"We want people to go to the arena and feel they’re inside Ameri," he tells Billboard.
This was a year in music defined by artists pulling off enviable feats — but how exactly did they do it? Billboard explains in a series of year-end essays.
Rock acts still have the biggest slice of the Boxscore pie, but the genre's lead has narrowed over the last decade.
Over three years, the global trek has sold more tickets than any other tour in history.
As ticket prices exploded, acts like Coldplay, P!nk and more brought in staggering grosses on the touring market, though the festival business showed signs of decline.
"I will always find a way for Bluesfest to go forward – that is my job," says festival director Peter Noble.
"There’s no managers, no private jets, no 20 tractor trailers, no 60-man crew, no huge shows," says Simmons.
Sivan tells Billboard that virtual reality is "the perfect medium to capture the intimacy, the energy, and the joy of those nights" at Los Angeles' KIA Forum.
Ten years after “Take Me to Church,” he returned with an even bigger anthemic hit. But he never really went anywhere — and he plans to stick around for at least another few decades.
The DJ will play the first show at the new 1,000-capacity venue in January.
