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Any word on this year's Kiss Concert?

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ssetta

The lineup for Kiss Concert is usually announced around now, and I haven't seen anything about it. Does this mean they're not doing it?
 
ssetta said:
The lineup for Kiss Concert is usually announced around now, and I haven't seen anything about it. Does this mean they're not doing it?
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Lots of iHeart summer CHR concerts are not going forward this year due to increased costs and issues booking artists. KIIS-FM Los Angeles' Wango Tango (which was considered the Summer bookend to their December Jingle Ball tour for CHR) also not going forward.
 
That's too bad if that is what Kiss 108 is forced to do.

I am wondering if maybe they could also be waiting for Tay-Tay to clear out this weekend before making any announcement about upcoming events ?
 
If that’s the case then it’s just terrible. I don’t think there has been a Kiss Concert since 2019 but I thought it was due to Covid. I can’t remember if there was one last year, but I don’t think there was. I wondered about Wango Tango as well, and I also wonder about Wazzmatazz that Wild 94.9 in San Francisco did last year (not sure if that had been an annual event). I do know that KTU in New York is having an event called KTUphoria which I think they’ve done before, and the lineup consists almost completely of artists that have been around for years, if not decades.
 
How much of the marked decrease in big station concerts is due to the decline in artist income from "record" sales, forcing them to do more paid concerts and events and far less free, promotional events? And how much is the feeling that doing things for radio is "old school" and not as beneficial as it was in the past? And then, how much is due to certain ticket promoters having considerable control over most prime venues, limiting "outsider" sponsored events?
 
Must be a generational thing, when I saw the topic the first thing I thought to myself was "KISS is still touring? Is Gene Simmons still alive?"
 
IIRC IHrt has a ROI minimum on their non traditional revenue streams, including concert series and with the increased costs of the performers, venues, and all other assorted costs they probably don't think it is worth the effort for the minimal returns or potential loss of money.

I am way outside of their P1, but it seems to me they are promoting a once a year two day show in Vegas, with a simulcast and future TV airing as an alternative to the traveling road show they had been doing.

This year it is a Friday and Saturday in September
 
DavidEduardo said:
And then, how much is due to certain ticket promoters having considerable control over most prime venues, limiting "outsider" sponsored events?
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All good questions, and all are certainly factors. The last one though is important, because Live Nation has a lot to say about artist availability for these things. They have routing rules that artists can't play shows so many miles near one of their venues. So if a big star has a summer tour, they can't announce a promo date until after they play the local show. Artists are already scheduled through the end of the year.

The primary purpose for these concerts is new artist development. The record label promotion department works with iHeart in deciding who from their labels will perform. So look at the Hot 100, and you see a lot of unfamiliar names. They need artist development. For a while CHR stations were playing fewer new releases. They're back to normal now.

MRBIboredop said:
IIRC IHrt has a ROI minimum on their non traditional revenue streams, including concert series and with the increased costs of the performers, venues, and all other assorted costs they probably don't think it is worth the effort for the minimal returns or potential loss of money.
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On the other hand, they can attract advertisers that typically don't buy spot radio. I've seen sponsors for a radio concert that I don't usually hear. So it sometimes gives them access to a different client base. But we are in a weak ad market now, so yes, that may have also affected sellability.
 
I saw that, though it doesn't look like it'll have as many artists. Apparently they also did one in 2022. I don't know how I missed that one. I don't remember one last year.
 
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