Marc Myers is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about rock, soul, and jazz, as well as the arts. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Anatomy of a Song and Why Jazz Happened, and posts daily at JazzWax.com, winner of the 2015 Jazz Journalists Association's award for Jazz Blog of the Year.

Highly informative...from club gigs in the early 1950s to The Beatles in the early-mid 1960s; from Woodstock in 1969 to Live Aid in 1985; from branding to amplification/lighting; from media coverage to ticketing, Myers and many industry commentators expertly tick them off, one by one

• 1: Introduction Part 1: The 1950s 1: Los Angeles Auditoriums 2: Cleveland Theaters 3: Chicago Clubs 4: Memphis Fairs 5: Northeast Fests Part 2: The 1960s 6: Folk at the Mall 7: Pop's Endless Summer 8: Dylan Invents Rock 9: Ballrooms and Be-Ins 10: Festival Mania Part 3: The 1970s 11: Image, Media, and Branding 12: Arenas, Stadiums, and Tours 13: Sight and Sound 14: Concert Maximus 15: Rise of Exurbia Part 4: The 1980s 16: Not Just Another Brick 17: Killing the Radio Star 18: Computerized Ticketing 19: And in the End, Live Aid Epilogue: Epilogue Bonus: Fifty Best Live Albums, Concert Films, and Rock Docs Source List: Source List Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments

Marc Myers is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about rock, soul, and jazz, as well as the arts. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Anatomy of a Song and Why Jazz Happened, and posts daily at JazzWax.com, winner of the 2015 Jazz Journalists Association's award for Jazz Blog of the Year.

Highly informative...from club gigs in the early 1950s to The Beatles in the early-mid 1960s; from Woodstock in 1969 to Live Aid in 1985; from branding to amplification/lighting; from media coverage to ticketing, Myers and many industry commentators expertly tick them off, one by one

• 1: Introduction Part 1: The 1950s 1: Los Angeles Auditoriums 2: Cleveland Theaters 3: Chicago Clubs 4: Memphis Fairs 5: Northeast Fests Part 2: The 1960s 6: Folk at the Mall 7: Pop's Endless Summer 8: Dylan Invents Rock 9: Ballrooms and Be-Ins 10: Festival Mania Part 3: The 1970s 11: Image, Media, and Branding 12: Arenas, Stadiums, and Tours 13: Sight and Sound 14: Concert Maximus 15: Rise of Exurbia Part 4: The 1980s 16: Not Just Another Brick 17: Killing the Radio Star 18: Computerized Ticketing 19: And in the End, Live Aid Epilogue: Epilogue Bonus: Fifty Best Live Albums, Concert Films, and Rock Docs Source List: Source List Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments

Marc Myers is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about rock, soul, and jazz, as well as the arts. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books Anatomy of a Song and Why Jazz Happened, and posts daily at JazzWax.com, winner of the 2015 Jazz Journalists Association's award for Jazz Blog of the Year.

Highly informative...from club gigs in the early 1950s to The Beatles in the early-mid 1960s; from Woodstock in 1969 to Live Aid in 1985; from branding to amplification/lighting; from media coverage to ticketing, Myers and many industry commentators expertly tick them off, one by one

• 1: Introduction Part 1: The 1950s 1: Los Angeles Auditoriums 2: Cleveland Theaters 3: Chicago Clubs 4: Memphis Fairs 5: Northeast Fests Part 2: The 1960s 6: Folk at the Mall 7: Pop's Endless Summer 8: Dylan Invents Rock 9: Ballrooms and Be-Ins 10: Festival Mania Part 3: The 1970s 11: Image, Media, and Branding 12: Arenas, Stadiums, and Tours 13: Sight and Sound 14: Concert Maximus 15: Rise of Exurbia Part 4: The 1980s 16: Not Just Another Brick 17: Killing the Radio Star 18: Computerized Ticketing 19: And in the End, Live Aid Epilogue: Epilogue Bonus: Fifty Best Live Albums, Concert Films, and Rock Docs Source List: Source List Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments