Trick or Treat: It's Our Chilling Weekend Gallery
Come in, come in—don’t be frightened. There’s plenty of room in our gallery of horrors! It’s the very portrait of petrifying panic! Every tableau is more terrifying than the last! Cast your eyes upon them… if you dare. Hahahahahahahahahah…. Jesus, this is exhausting.
As the live-sector heavyweights pictured here can adamantly attest, you haven’t truly enjoyed a mojito until you’ve had one squirted out of the penis of a ceramic leopard. Seen wondering if the garnishes are self-serve are (from left): Virgin Music EVP Global Latin Victor Gonzalez, Sony Music SVP A&R Memo Gutierrez, CAA’s Rudy Lopez Negrete and Mac Clark, manager Matias Solari, Live Nation exec of the year Hans Schafer and LN’s Colin Lewis, Jorge Garcia and Omar Al-joulani.
Industry peeps turned out in force for City of Hope’s Spirit of Life gala honoring Larry Mestel, which raised a whole heap of money to help fight dread diseases. Among the big items auctioned off during the evening: A pickleball date with Kenny and Lisa Loggins! Bidding is still open on a dream afternoon shooting a quick nine with Lenny Beer, which is bound to involve at least some sobbing. Seen thinking HITS is beyond hope are, from left, Mestel, Kenny Loggins, Lisa Loggins, Jimmy Jam and Lisa Harris.
In yet another tableau from the City of Hope wingding, a bunch of industry hipsters are seen wondering if it’s cool to start scrolling through TikTok yet. From left: iHeart’s John Peake and Lisa Worden, Red Light’s Bruce Flohr, iHeart’s Newal Dehan, iHeart macher and COH MFEI board prez Alissa Pollack, iHeart’s Lili Villarreal, Warner’s Sara Holmes and Rob Goldklang, iHeart’s Stu Heidemann, iHeart/KIIS-FM’s Beata Murphy, Mediabase’s Josh Medlock and COH’s Loren Fishbein.
For reasons unknown, Oak View Group chose HITS' Jonathan Cohen to moderate a panel at the Oct. 28 Arena Alliance summit at New York's InterContinental Hotel on where the biz might be in 2036. Considering that JC doesn’t know what’s going to happen on Tuesday, much less 10 years from now, we’re as surprised as you are. Seen just before Irving Azoff happened by with a tray of creamed herring are, from left, AEG Presents President of Global Touring Rich Schaefer, Lee Anderson, co-president of THE•TEAM, WME agent Ashley Gonzalez, Live Nation SVP of Global Touring Hans Schafer and Cohen.
We won’t lie: We like photos of Capitol’s rising star ADÉLA, who was captured in her native habitat at the WYouth launch party in NYC. Seen thinking the world is their oyster and that someone better bring some mignonette right fucking now are, from left, comedian-actor Benito Skinner, nepo supernova Apple Martin, model Betsy Gaghan and ADÉLA. (Getty Images for W Magazine)
“What is that overpowering stench? Oh my god—breathe through your mouth!” ADÉLA advised Atlantic star Ravyn Lenae. In a possibly related story, our laundry day is tomorrow. (Getty Images for W Magazine)
Atlantic Outpost artist Stella Lefty, who’s been emanating some serious Grammy buzz thanks in large part to streams and spins garnered by her hit “Boston,” recently inked with Make Wake Artists. That decision entitled her to this photo opportunity, as well as a free medium beverage with the purchase of a value meal. Seen just before reminding us that it’s not Make Wake and Bake are, from left, MWA’s Sophia Sansone, Stella and MWA Founder and Chief Navigation Officer Chris Kappy. (Make Wake Artists)
Behold! Rapper YG sold out L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena and Gabe Tesoriero tried to make it timely for Halloween by using “Tales From the Crypto” in his email. Seen feeling the fear and doing it anyway are, from left, Live Nation’s Marcus Johnson, broadcasting giant Big Boy, YG and UTA’s Chris Jordan.
“This is fantastic,” enthuses Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Billy Idol to Rock Hall chief and iHeartMedia President John Sykes as the Griffiths Middle School marching band prepares to perform a propulsive rendition of his “Rebel Yell” at an event presented by the Rock Hall, iHeartRadio and Save the Music. “I now see that all of my recordings would be improved by adding tuba.” In a related story, 11 goth kids just tried out for varsity football. (511 Studios)
The alternative gods known as A Perfect Circle gathered for this tableau to commemorate the ascent of “Starless” (BMG) to #1 on the Mainstream Rock radio chart. The track recently spent its second week atop the heavily amplified rundown. This is the group’s first radio #1 since 2003. Seen trying to decide whether to throw a TV through a hotel window and rage all night or just have a nice cup of chamomile in their jammies are, from left, BMG’s Gracie Quaccia, Emily Gottlieb and Sean Heydorn, the band’s Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese and Billy Howerdel and manager Dino Paredes.
At the National Music Publishers Association Gold & Platinum Gala in Nashville, NMPA boss David Israelite bestows the Legacy Songwriter Icon Award upon the great Vince Gill. Fun fact: In addition to serving as an acknowledgment of Gill’s remarkable catalog, the trophy can also be used as a bottle opener. (Jake Matthews/Nash Creative House Photography)
Big Loud got its steps in and then some with its Music’s Team for a Cure at the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Nashville fundraiser at Run Nash. The squad raised $7.3k+ for cancer research, blowing past its $5k goal. Seen thinking they definitely wore the wrong shoes for this are, from left, Big Loud’s Taylor Tucker, Jamie Baranski, Patch Culbertson, Jessy Blackman, Owen Pinion, Lauren Thomas and Sarah Headley, Big Loud Rock’s Ava Boney and Big Loud’s Ashley Petro. (Matthew Pinion)
Lost Highway artist Meels is captured for posterity on the eve of her Grand Ole Opry debut with a trio of trusted industry professionals. During the show, the singer-songwriter performed new single “Northern Star,” which will drop Nov. 6. Seen shortly before a pre-Halloween visitation by the ghost of Minnie Pearl are, from left, Vector Management’s Jake Heinitz, Lost Highway EVP/co-head Robert Knotts, Meels and Lost Highway EVP/co-head Jake Gear. (Braden Morrison)