We’ve talked about our gripes with New York City’s Terminal 5 a bunch on this blog, so it’s extremely surprising to see that the venue ranked #3 in Pollstar’s list of the Top 100 Worldwide Club Venues. Clearly, this list is based on tickets sold and not on “patrons who can actually see the stage.”
I haven’t been to Terminal 5 in a while and I’m returning this weekend for Galactic and TLG and then next weekend for Trey Anastasio, so I’m hoping they’ve improved the sight line situation.
In other news, here’s six more stories of interest…
- Mickey Hart talks about the Benefit for Haiti he put together
- List Time: Worst Rock Music Management Decisions Ever
- Vampire Weekend performs a few songs for La Blogotheque
- White Stripes to release their first live album on March 16
- The Pavement article from the recent Relix is available online
- BaebleMusic posted a video of Passion Pit live in Central Park
Finally, Galactic’s new album, Ya-Ka-May, hits stores on February 9 and if you’re like us, you have no idea what the album’s title means. The New Orleans-based funk-soul outfit tackles that question for a video featurette…