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What’s the best way for a music fan to support their favorite artists?

Ann Powers

June 2, 2025

In 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone’s fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: concerts, music industry, OnlyFans, Paul Simon, Ryman, TikTok

The end of an Eras tour approaches, marking a bittersweet moment for Taylor Swift fans

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

December 6, 2024

Since launching the tour in 2023, Swift has shattered sales and attendance records. It’s even created such an economic boom that the Federal Reserve took note.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: concerts, Taylor Swift

Ever go to concert inside a cave? You can at The Caverns

Katherine Ceicys

December 3, 2024

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Just 90 minutes from Nashville, you can enjoy a concert in a cave.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: bluegrass, concerts, Grundy County, The Caverns

‘Love Rising’ concert rallies Maren Morris, Jason Isbell and other big names opposed to Tennessee’s drag restrictions

jewly hightandMarianna Bacallao

March 20, 2023

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Thousands turned out to Bridgestone Arena on Monday for the “Love Rising” benefit concert in Nashville, which brought together prominent singer-songwriters and drag queens and kings in an all-ages setting. Events like this will be prohibited starting April 1 following the Republican-led state legislature’s passage of new restrictions.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bridgestone Arena, concerts, drag, lgbtq

‘Everybody’s got an Exit/In story’: Remembering a Music City proving ground as it plays its last shows

Marianna Bacallao

November 18, 2022

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A mainstay in Nashville’s independent music scene is on its way out. Exit/In is just the latest casualty of Music City’s hot real estate market.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Culture, concerts, development, Exit/In, music city, music venues

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