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Rising Sun Presents is assuming ownership and management of the 300-capacity, independent Baltimore venue The 8×10. The venue will close for the summer while improvements are ongoing with plans for grand reopening in October. Based in Philadelphia, Rising Sun Presents provides booking, marketing, production, ticketing, and operational management services in a range of venue spaces including clubs, theaters, outdoor concert series, festivals and more.

Pallbearers carry the casket after funeral services for Clive Davis at Central Synagogue in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) Kenny G played a mournful sax solo, Jennifer Hudson’s voice soared and Bruce Springsteen spoke glowingly at the funeral Monday for music legend Clive Davis, as pop royalty honored a man who championed so many of their careers. Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Ja Rule and Stevie Wonder were among the other musical stars at the service.

Oak View Group and Mountain America Credit Union announced a multi-year naming rights sponsorship for the 5,000-seat multi-purpose event center planned as part of The Point development. Under the agreement, the venue will be named the Mountain America Event Center. Oak View Group is Pollstar‘s parent company.

Oak View Group and TD Coliseum have announced that a new basketball court has been designed in honor of Hamilton, ON’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA Champion and two-time MVP. The court will make its debut during FIBA’s 2027 Men’s Basketball World Cup America’s Qualifiers, which will be hosted at the TD Coliseum in Hamilton. SGA will represent Canada during the event, where they will face off against Puerto Rico on July 3 and then July 6 against Jamaica.

Megan Pavlovic and Jordan Bernal TKO Artist Management, owned and operated by veteran entertainment executive TK Kimbrell, has announced the promotion of Megan Pavlovic and Jordan Bernal to artist manager Pavlovic has been promoted from Project Manager to Artist Manager, working with artists including Jamey Johnson, Toby Keith, Clay Walker and The Bacon Brothers. She’s worked in Nashville’s entertainment industry for nine years. .

Disembarking: George Clinton posing during a 1975 photo shoot for the Parliament album Mothership Connection, the same year the spaceship made its stage debut at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium.

KALEO performs at Summerfest 2026 at Henry Maier Festival Park on June 25, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images Kaleo just kicked off the U.S. leg of their “Way Down We Go Tour” in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their second album A/B. It’s the album that helped the band break into the mainstream thanks to singles like “All The Pretty Girls”, “No Good” or the global smash hit “Way Down We Go”, which also inspired this tour’s name.

The Scottish Event Campus seen from across the river Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, showing the Armadillo (left) and the OVO Hydro. Picture by Marc Turner The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) announced the appointment of Ruth Bailey as an Independent Non-Executive Director, as well as the appointment of Peter Haggarty to the position of Director of Development and Infrastructure.

The audience at last year’s Green Man Festival. Picture by Patrick Gunning Green Man Completes Lineup Green Man, Wales’ largest independent music, science and arts festival, has unveiled its full music lineup for the sold out 2026 festival which returns to the picturesque Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Aug. 20-23.

Stadsmissionen, a non-profit social welfare organization that includes a second hand clothes sale, is one of the collaborators on Way Out West’s sustainable merch market. Courtesy Luger Way Out West, scheduled to return to Slottsskogen in Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 13–15, is launching the Way Out West Market, where the festival’s focus on sustainability meets independent creators.