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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sabrina Carpenter May Ban Phone Use in Her Concert
Music artists and performers always wish their fans to have the best experience while attending concerts. From handing out bracelets and glow-in-the-dark bands to power-packed performances, the singers ensure the audience witnesses a night they will never forget. For the same reason, Sabrina Carpenter is reportedly considering banning phones at her concerts. Although aware that her decision might not sit well with her fans, Carpenter is willing to take a chance. Sabrina Carpenter's concerts are known for their bold yet exhilarating performances. In order to create the best experience for her fans at her shows, the Grammy winner is open to the idea of banning phones at her concerts. While talking about her wish, the singer shared her experience of watching 'Silk Sonic in Vegas.' The artist told Rolling Stone that they 'locked' her phone during the gig, but she has no complaints as she 'never had a better experience at a concert.' Due to this move, Carpenter felt like being 'back in the Seventies,' where 'Everyone's singing, dancing, looking at each other and laughing. It really, really just felt so beautiful.' That is why the 26-year-old singer is now thinking of banning phones at her concert too, despite knowing the fans might not be happy with her decision. 'This will honestly p–s off my fans, but absolutely,' Carpenter told the outlet. The artist also admitted that she has 'grown up in the age of people having iPhones at shows,' which is why 'It unfortunately feels super normal' to have phones at the concert. She simply 'can't blame people for wanting to have memories.' However, the 'Manchild' singer did insist that it's not right to focus on her face all the time. 'But depending on how long I want to be touring, and what age I am, girl, take those phones away. You cannot zoom in on my face,' adding, 'Right now, my skin is soft and supple. It's fine. Do not zoom in on me when I'm 80 years old up there.' If Carpenter implements this rule, she won't be the first singer to do so. Pop icons like Bob Dylan, Madonna, and Adele have prohibited phones during their gigs in the past. The post Sabrina Carpenter May Ban Phone Use in Her Concert appeared first on Reality Tea.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
The Deal: David Blitzer
In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with David Blitzer, Blackstone's chairman and the co-founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, about how his teams use data and analytics to improve fan experience. In this conversation, which was taped in front of an audience at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Blitzer tells the hosts how a 'failed athlete' came to be the first person to own teams in all five major American sports leagues, what he's doing to invest in the 'massively fragmented' world of youth sports and why having a favorite sports team is like having a favorite child.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
How David Blitzer Invests Across Sports Leagues
Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly sit with David Blitzer, co-founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, to discuss how his teams use data and analytics to improve the fan experience. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Logo Brands Announces Strategic Partnerships With Six Premier Universities
New agreements with Oklahoma State, TCU, UTSA, Montana State, UCF, and Louisville expand Logo Brands' footprint and elevate the fan experience. FRANKLIN, TN / / June 16, 2025 / Logo Brands is proud to announce new and expanded licensing partnerships with six leading universities: Oklahoma State University, Texas Christian University (TCU), University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Montana State University, University of Central Florida (UCF), and University of Louisville. These strategic alliances reinforce Logo Brands' commitment to providing top-quality, collegiate-branded products that enhance the fan experience and support school spirit nationwide. "We're proud to grow our collegiate partnerships with Oklahoma State, TCU, UTSA, Montana State, UCF, and Louisville," said Maggie McHugh, VP of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing. "Each of these universities has a unique legacy and we're excited to deliver high-quality licensed products that celebrate their spirit." Logo Brands' officially licensed product assortment-including tailgating gear, inflatables, drinkware, and home accessories-will be available through the company's e-commerce site and at major national retailers such as Fanatics, Walmart, Dick's Sporting Goods, Buc-ee's, Academy, and Sam's Club. This wide retail presence ensures that fans across the country have easy access to products that represent their favorite teams in style. Oklahoma State University"We're excited to expand our partnership with Logo Brands, a leading name in high-quality collegiate products," said Kurtis Mason, Director of Business Development and Licensing. "This collaboration enhances the fan experience and ensures an outstanding selection of OSU products in the marketplace." Texas Christian University (TCU)"We are extremely proud to establish a new strategic partnership with Logo Brands," said Ryan Peck, Senior Deputy AD for External Affairs. "Their reputation in the industry and the growing demand for TCU merchandise make this a perfect collaboration." University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)"For over a decade, Logo Brands has been a top-selling licensee in hard goods for our UTSA campus," said Paul Eikenberry, Assistant Director of Brand, Trademarks, & Licensing (UT System)."UTSA is proud to join forces with Logo Brands to further amplify the University's spirit," added Brad Smith, Deputy AD for External Affairs. "This partnership expands our brand reach and enhances the fan experience for students, alumni, and supporters." Montana State University"We're excited to partner with Logo Brands to bring an exceptional selection of Montana State merchandise to our fans," said Amy Kanuch, Director of Trademarks and Licensing. University of Louisville"We are so excited to partner with Logo Brands here at the University of Louisville!" said Olivia Biven. "They've positioned themselves as leaders in collegiate tailgate and lifestyle products, and we're thrilled to expand the options available to Card Nation." About Logo BrandsLogo Brands is a premier manufacturer of officially licensed products for over 800 colleges and major professional leagues including the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, MLS, and NASCAR. Offering a wide array of outdoor lifestyle, home living, and on-the-go merchandise, the company has developed more than 900 product lines since its founding. Established in 2000 as a family business in a Memphis garage, Logo Brands now operates as a national industry leader headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. Contact Information Rachel Schmucker Marketing and Communications Managerrachel@ SOURCE: Logo Brands View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Guardian
12-06-2025
- Science
- The Guardian
Are pre-match rituals more exciting than actual football games? Perhaps scientists ought to ask the fans
A recent study of Brazilian football fans, supporters of Atlético Mineiro, monitored their heart rates before and during a big match and concluded that, a single goal aside, the collective rituals of the day were more emotionally intense than anything else. So going to the football is about more than the football; but we surely knew that anyway? Does the kind of neurophysiological approach take us any further? In the end this study relied on a very small sample – just 17 fans – and a very particular sample at that; the kind of supporter who shows up more than four hours before a game, and is all-in with the choreographed pre-match rituals of flares, fireworks and singing. Even then, the idea that heart rate is the most useful cipher for emotion is too crude a proposition to capture how we experience the game. This research was done at the final of the Minas Gerais state championships, against their eternal local rivals; I wonder what the results would have looked like from one of Bristol Rovers' tortuous late-season defeats this year? What is the physiological metric for ennui? Viewed from a sociological or anthropological perspective, the idea that football fans would find the arrival of the team bus, marching to the stadium and the kick-off of the to game itself equally intense emotional experiences, and that these should exceed their level of excitement for most of their time actually watching the game, is hardly surprising. Football should be understood as simultaneously a collective ritual, a public theatre of identity and a long-running participatory soap opera, in which the game itself is just one element of the liturgy, the drama and the narrative, and in which the emotional weight of public gathering and collective chanting are equivalent to scoring a goal; and by the looks of the Brazilian research, the gathering and the chanting were more engaging than nearly all of the second half. In any case, there is a lot more than just excitement going on. Watching football, and this is its genius, elicits an enormous diversity of emotions and psychological states; from boredom to despair, from empathy to anger. Heart rates and ECGs are all very well, but until we actually ask football fans what these moments mean, and set their own interpretations in a wider historical and cultural context, we aren't going to learn very much. Neurophysiology can only take us so far: a similar study of Canadian ice hockey fans found that those with a deeper knowledge of the game found more moments more stressful than the average spectator as they could perceive threat and risk more acutely; but again, the question really is, why should this matter? For more than a century now, watching and following professional football has been a place in which neighbourhood, urban, sub-national and national identities have been expressed and performed. They have been joined by markers of class, gender, ethnicity, religion and language. This has persisted despite the globalisation and commercialisation of the game, changes that have diluted the link between clubs and localities, and seen ever more ingenious ways deployed to control the behaviour of crowds, and to focus them on consumption rather than celebration. Indeed, if the attendance figures at English football, now at a historical high, are anything to go by, these links have intensified. In an ever more individualised, atomised and deracinated world, football's collectivities, and its deeply communitarian cultures, are more valuable then ever with their promise, if not always the reality, of the safe, the secure, the known and the authentic. In an ever more mediated and digital world, and despite our addiction to our phones, it offers the chance to be in the moment, in the presence of others. In a world where the rate and scale of change has multiplied, at precisely the moment that politics has abandoned storytelling for bland technocracy or wild conspiracy theory, football generates comprehensible narratives. And just occasionally, despite everything, it offers up moments of scintillating narrative drama, and of balletic and kinetic energy that are both beautiful and thrilling. Had the research been done at one of this year's Champions League semi-finals, a match of wildly gyrating fortunes that finished Internazionale 4 Barcelona 3 – and was as good and exciting a game as I have ever seen – we might be drawing very different conclusions. David Goldblatt is the author of The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football and The Game of Our Lives. His new book Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency (Mudlark) will be published in August
