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Now in its fifth year, the Billboard Touring Conference has become the most efficient and workable event for the concert business. This must-attend
conference unites today’s top touring professionals to discuss the current state of the industry. Guided by Ray Waddell, Billboard’s executive
director of content and programming for touring and live entertainment, this unique event includes potent panel topics, provocative discussions,
productive roundtables as well as networking opportunities with touring industry power players and decision makers.
In addition, this two-day conference is capped off by the Billboard Touring
Awards, which honors the concert industry's top artists and professionals
based on actual data compiled through the Billboard Boxscore chart. In 2007,
the awards reception also included two special honors The Humanitarian
Award presented to Kevin Wall, and the Legend of Live Award, presented to
Frank Barsalona.
Stay tuned for more information about becoming part of the Billboard Touring Conference & Award in the Fall of 2008. We look forward to putting together
another cutting-edge conference that will inform and educate promoters, agents, managers, venues, sponsors, production professionals, merchandising
companies, ticket agents and other touring-related businesses about the industry's latest opportunities!
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I thoroughly enjoyed my panel and the conference as a whole: a well-focused
event with a great critical mass of key players in the house
- Jared Hoffman, President, Knitting Factory Entertainment
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Concerts are part art, part party--and a big part business. Check out:
This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring
Ray Waddell, Richard D. Barnet, and Jake Berry
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The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion
* A must-have for anyone promoting concerts or managing a group
* How-tos on working with artists, venues, personnel, press, and more
* Great addition to the top-selling This Business of TMseries
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