The Music Never Stops

Name: The Music Never Stops
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What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic

By Peter Shapiro and Dean Budnick

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The Music Never Stops by Peter Shapiro and Dean Budnick delves into the vibrant world of live music through the experiences of Shapiro, an influential concert promoter and music visionary. The memoir offers readers a backstage pass to iconic events and venues, illustrating the deep connections formed between music, artists, and audiences. It's a celebration of a life devoted to bringing music to the masses and the passion that fuels the industry.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for live music and concert culture, as it offers an insider's perspective on the world of music promotion and the iconic venues that create unforgettable performances. Whether you're a fan of the artists, the venues, or the stories behind the scenes, this memoir will resonate with those who appreciate the transformative power of live music experiences.

The engrossing, insightful, and personal musical odyssey of Peter Shapiro, perhaps the most notable independent concert promoter since Bill Graham

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Peter Shapiro is the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation. He owned the legendary Wetlands in Tribeca and has gone on to much bigger things, including Brooklyn Bowl (NYC, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Nashville), the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, producing U2 3D, and promoting the Grateful Dead's fiftieth-anniversary tour ("Fare Thee Well") featuring the Core Four and Trey Anastasio . . . and so much more.

In The Music Never Stops, Shapiro shares the inside story of how he became a powerhouse in the music industry—an island in an increasingly consolidated landscape of venues, ticketing, and touring—through the lens of fifty iconic concerts. Along the way, readers gain insight into what it was like to work with some of the most celebrated bands in modern music, including not just the Grateful Dead and U2, but also Bob Dylan, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Al Green, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jason Isbell, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Roots, Robert Plant, Leonard Cohen, and many more.

Featuring never-before-published backstage anecdotes, insights, and photographs of the biggest bands in the business and the concerts that later became legendary, The Music Never Stops is a perfect guide for anyone who wants to understand the modern live music industry.

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The Music Never Stops by Peter Shapiro and Dean Budnick is lauded for its entertaining and insightful exploration of the music business. Reviewers praise the book for providing an engaging and enjoyable tour of live music history from the perspective of an amiable insider. Many highlight Peter Shapiro's enthusiasm and innovation within the industry, emphasising his unique ability to balance creativity with a keen business sense while bringing live music dreams to life.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780306845185

Publisher: Hachette Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc

Illustration: 16-page 4/C insert

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 587g

Pages: 352

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Biography & Memoir Business Biographies Dean Budnick Non-Fiction Peter Shapiro

About the Author

Peter Shapiro is a veteran concert promoter whose signature achievements over the past two decades have included Wetlands Preserve, Brooklyn Bowl, the Capitol Theatre, the Lockn' festival, U2 3D, the Jammy Awards, and Fare Thee Well, the 2015 concert event in which he reunited the "core four" members of the Grateful Dead alongside Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio for a record-breaking run of stadium shows. More recently, Shapiro founded Lockn', a music and camping festival that draws 30,000 music fans to Arrington, VA, as well as Jazz & Colors, an experiential event that he has produced in Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Chicago's Field Museum. Shapiro also created the Green Apple Festival (which took place simultaneously across eight cities) along with the Jammy Awards. He served as a producer on the We Are One inaugural concert and later returned to the National Mall to oversee Earth Day 40th anniversary celebration, the Women's March and the March for Science.

Dean Budnick is the author of Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped. He is also the co-author of Blues Traveler frontman John Popper's recent memoir, Suck & Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed to Tell, as well as The Phishing Manual: A Compendium To the Music of Phish, Jam Bands: North America's Hottest Live Groups, and Jambands: A Complete Guide to the Players Music and Scene. He is also the editor-in-chief of Relix and the creator and host of the Long May They Run podcast, whose first season was selected as a top podcast by the New York Times and reached #1 on the Apple Music Podcast charts.