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How did the Red Hot Chili Peppers go from the concert stage to the T-shirt you're wearing?

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 9, 2024
Companies working on behalf of bands approach big-box retailers to see if they want to carry any merch.
Through Target's website, you can buy band merchandise for your toddler.
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Saying goodbye can be big business

by Stephanie Hughes
Dec 1, 2023
The band Kiss will play what it's calling its last ever show this weekend. This kind of farewell tour can also be good marketing.
Kiss performing in Krakow, Poland in 2019.
Nashville69, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Hundreds of small music venues are struggling to stay open

by Erika Beras
Jan 11, 2021
Live music venues have largely gone dark during the pandemic, along with the economies of many historically vibrant music scenes throughout the country.
The closed Roxy nightclub and music venue on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. With many performance venues shuttered, musicians have fewer opportunities to develop their sound.
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