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Pollstar's Concert Industry Awards (http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7504)
Updated 03:03 PST Mon, Dec 11 2006
Pollstar's 18th Annual Concert Industry ceremony takes place February 8 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The soiree honors touring artists and the professionals who keep them on the road. It also serves as the grand finale to the 2007 Concert Industry Consortium, which will be held February 6-8.
Award nominees are selected by a well-rounded group of concert business professionals and voted on by subscribers to Pollstar magazine.
Artists up for awards this year include Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Waters, The Rolling Stones, and Tim McGraw & Faith Hill for Major Tour of the Year, and Carrie Underwood, The Fray, Hinder, James Blunt, Panic! At The Disco, and Wolfmother for Best New Touring Artist.
The North American festivals picking up nominations for Music Festival of the Year are: Austin City Limits Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, and Lollapalooza.
The International Music Festival of the Year nominees are: Big Day Out Festivals, Download Festival, Reading / Leeds Festival, Rock am Ring / Rock im Park, Roskilde Festival, Summer Sonic, and V Festival.
The nominees for Nightclub of the Year are: 9:30 Club, Bowery Ballroom, Commodore Ballroom, House of Blues Chicago, Nokia Theatre Times Square, and The Wiltern.
Some of the other categories among the 33 awards to be presented (click here for complete list (http://www.pollstaronline.com/cic2007/Awards/awardscategories.htm)) include Arena of the Year, Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue, Talent Buyer of the Year, the Bill Graham Award for Promoter of the Year, and Road Warrior of the Year.
This year's event is being hosted by comedian Lisa Lampanelli, who among other things is credited with basting William Shatner like a turkey during his recent Comedy Central Roast. An awards party ticket is included with each CIC registration and tickets can also be purchased separately at www.PollstarOnline.com/CIC2007 (http://www.PollstarOnline.com/CIC2007)
Selected categories: (http://www.pollstaronline.com/cic2007/Awards/awardscategories.htm)
4. BEST NEW TOURING ARTIST
Carrie Underwood
The Fray
Hinder
James Blunt
Panic! At The Disco
Wolfmother
7. NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR
9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC)
House of Blues (Chicago, IL)
Nokia Theatre Times Square (New York, NY)
The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA)
16. INDEPENDENT PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Arny Granat & Jerry Mickelson (Jam Productions)
Brad Garrett (Police Productions)
Charles Attal (Charles Attal Presents)
Jim Glancy (The Bowery Presents)
Jon Stoll (Fantasma Productions)
Michael Smardak (Outback Concerts)
Seth Hurwitz (I.M.P.)
19. BILL GRAHAM AWARD / PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Brian Oâ??Connell (Live Nation)
Charles Attal (Charles Attal Presents)
Danny Eaton (AEG Live South)
Ian Low (House of Blues Concerts Canada)
Larry Magid (Live Nation)
Michael Smardak (Outback Concerts)
Seth Hurwitz (I.M.P.)
32. TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Janco Transport
Roadshow Services
Rock-It Cargo
Upstaging
discuss.
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Merriweather has also been nominated for Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue.
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another local (non-affiliated) nomination: Filene Center at Wolf Trap, for "RED ROCKS AWARD / BEST SMALL OUTDOOR VENUE"
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
7. NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR
9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
House of Blues (Chicago, IL)
It's a showdown, kiddies! Battle of DC: Prologue!
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No nominations for Ticket Window Girl of the Year??
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
No nominations for Ticket Window Girl of the Year??
Well played.
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How can The Wiltern be considered a nightclub??
No nominations for the Fillmore? Great American Music Hall? Troubadour?
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i'm waiting for Surly B to complain that there is no "BEST FOOD OFFERING AT A LIVE MUSIC VENUE" category.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
i'm waiting for Surly B to complain that there is no "BEST FOOD OFFERING AT A LIVE MUSIC VENUE" category.
If BEN'S CHILI BOWL started having concerts, the battle for this faux-award would be epic. The bloodshed would rage for days.
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4. BEST NEW TOURING ARTIST
Carrie Underwood
The Fray
Hinder
James Blunt
Panic! At The Disco
Wolfmother
HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHA!! They have James Blunt in a best of anything list....HA HAHAHAHA HOOOOO HAHA HA HA HAHAHAHAHA!
Actually, let me back up a bit. I would put him on a best of list.
The best face you'd never get tired of kicking.
1. JAMES *UCKING BLUNT
End of list.
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i would have expected a goatee'd hipster to have complained by now about how these awards are a meaningless corporate circle-jerk organized BY DA MAN.
but here's your chance to take it to the streets: canukia's radio 3 (http://radio3.cbc.ca/) is accepting votes for their newly-minted bucky awards (click on "vote now" link on the left). vote for your fav montreal indie acts like the dears, islands, the stills, and your soon-to-be-new-favs: Les Breastfeeders and Carbon Dating Service. lots of decent-sounding streams to listen to (click on a band's name in the voting form).
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seth, what are you going to say when you actually meet the guys from Janco Transport??
i'd be so nervous and just blurt out something dumb about their hair or something
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Pollstar's Concert Industry Awards (http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=7504)
Updated 03:03 PST Mon, Dec 11 2006
4. BEST NEW TOURING ARTIST
Wolfmother
ow ow!
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
seth, what are you going to say when you actually meet the guys from Janco Transport??
i'd be so nervous and just blurt out something dumb about their hair or something
:D
thanks hoya for picking up on that...
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30. SOUND COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Britannia Row
Clair Brothers / Showco
Rat Sound Systems
Sound Image
Rat Sound Rules! Their cabinets used to have rats spray painted (black on black a la Hitchhikers Guide) on them.
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Shame this isn't televised (that I'm aware of). This would make for a great forum party.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
7. NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR
9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC)
House of Blues (Chicago, IL)
Nokia Theatre Times Square (New York, NY)
The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA)
i've been to 930, bowery and nokia and 930 is the best out of the three that i've been to. bowery is pretty crappy with very little room to get around inside.
the nokia theater is a nice place but it's got an incredibly stale atmosphere. it's like a hotel lobby or movie theater or something.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
7. NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR
9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC)
House of Blues (Chicago, IL)
Nokia Theatre Times Square (New York, NY)
The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA)
i've been to 930, bowery and nokia and 930 is the best out of the three that i've been to. bowery is pretty crappy with very little room to get around inside.
the nokia theater is a nice place but it's got an incredibly stale atmosphere. it's like a hotel lobby or movie theater or something. [/b]
ive been to all 3 as well, but i really wonder if you made it past the bar at the bowery. because bowery ballroom is not that tiny of a place. if its a sell-out yeah, you can barely move, but 9:30 club isnt much better when its jam packed. there is also the upstairs as well, with tables/chairs which is a great place for some shows. and for the most part, the sound is almost always great. and they also serve 180 which i like a lot more than red bull :D
i like the 9:30 just as much, before anyone decides im a snobby new yorker, and still try and support as many DC shows as I can. i cant say i have a favorite, as i prefer even smaller venues, but they all have their own charm.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
ive been to all 3 as well, but i really wonder if you made it past the bar at the bowery. because bowery ballroom is not that tiny of a place. if its a sell-out yeah, you can barely move, but 9:30 club isnt much better when its jam packed. there is also the upstairs as well, with tables/chairs which is a great place for some shows. and for the most part, the sound is almost always great.
nah, the sound wasn't bad @ bowery, but i didn't like the atmosphere. i've been there a few times now and i haven't enjoyed the venue all that much. the upstairs area was totally packed once the show was going (and i've been in there from when doors opened for a show when it was less crowded). i didn't say that the bowery was small.. it just seemed to me like there was less room in the... usable space.
staff @ 930 have also been more courteous to me in my experience there than any of my trips to the bowery (and i've had some sort of issue every single time @ bowery, even if minor).
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Originally posted by Shadrach:
Merriweather has also been nominated for Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue.
its cause they have such a great, wonderful, professional, helpful and attractive staff there!!
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
i would have expected a goatee'd hipster to have complained by now about how these awards are a meaningless corporate circle-jerk organized BY DA MAN.
i resemble that remark!!!