Live Nation and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that this year’s Rock Off will be the final Rock Off, at least sponsored by Live Nation and held at the Rock Hall. Barry Gabel, the senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship sales at Live Nation and the Rock Off’s creator and biggest champion, is pulling the plug after this year’s event because of staffing issues. He told Cleveland Magazine, however, that there’s hope that the Rock Off will continue in some form in 2025 and beyond.
We’re getting tons of calls from so many different venues and people that don’t want to see this end, and while I’m not really available to discuss if there can be something that will follow after this year — it most probably will not be with Live Nation — but who knows. There are just too many great venues around town and too many great local clubs and passionate music people that don’t want to see the Rock Off end. So we’ll see what happens.
Well, Norah and I have an idea to save the Tri-C High School Rock Off in years to come. The Norah and Dad Show Rock Off!
Tickets for this year’s Rock Off are available here (checkout code: NORAH). Norah performs next Saturday, Feb. 10.
Here’s what I read this week that you should read, too.
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Are Return to Work Policies About a Lack of Trust? — via EntertainHR
Tom Hollander Got Tom Holland’s 7-Figure Check and 15 Other True Stories of Payroll Mistakes — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
Next time, just give her the damn stool. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
My coworker blamed me for not being offended enough by a racist comment toward me — via Ask a Manager
New OSHA Reporting Regulations — via Brewers Association
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A Cyber Insurer’s Perspective on How to Avoid Ransomware — via Dark Reading
Great Lakes Introduces New Year-Round Midwest IPA — via The Brewer Magazine
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Larry David Pummels Elmo on Live TV: “Somebody Had to Do It!” — via Consequence
