Daryl Hall (without John Oates, it would seem) is performing at SXSW. Which is only two and a half months away. Insert kinda-dumb “Say It Isn’t So, Especially Since I Haven’t Booked My Hotel Room Yet” joke here. More »
Daryl Hall (without John Oates, it would seem) is performing at SXSW. Which is only two and a half months away. Insert kinda-dumb “Say It Isn’t So, Especially Since I Haven’t Booked My Hotel Room Yet” joke here. More »
Yesterday, the Austin American-Statesman‘s music blog mused about new language in the contract for booking agents placing artists in the South By Southwest Festival. The language stated flat-out that artists should make their official showcases–and not the day parties that result in things like Peter Bjorn & John playing 85 shows over the course of four days–their first priority, and to not play “an excessive number of other performances” during the week. Could this, the Statesman wondered, be the beginning of SXSW trying to curb the number of day parties happening while people in town for the festival are blowing off panels? The contract reads as follows:
