Long before Live Nation, Clear Channel, Ticketmaster, Stubhub, service fees, gold-circle seats, and anything that even resembles the live music industry as we know it today, there was Ron Delsener. The 87-year-old concert promoter has been booking shows in New York City going all the way back to the summer of 1964, when he brought the Beatles to Forest Hills Tennis Stadium for two nights. (Tickets were $5.50 plus a 45-cent federal tax.)
In the decades that followed, Delsener grew into the undisputed live music kingpin of New York, booking thousands upon...
In the decades that followed, Delsener grew into the undisputed live music kingpin of New York, booking thousands upon...
- 6/28/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
New documentaries about Biz Markie and Milli Vanilli are among the films set to screen at 2023 Tribeca Festival, which takes place June 7 through 18 in New York City.
The Sacha Jenkins-directed All Up in the Biz, a documentary on the late New York hip-hop legend Biz Markie — featuring celebrity interviews, rare film, reenactments, and animation — will get its world premiere at Tribeca. Milli Vanilli also makes its world premiere. Directed by Luke Korem, the film traces the origins and downfall of singers Rob & Fab.
Other music-oriented documentaries include the Jake Sumner-directed Ron Delsener Presents,...
The Sacha Jenkins-directed All Up in the Biz, a documentary on the late New York hip-hop legend Biz Markie — featuring celebrity interviews, rare film, reenactments, and animation — will get its world premiere at Tribeca. Milli Vanilli also makes its world premiere. Directed by Luke Korem, the film traces the origins and downfall of singers Rob & Fab.
Other music-oriented documentaries include the Jake Sumner-directed Ron Delsener Presents,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
In case you had any doubts, Bill Murray can do whatever he wants without fear of a backlash. People just love him more for it.
Why, you ask? Because he's Billy Murray (there really is no need to clarify).
The actor stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, which just so happened to follow the Chicago Cubs' loss to the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series on Sunday. It was a melancholy time for the actor, who had been rooting for the Cubs since the beginning – and might also help explain Murray's choice of clothes for...
Why, you ask? Because he's Billy Murray (there really is no need to clarify).
The actor stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, which just so happened to follow the Chicago Cubs' loss to the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series on Sunday. It was a melancholy time for the actor, who had been rooting for the Cubs since the beginning – and might also help explain Murray's choice of clothes for...
- 10/20/2015
- by Grace Gavilanes, @gracegavilanes
- People.com - TV Watch
Bill Murray welcomed Jimmy Kimmel back to Brooklyn — where he'll be taping Jimmy Kimmel Live! all week — on Monday with tales of baseball, outrageous music industry legends and filming his new film, Rock the Kasbah, in Morocco.
After arriving on horseback during Kimmel's Austin stand, Murray outdid himself in Brooklyn, taking the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House with a gaudy gold outfit and outlandish makeup. It gave his musings about his struggling Chicago Cubs an extra dramatic flare, but it seemed totally normal by...
After arriving on horseback during Kimmel's Austin stand, Murray outdid himself in Brooklyn, taking the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House with a gaudy gold outfit and outlandish makeup. It gave his musings about his struggling Chicago Cubs an extra dramatic flare, but it seemed totally normal by...
- 10/20/2015
- Rollingstone.com
A superhero of his own design kicked off the first day of Comic-Con 2015; an apparently hungover and unslept Bill Murray took the stage to delight the Hall H crowd and to promote Rock the Kasbah, director Barry Levinson’s comedy about a veteran music manager who discovers a teenager with an extraordinary voice while on tour in Afghanistan.
Here are the top Murray moments and quotes of the presentation:
He walked through the crowd to the tune of “Smoke on the Water” and soon said: “We started the morning with bagels and tequila.”
Murray’s character Richie Lanz is partially based on concert promoter Ron Delsener, who was responsible for bringing Van Morrison to the U.S.
After Glazer remarked, “We were driving around during Ramadan…”, Murray said: “It was great – there’s no traffic.”
“I go to work with a knife strapped to my leg; it means people will...
Here are the top Murray moments and quotes of the presentation:
He walked through the crowd to the tune of “Smoke on the Water” and soon said: “We started the morning with bagels and tequila.”
Murray’s character Richie Lanz is partially based on concert promoter Ron Delsener, who was responsible for bringing Van Morrison to the U.S.
After Glazer remarked, “We were driving around during Ramadan…”, Murray said: “It was great – there’s no traffic.”
“I go to work with a knife strapped to my leg; it means people will...
- 7/9/2015
- by arno
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
The upcoming 2014 Billboard Touring Awards will feature performances by R&B/funk legends Kool & the Gang and English pop band Rixton, it was announced Wednesday. The ceremony, taking place Nov. 20 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, honors the concert industry's top artists, professionals and venues. It was also announced that concert promoter Ron Delsener will be the recipient of the first-ever Golden Circle Award, and Bob Benjamin of the Light of Day Foundation is this year's Humanitarian Award winner. The event, culminating in the 11th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, will also recognize Lionel Richie
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- 11/5/2014
- by Billboard Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HollywoodNews.com: It’s not like Nick and Toni’s, the premiere eatery in East Hampton, doesn’t host a lot of celebrities. But on Friday night it was rockin’–literally. First came Ron Delsener, world famous concert promoter, and his wife Ellin, who runs Event Associates. They were waiting for someone, but it was unclear who.
Then who arrives? None other than Paul McCartney with fiancee Nancy Shevell. McCartney, introduced to the Hamptons by late wife Linda’s family, the Eastmans, has a compound of his own in Amagansett. Paul and Nancy stopped for a while to chat with the Delseners, greeted others in the restaurant’s front room, and then took a table in the cozy back area.
Soon after, the Delseners welcomed Pink Floyd composer Roger Waters and his longtime girlfriend Laurie Durning. Within an hour, McCartney and Shevell–having finished a short veggie meal–were back.
Then who arrives? None other than Paul McCartney with fiancee Nancy Shevell. McCartney, introduced to the Hamptons by late wife Linda’s family, the Eastmans, has a compound of his own in Amagansett. Paul and Nancy stopped for a while to chat with the Delseners, greeted others in the restaurant’s front room, and then took a table in the cozy back area.
Soon after, the Delseners welcomed Pink Floyd composer Roger Waters and his longtime girlfriend Laurie Durning. Within an hour, McCartney and Shevell–having finished a short veggie meal–were back.
- 9/4/2011
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
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