In celebration of Pollstar's 30 Year Anniversary we invite you to test your knowledge of concert industry history with the following 50 questions.
Warsaw
Buffalo
San Francisco
Vienna
Louis Messina
Louie Gavrel
Jack Orbin
Don Fox
Average White Band
Redbone
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Cannibal & The Headhunters
Boxing promotion
Men's clothing
The kind you don’t ask about
Pizza joint
Australian promoter Michael Gudinski has an affinity for Mushrooms
Germany is the third biggest concert market in Europe
Back in the day, having lots of deadwood after a show was a good thing
Michael Cohl started in show business as a Broadway producer
Degree from a prestigious college
Worked in William Morris mailroom
Have multiple recording or film credits
A pilot’s license
Irving Azoff
Mo Ostin
Marty Diamond
Nils Lofgren
Cannes
New York City
Chicago
Buffalo
The very first music agent to join Tom Ross at CAA was Hal Lazareff
Ben Liss was the first executive director of the North American Concert Promoters Assoc.
Chip Hooper was an agent at the Good Music Agency in Excelsior, Minnesota
Neil Warnock has never represented Pink Floyd
Jefferson Airplane
San Francisco Mime Troupe
The Warlocks
Andre The Giant
Toronto Argonauts
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Dodgers
Detroit Pistons
Ray Waddell
Timothy White
Jim Buffett
John Updike
Charles Ponzi’s investment formula
Both are in jail
Are in witness protection
Enjoyed Carnivale in Rio this year
SFX Entertainment
Nederlander
Pace Concerts
MCA Concerts
Rod Essig was an agent at Variety Artists International in Minneapolis
UK agent Carl Leighton-Pope was once a member of the Vienna Boys Choir
People thought Dan Weiner and Fred Bohlander were crazy to start an agency in Monterey
Pollstar first began publishing a digital edition in 1985
Wichita
Atlanta
Tulsa
Dallas
Helter Skelter
The Agency Group
International Famous Agency
William Morris Agency
Bay City Rollers
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Rick Astley
Starland Vocal Band
Burning Man
Gathering Of The Juggalos
New Orleans Jazz Festival
Glastonbury
He would not fly on airplanes
Colonel Tom Parker didn’t have a passport
It would have been un-American
Very little demand by overseas fans
Andy Somers and Bandwagon
Jon Podell and Willard Alexander Agency
Nick Caris and Diversified Management Agency
John Huie and Premier Talent Agency
3M
Control Data
IBM
Hyatt Hotels
Los Angeles
London
Cambridge
Las Vegas
Mark Cuban
Michael Lang
Don King
Steve Wozniak
Sunshine Promotions
Pace Concerts
Bill Graham Presents
Tea Party Concerts