(01-22-2019 08:40 AM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(01-21-2019 10:22 PM)JMU85 Wrote:  

(01-21-2019 02:06 PM)Halz87 Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 04:42 PM)AllForDukes Wrote:  1979/1980 Concerts in Godwin

Hall and Oates (not my fav)
Kenny Logins with Dave Mason to open
The Outlaws with Molly Hatchet to open
Jimmy Buffett
Boston

All of them were headliners at the time.

I saw Eddie Money open for Heart at Convo. great show

and caught Three Dog Night at Wilson Hall
and a ton of good shows at the Mystic Den, basement of current Ramada, and Calhoun's (?)

Agreed. That was a great show. Also saw the Kinks at the Convo Spring of 85.

I think the historic evidence is in, and the new venue should only make booking attractive acts more possible, and the audience will be there to support those concerts. The question remains who’s going to be in charge of booking concerts?

I admittedly do not know much about concert promotion, but I know that a separate management company handles the booking for the UB&T Pavilion in portsmouth, a company separate from ticketmaster, whose site you are sent to if you click “tickets” where they make a mint off of fees. . I wonder if live nation or some of those ticket companies also handle booking? Who foots the marketing/promotion feess- booking people, ticketing company, or some venue management group? Inquiring minds want to know about this...and, is a UPB sponsored event separate from the ticketing for other events, and what about JMU athletic events? Are they tied to live nation, ticketmaster etc too?