{"product_id":"the-arena-concert-music-media-and-mass-entertainment-paperback","title":"The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Halligan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKirsty Fairclough-Isaacs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e is the first sustained engagement with what might said to be - in its melding of concert and gathering, in its evolving relationship with digital and social media, in its delivery of event, experience, technology and star - the art form of the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume offers interviews with key designers, discussions of the practicalities of mounting arena concerts, mixing and performing live to a mass audience, recollections of the giants of late twentieth century music in performance, and critiques of latter-day pretenders to the throne. The authors track the evolution of the arena concert, consider design and architecture, celebrity and fashion, and turn to feminism, ethnographic research, and ideas of humour, liveness and authenticity, in order to explore and frame the arena concert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe arena concert becomes the \"real time\" centre of a global digital network, and the gig-goer pays not only for an immersion in (and, indeed, role in) its spectacular nature, but also for a close encounter with the performers, in this contained and exalted space. The spectacular nature of the arena concert raises challenges that have yet to be fully technologically overcome, and has given rise to a reinvention of what live music actually means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove it or loathe it, the arena concert is a major presence in the cultural landscape of the 21st century. This volume finds out why.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Edgar is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at York St John University, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKirsty Fairclough-Isaacs is Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance and Associate Director (International) in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Halligan is Director of Postgraduate Research for the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Salford, UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicola Spelman is Senior Lecturer in Popular Music in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799258530080,"sku":"9781628925555","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4fdd3c3046b74a3687f0a552b92c603.webp?v=1780810035","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-arena-concert-music-media-and-mass-entertainment-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}