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...1980s. Ratt and Poison just wrapped up a long, large-venue summer tour where they played regularly before 8,000 to 10,000 fans. Ratt lead singer Pearcy says he noticed an emerging younger fan base of teenagers and twenty-somethings who were born years after Ratt multi-platinum Out of the Cellar album released in 1984. "It has been a gradual buildup again. It's rock and roll - colorful, dangerous, exciting," Pearcy said...
...take time to sort out, but for established artists at least, turning what was once their highest-value asset - a much-buzzed-about new album - into a loss leader may be the wave of the future. Even under the most lucrative record deals, the ones reserved for repeat, multi-platinum superstars, the artists can end up with less than 30% of overall sales revenue (which often is then split among several band members). Meanwhile, as record sales decline, the concert business is booming. In July, Prince gave away his album Planet Earth for free in the U.K. through the downmarket...
...London art scene this summer. You could have caught a glimpse at the Tate Modern’s Dalí exhibit, which highlighted his Hollywood aspirations. Or you could have strolled over the to White Cube Gallery and taken a gander at Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted platinum skull, “For the Love of God,” which recently sold for three-quarters of the budget of “Transformers.” See? Even the box-office revenues at the great European galleries were on par with the latest Michael Bay flicks...
There is no problem moving jewelry forward. "We've sold more very, very expensive pieces than ever before," Katz says. One 100-year-old piece, the "Sautoir," a diamond, pearl and platinum necklace created in Belle Epoque Paris by Cartier, has been selected by jewelry collector extraordinaire Lee Siegelson to be sold as one of many special 100th anniversary items (in this case, celebrating the centennial of Neiman Marcus) this fall...
...classic design for Tiffany, the Scribble, in gold and platinum with diamonds...