in New Orleans’ City Park,

2560-890: The festival's operations, and providing consulting to Live Nation. In April 2020, it was disclosed that Saudi Arabia 's Public Investment Fund (PIF) recently acquired a 5.7% stake in Live Nation, as of April 28, 2020, the investment was valued at just shy of $ 500 million. The transaction, performed on the open market, made the PIF Live Nation's third-largest shareholder. On April 25, 2022, Live Nation acquired Philippines -based promoter Music Management International (MMI) to create its local branch. Live Nation Entertainment's business segments are concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising. The company promotes and operates live music events and manages artists under its concerts division Live Nation Concerts . Live Nation Entertainment's artist management arm, called Artist Nation,

2624-702: The incident, which in January 2022 were combined down into a single case. In December 2021, the United States Congress House Oversight Committee announced a bipartisan investigation into Live Nation's role in the incident. In February 2022, the family of Drakeo the Ruler filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Live Nation in the Los Angeles County Superior Court , after the rapper

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2688-451: The interests of all of the other claimants, current and future, whom would be bound by rulings from the bellwether proceedings. Live Nation counter argued that New Era's rules were valid and that a simple rule change should not prohibit the arbitration clause from being enforced, and that the bellwether procedures should be used in order so that claims get decided quickly; Live Nation's attorneys further alleged that plaintiffs only sued over

2752-417: The new label's third project for vinyl re-issue. This marked the first release of the title in the U.S. on vinyl, limited to 1,625 copies. On September 10, 2018, the label announced that the band's album Ten Silver Drops had been voted by fans as the next ROG re-release and would include a six-song bonus disc containing B-sides and unreleased alternate versions of songs. Subsequently, Run Out Groove announced

2816-615: The new management, the festival underwent changes to its stage layout and infrastructure. Attendance peaked at around 150,000. The 2019 festival was hampered by Tropical Storm Olga , which brought extensive rain to the New Orleans area. The 2020 festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Although it initially announced plans to return in 2021, Voodoo announced in June 2021 that the festival had been cancelled and will not be held again until 2022, with no reasoning given. In June 2022, it

2880-469: The official guitarist of the band, replacing Ben. The band finished recording quickly during May 2007 and released a new, self-titled album in the United States on October 14, 2008, on their newly formed TSM recording and distributed by Worlds Fair Records. Karnats announced on his MySpace blog that he recorded guitar parts for the album and would continue to play live with the band. In 2010,

2944-732: The only places in certain regions to find events, and that patrons were effectively forced into either accepting Live Nation's terms or forgoing attending live events altogether. On appeal to the Ninth Circuit , the court concurred with Wu, with judges calling New Era's rules "cockamamie" and "just nuts". The Secret Machines Secret Machines are an American alternative rock band, originally from Dallas , Texas , United States, before moving to New York City . The original lineup consisted of two brothers, Brandon (vocals, bass guitar and keyboards) and Benjamin Curtis (guitar and backing vocals), and Josh Garza (drums). Benjamin left

3008-575: The release of Luxury the band went on extended hiatus and eventually disbanded when Garza and the Curtis brothers moved to New York, leaving Chellew in Dallas to form the band Chao and later join indie pop outfit The Happy Bullets . The band first recorded their EP September 000 in Chicago, six weeks after forming. Upon moving to New York the band further developed their sound and signed to Warner Brothers. In 2004, Secret Machines released their debut album, Now Here Is Nowhere . The song "Nowhere Again"

3072-470: The release of a double live album culled from a show on January 18, 2006 at the London nightclub The Garage. In January 2018 Brandon published on his twitter account a video of himself and drummer Josh Garza in the studio recording drums, leading to speculation of a return to activity for the band. On June 26 the band announced the availability of Awake in the Brain Chamber , to be released digitally and in

3136-786: The software, replace it with something else, or partner with another ticketing company. Additionally, Live Nation Entertainment was placed under a 10-year court order prohibiting it from retaliating against venues that choose to accept competing ticket contracts. In 2017, Live Nation Entertainment reported revenue of $ 10.3 billion. In April 2018, the United States Department of Justice launched an investigation following allegations by AEG that Live Nation pressured them into using Ticketmaster and intentionally avoided booking acts for AEG venues. Live Nation stated that decisions in selecting venues were not punitive, and were instead based on size and management. In 2020, Live Nation

3200-434: The suit to continue, ruling that "the fact that defendants knew security would be needed for the event, supports the finding that the performing artists’ safety was a concern for defendants and foreseeable to defendants." An antitrust class action lawsuit filed by four customers of Ticketmaster in 2023 alleged that two years earlier, when Live Nation was about to be faced with large amounts of demands for arbitration, that

3264-487: The three cases were decided, that the result of the three cases would apply to the rest of the cases automatically. New Era's rules further included limiting filings to ten pages, briefs to five pages, prohibitions on Discovery , and a maximum of 10 documents as evidence, which the plaintiffs described as “absurd” and which would severely hinder the probability impossible for bellwether claimants to meet antitrust pleading standards in their individual cases – let alone to protect

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3328-425: Was a vocal opponent of the merger at the time. On January 25, 2010, the U.S. Justice Department approved the merger pending certain conditions. Ticketmaster had to sell ownership of its self-ticketing company, Paciolan , and license its software to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which would allow it to compete "head-to-head" with Ticketmaster for business. AEG was given the option after five years to buy

3392-519: Was an amazing opportunity to increase the scope of the event. On October 29, 2005, an invitation-only celebration (previous ticket holders exempt) for police, firefighters, National Guard, military and countless others who had aided in the recovery efforts of the city was staged at the fly in Audubon Park in New Orleans, one of the few public spaces in the city not damaged in the recent Federal levee failure disaster . Nine Inch Nails , Queens of

3456-400: Was announced that the 2022 festival would not be held. The 1999 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held on October 31, 1999. The 2000 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 27–29, 2000. The 2001 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2001. The 2002 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 25–27, 2002. The 2003 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

3520-566: Was by Danny Scales. In promotional interviews the band indicated the shelved album from 2010, "the Moth, The Lizard and the Secret Machines" would be released. The Secret Machines released two companion EP's digitally and on cassette tape, Day 21 and dreaming of dreaming, in July 2022. Day 21 consisted of previously un-released material. Dreaming of Dreaming contains a re-mixed version of

3584-527: Was formed by Garza and vocalist/guitarist/chief songwriter Regina Chellew in the late Nineties as a two-piece noise duo. Brandon—and occasionally Ben—Curtis joined soon after as the original duo began to develop a more standard rock sound. In a little over a year they had recorded and released the EP My Ears Are Ringing But My Heart's OK and the full-length Luxury Or Whether It Is Better To Be Loved Than Feared . Shortly after

3648-511: Was held October 27–29, 2017. Friday Saturday Sunday The 2018 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held October 26–28, 2018. Friday Live Nation Entertainment Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster . It promotes, operates and manages ticket sales for live entertainment internationally. It also owns and operates entertainment venues and manages

3712-468: Was held from October 24–26, 2008. The 2009 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 30-November 1, 2009. The 2010 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 29–31, 2010. The 2011 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–30, 2011. The 2012 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2012. The 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from November 1–3, 2013. The 2014 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

3776-480: Was held from October 31-November 1, 2003. The 2004 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 29–31, 2004. The 2005 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held on October 29–30, 2005 in New Orleans and Memphis . The 2006 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–29, 2006. The 2007 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2007. The 2008 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

3840-507: Was held from October 31-November 2, 2014. The 2015 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 30-November 1, 2015. Friday Saturday Sunday The 2016 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–30, 2016. During their Sunday headlining set, Arcade Fire recorded the audience singing a melody for an unreleased song for its upcoming album, which later became " Everything Now ". Friday Saturday Sunday The 2017 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

3904-476: Was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic , with essentially all concerts and sporting events around the world on hold. The company has been sued as it has been reluctant to offer full refunds to customers, though it has since amended its refund rules to address those complaints. On February 25, 2021, Live Nation released its full-year 2020 financial results, of which the company saw revenues fall by 84%. In 2016, Live Nation acquired Founders Entertainment,

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3968-511: Was killed in a homicide that occurred backstage at the Once Upon a Time in LA music festival at BMO Stadium . The suit claimed that Live Nation had negligently failed to employ proper and effective security measures at the event. Live Nation sought a motion to dismiss the suit, arguing that the incident was rare and "unforeseen". In January 2023, judge Yolanda Orozc rejected the motion and allowed

4032-497: Was named executive chairman. The merger was approved first in Norway and Turkey in 2009. The United Kingdom's Competition Commission provisionally ruled against the merger, but reversed its decision on December 22, 2009. The merger was opposed in the U.S. by some regulators, artists, fans, and competing firms, who argued it would reduce competition in the industry and increase ticket costs. Rock musician Bruce Springsteen

4096-522: Was used in promotional spots during its launch and appeared in the 2006 video game Driver: Parallel Lines . Contemporary reviews for the album were favourable. The band's second EP, The Road Leads Where It's Led , was released on June 7, 2005. During this time, the band opened for Interpol during their 2004 tour before supporting Oasis in Europe in 2005 and co-headlining a US tour with Kings of Leon . French director Charles De Meaux teamed up with

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