List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgments Live Music Studies in Perspective Chris Anderton and Sergio Pisfil PART I: Promotion Festivals, Free and Unfree: Alex Cooley and the American Rock Festival Steve Waksman As Long As They Go Home Safe: The Voice of the Independent Music Festival Promoter Danny Hagan Under the Cover of Darkness: Situating "Covers Gigs" within Live Music Ecologies Pat O'Grady Showcase Festivals as a Gateway to Foreign Markets Patryk Galuszka Disruption and Continuity: Covid-19, Live Music, and Cyclic Sociality Chris Anderton PART II: Production Live Sound Matters Christopher James Dahlie, Jos Mulder, Sergio Pisfil, and Nick Reeder Mobile Spectacle: Es Devlin's Pandemonium Tour Design Glyn Davis Fulfilling the Hospitality Rider: Working Practices and Issues in a Tour's Supply Chain Gabrielle Kielich Vocaloid Liveness? Hatsune Miku and the Live Production of the Japanese Virtual Idol Concerts Kimi Kärki Part III: Consumption Making Music Public: What Would a Sociology of Live Music Promotion Look Like? Loïc Riom Dead Stars Live: Exploring Holograms, Liveness, and Authenticity Kenny Forbes Live . as You've Always Heard It Before: Classic Rock, Technology, and the Re-positioning of Authenticity in Live Music Performance Andy Bennett Approaching the Live from a Distance: The Unofficial Led Zeppelin Archive Stephen Loy Part IV: Policy Music Cities, or Cities of Music? Christina Ballico and Dave Carter State of Play: Tensions and Interventions in Live Music Policy Adam Behr "Por Más Músicas Mujeres en Vivo!": The Live Music Female Quota Law and Its Implications for Argentine Music Festivals Sarah Lahasky Beyond Live Shows: Regulation and Innovation in the French Live Music Video Economy Gérôme Guibert, Michaël Spanu, and Catherine Rudent Index.