"Michael Cohl" is a Canada/Canadian concert promoter, theatre producer/theatrical producer and touring impresario. He is the former Chairman of Live Nation, the largest live entertainment company in the world. Cohl now runs S2BN Entertainment, with offices in New York and Toronto. Having been named the Howard Hughes of rock ‘n’ roll by Fortune (magazine)/Fortune magazine, Cohl is most famous for having overseen the tours and related ancillary businesses for more than 150 artists, including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Prince (musician)/Prince, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and U2. He has also been credited with developing the concept of "package" touring. Eliminating the middleman, Cohl worked directly with the artist to strategize and route the tour, promote the dates, and assist in the development and exploitation of the lucrative aftermarket – books, films, DVDs, television specials, and merchandising. He is currently the lead producer of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive musical in Broadway history, with music by Bono and The Edge of U2.

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We have received the deposit money from Hong Kong and the band's lawyers have a signed contract having concluded negotiations last week.

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The dollars are the dollars, we're charging just slightly more than we were charging last time (about $134). The fact that shocks the hell out of me is we went from 10 stadium shows up to 18 stadium shows. We went from doing 25,000-30,000 (people) a night in the stadiums to doing 40,000-50,000. That is incredible.

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[There has been talk that ticket prices for the smaller venues will skyrocket.] The Stones had a fantastic time playing the arena shows, ... Playing arenas like Madison Square Garden reminded the band of how much they enjoyed that kind of intimacy with the audiences.

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Right now we've got about 36 of them booked.

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The band is redefining the concert experience - there is nothing even comparable to the thrill of being onstage with the Rolling Stones and seeing a stadium show from the band's perspective.

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[Will the Stones' lawyers come knocking on the Q107's doors this morning?] No, ... But the morning after the next bootleg broadcast we might.

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For fans this will be the greatest tour yet.

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I'm sure we'll beat it. More important than anything else, I think the fans are enjoying it more, I think the shows are better, and I think the band is playing better than ever.

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