MUSIC INDUSTRY: U2 and Christina Aguilera Postpone Summer Tours

Between the time most pop music fans ended their workdays on Monday and clocked in the next morning, two of the summers biggest tours vanished from the calendar: U2 postponed 16 shows, and Christina Aguilera put off 20. Cancellations and postponements happen every year. But the loss of two prominent tours prompted a quick response from fans, gossipmongers and even Wall Street analysts. Live Nation, the promoter of both tours, merged with Ticketmaster earlier this year, and as it begins its fi...

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