Don Kirshner

commercialized commodity they were originally intended to be. Read More

Of all the different genres of rock music, nothing has been more maligned than bubble gum music. Read More

Rock 'n' roll may be here to stay, but the impresarios who brought it to us are only human. Read More

CLEVELAND , April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Veritix ® , the Cleveland -based state-of-the-art paperless ticketing, event marketing and relationship management technology company, continued to expand its ticketing business in the entertainment industry, as it supported the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Ceremony last week as the primary ticketing services provider for the Induction Ceremony and the Free Concert for Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena.  Tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Ceremony sold out in just a matter of minutes.  Veritix ticketing system handled overwhelming demand to the event, as more than 40,000 fans tried to purchase tickets as soon as they went on sale. Read More

CLEVELAND , April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Don Kirshner , the music visionary and star maker whom Time Magazine called "The Man With The Golden Ear" was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last Saturday night, an honor that his former business partner says would have been "a great thrill" for him. Read More

Axl Rose wasn't the only musician who didn't show up to perform Saturday at the 27th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but it was illness that kept Rod Stewart from reuniting with the Faces and Adam Yauch from joining with the Beastie Boys. Rose's boycott of the 51/2-hour event generated the most sparks, however, because of his very public shunning of the ceremony and his decision not to join with his former bandmates as they became members of the Hall of Fame, which also inducted singer-songwriters Donovan and Laura Nyro and both incarnations of the British rock group the Small Faces and Faces. Read More

If it's the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, then drama is as much a prerequisite as loud guitars, receding hairlines and a night-ending all-star jam on a golden oldie. Read More

If you were unlucky in getting your hands on a ticket for the 2012 rock hall inductions, and even more unlucky not being able to purchase a ticket for the Ustream on the events portion of the Rock Hall website, you will have to wait until May 5th when it will be shown on HBO. Read More

Some of the key figures weren't there, but those who were present at the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night delivered a heartfelt and epic celebration -- much to the delight of both the high rollers at the VIP tables and the 6,000 "real" fans who whooped it up in the Town Hall balcony. Read More

Cooper, standing under a canvass canopy protecting against threatening skies, marveled at the scene and said he was glad to be around. Read More