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Report: Music Fans Traveled The World For Live Events In 2018

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As accessibility makes the world smaller, more music fans are crossing borders to attend live concerts and festivals—can you guess which artists fans travelled to go see the most?
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Dec 6, 2018 - 11:59 am

Music lovers and fans of man other live events dusted off their passports and headed out to international destinations to catch music live in 2018, a new study by StubHub shows.

The study, solely based on sales from StubHub, shows roughly 200,000 customers went to a different country to experience one of approximately30,000 live events, according to Rolling Stone. Fans included in the report come from 144 countries that include the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Mexico and France. The U.S. and the U.K. are home to the fans most likely to travel for concerts, festivals, sports and other live events.

Perkins Miller, Stubhub’s general manager of the Americas says that all the travel is due to a combination of recent trends and traveling accessibility.

“There are a few industry and cultural factors driving the trends we’re seeing,” Miller told Rolling Stone. “On the industry side, we are seeing artists expand their star power internationally — fans flocked from 80 different countries to watch K-Pop boy band BTS perform — and as a culture, we are traveling further afield to experience live events. The easy availability of apartment rentals and homestays is accelerating this trend. Nothing lets you experience another culture quite like immersing yourself in a live event. In some way, it’s the ultimate way to feel ‘like a local.'”

While many international music fans travel to America each year for concerts, Rolling Stone noted that Americans are visiting the U.K. and Canada the most, but music fans are visiting Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands more than prior years. 

Who are the artists fans are going great lengths to see? GRAMMY winner Ed Sheeran, BTS, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney made the top 5. Who would you travel long and far to see live?

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Elvis Presley Enterprises and Live Nation Team Up To Bring Concerts To Graceland

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The two organizations plan to add between 50–75 concerts, music festivals and other events per year to Presley’s famous Memphis home
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Dec 13, 2018 - 5:22 pm

Live Nation and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. are joining forces to bring a number of concerts to Graceland, the home of the iconic GRAMMY winner at the time of his death in 1977.

Along with Live Nation, Graceland Soundstage and the Guest House at Graceland, expect to book between 50–75 concerts, music festivals and more shows in 2019 and will continue to expand outside of Presley-related events, according to Commercial Appeal.  More shows are planned for 2020

Graceland currently hosts selected concert and music events, including the Graceland Holiday Concert Weekend.

Live Nation's COO of Live Nation Clubs and theatres said that Graceland is "one of the singular iconic and transformational music brands on earth. We’re anticipating a creative partnership that will play a role in honoring such a historic artist and the place he called home.”

“Graceland is already the most famous music destination in the world. And we want to make it one of the most famous destinations to see live music as well,” Joel Weinshanker, Managing Partner of Graceland Holdings told Commercial Appeal.

According to Graceland's website, the property, which is a National Historic Landmark, has hosted more than 20 million visitors from in and outside of the U.S. since it first opened to the public in 1982.

An announcement of the first coming shows will be released soon, according to Commercial Appeal. So far, rock' n' roll's Rick Springfield is scheduled to play at Graceland in January.

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Your Favorite Music Artists Pull Off Tribute Costumes This Halloween

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These celebs had fun paying ode to their favorite fellow musical artists. Did they nail it?
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Oct 31, 2018 - 12:20 pm

Halloween is here! And while many of you are dressing up as your favorite musical artists, they are having as much fun paying ode to their own favorite singers and musicians. This year we saw icons like Elton John to Toni Braxton get made into costumes and they loved sharing them with us. We rounded up some of our favorite:

Beyoncé as Toni Braxton

Did Beyoncé do Toni Braxton better than Toni Braxton did Toni Braxton? GRAMMY winner Braxton says she did. Queen Bey dressed up as Braxton on her self-titled 1993 debut album. "Sending love and adoration to one of our talented legends. Thank you for the countless bops," Beyoncé said of the singer. "Your tone, your beauty, your range, and your God-given talent is treasured. Loving you always." "Breathe Again" on the album won Braxton Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 37th GRAMMY Awards.

Harry Styles as Elton John

GRAMMY award winner Elton John loved Harry Styles' interpretation of him. Styles paid tribute to John's 1975 performance outfit he wore for his performance at Dodger Stadium. Styles nailed it, but what was even more thoughtful was that he wore for a party that was on the exact date John did, 43 years later.

Rita Ora as Post Malone

Rita Ora had fun playing Post Malone at a concert in Los Angeles. Covered in fake facial tattoos and facial hair, Ora performed with the costume at a Halloween inspired show in London, England and said fans didn't recognize her. "Surprised Wembley as you tonight at my show my fans didn’t even recognise me LOL," she tweeted.

Sarah Barthel of Phantogram as Post Malone

Post Malone is a popular pick this year. One half of Phantogram duo, Sarah Barthel, also dressed up as the rapper. The singer took to social media to show off her costume and Ora, the other Post Malone replied with "Sooooo good!!"

Bazzi as Danny Zucko from Grease

R&B singer Bazzi went through a couple of costumes this year and one was as Grease's bad boy Danny Zuko. Think he nailed it? We're sure he's got the vocals down.

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Paul McCartney Returns To The Road With Freshen Up U.S. Tour

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The GRAMMY winner plots a run of U.S. shows in support of his latest album, 'Egypt Station'
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Aug 31, 2018 - 12:44 pm

It's official, Paul McCartney is hitting the road in America in 2019. The GRAMMY winner has released a list of a handful of cities where he will kick off the U.S. leg of his Freshen Up Tour.

The tour is in support of his latest album, Egypt Station, out Sept. 9, which features all new music—the first album to do so since 2013's NEW. So far he will make stops in Raleigh, N.C., Greenville, S.C., Lexington, Ky., Madison, Wis. and Moline, Ill., beginning May 27. The U.S. dates will follow a trek across Canada, Europe and Japan. Last time, the GRAMMY winner toured the U.S. was in 2017 for his One On One Tour.

McCartney has been busy lately, dropping his latest single, "Fuh You," and speaking about the process behind the single on his website:

"We were just thinking of ideas and little pieces of melody and chords and the song just came together bit by bit," he says. "And then I would try and make some kind of sense of the story. So it was like ‘Come on baby now. Talk about yourself. Tell the truth, let me get to know you’ and basically I wanna know how you feel, you make me wanna go out and steal. I just want it for you. So that was the basic idea and it developed from there… sort of a love song, but a raunchy love song. There you go – fuh you."

McCartney has 78 GRAMMY nominations under his belt, the last GRAMMY win was at the 56th GRAMMY Awards in which he won Best Rock Song and Best Music Film. Will his latest release bring more awards? We'll have to wait and see.  Until then, you can hear "Fuh You" and his all new music live. Tickets for the tour go on sale Sept 4. For more information on how to get tickets you can go here.

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Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" Spends One Year On The Charts, Earns New Milestone

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The singer/songwriter has become the first solo artist to have had three different songs on the singles chart for a year-long period
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Aug 30, 2018 - 4:22 pm

Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" is still going strong on the Billboard Hot 100, and now its longevity has given the GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter yet another record-breaking moment he can boast about.

"Perfect" has been on the chart for a year, becoming the 61st hit to have done so. But Sheeran is no newbie to this feat. "Thinking Out Loud" stayed on the charts for 58 weeks between Oct. 2014 and Nov. 2015 and "Shape Of You" had a 59 week run on the Hot 100 from Jan. 2017 to March 2018. Now, "Perfect" has made him the first solo artist to have had three different songs stay on the Hot 100 for a year each.

GRAMMY winners Faith Hill, Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers and Train, along with Lifehouse, have been close to making the milestone, each having had two songs on the chart for at least one year each. Imagine Dragons are they only artist ahead of Sheeran, making him the only solo artist to accomplish such a feat, to have three songs last on the charts for at least a year.

"Perfect," which also has a duet version with Beyoncé, is featured on the album, ÷ (Divide), winner of the Best Pop Vocal Album Category at the 60th GRAMMY Awards.

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