Pink, Beyonce, Madonna going all out for their tours (By Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times)

I just stumbled across this very insightful piece and wanted to share, enjoy

Hours before Pink’s recent show at Staples Centre, creative director Baz Halpin is crouched beneath the stage in the dimly lighted corridor he calls “the underworld.”

That night, Pink’s fans would witness the star scale a giant gyroscope, somersault from bungee cords, dangle precariously from silk ribbons and fly over the audience at dizzying heights.

Halpin points to crash-landing pads that swell from ...

Coachella, Stagecoach Festivals Staying Put in Indio Through 2030

Goldenvoice, the promoter behind both Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, reached an agreement with the city of Indio, CA that will keep the two festivals at their current home through 2030, according to the LA Times. The Indio city council voted 4-0 in favor of the restructured deal (and why the hell wont they).

The main tenet of the agreement will more than ...