Mitchell Peters

MSG, WaMu Ink Naming Rights Deal

MSG, WaMu Ink Naming Rights Deal

New York's Madison Square Garden and banking company WaMu have entered into a multi-year naming rights deal for the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Hagar To Bring Next Cabo Wabo Trek Indoors

Hagar To Bring Next Cabo Wabo Trek Indoors

An official itinerary is still in the works, but Sammy Hagar will bring his Cabo San Lucas-themed summer tour indoors to theaters this winter starting in October, Billboard.biz has learned.
Neil Diamond Signs With Irving Azoff

Neil Diamond Signs With Irving Azoff

Neil Diamond has signed with Irving Azoff for management. Sources tell Billboard.biz that Diamond is currently in the studio recording his next album with producer Rick Rubin, who collaborated on Diamond's 2005 offering "12 Songs" (Columbia Records).
Live Nation Posts Q1 Loss

Live Nation Posts Q1 Loss

Live Nation announced a first-quarter loss of $45.6 million, or 69 cents per diluted share, on revenues of $584.2 million. The company says first-quarter tours from the Who, Josh Groban and Dolly Parton "did not perform as strongly" as 2006's lineup during the same period.
Francis Kicks It Up A Notch On Summer Tour

Francis Kicks It Up A Notch On Summer Tour

Indie rapper Sage Francis, a self-declared "road warrior," will embark on a seven-week U.S. club/theater trek later this month in support of his latest album, "Human the Death Dance," released yesterday (May 8) via Epitaph.
Sage Francis Readies Tour

Sage Francis Readies Tour

Underground spoken-word rapper Sage Francis, a self-declared "road warrior," will embark on a seven-week U.S. club/theater trek later this month in support of his latest album, "Human the Death Dance," which hits stores today via Epitaph Records.

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