Now that that’s settled. . . . It didn’t seem fair that Taylor Swift was denied permission to perform a medley of her old hits during the 2019 American Music Awards. This is the same problem that started when the rights to her music were sold suddenly to a new company by her ex-agent. Nobody wants to be on the end of the constant harassment sure to rain down on anyone who causes problems for America’s reigning pop diva. Anyone with even a nodding familiarity with Taylor’s work know […]

What’s Happening At The Oscars: The After Parties Think quick. Where can you see all your favorite movie stars, directors, screenwriters, musicians, and even lowly comedians at the same place, at the very same time?  Well, in all honesty, the answer is probably nowhere. However, you can get pretty close by hitting two or three Oscar parties in February.  Stars are just like everybody else, except they’re adored and revered and exalted and cheered (that rhyme was too obvious to ignore, sorry).  But even though they’re treated like royalty, […]

The Difference Between the American Music Awards and Americana Everybody already knows what the American Music Awards (AMA) show is so the easiest way to explain the difference between the AMAs and Americana is to tell you about Americana.  No, it’s not the annual Dick Clark Productions spectacle honoring all types of music that is going to be held at the Microsoft Theater in lovely semi-tropical Los Angeles (which has a better climate than NYC–especially in fall) on Sunday, November 24. That’s not the AMA, that’s different.  The AMA […]

The Inside Scoop on the 2019 CMA Awards  The CMA Awards are coming, and they’re coming with a whole bunch of changes. Marc Bolan said it best in his song Dandy In the Underworld, when he sang “Change is a monster, and changing is hard.” Another fine comment on change is “Most people are unwilling to give up the comfort they have for the greater comfort they seek.”  Here at VIP Concierge, you not only get the fast track for great tickets to the coolest events, we also throw […]