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2026 Hotstar Special: Underplays In Real Time—14 Artists On The Rise

“I don’t recall what year we started Hotstars, I’m guessing it was in the mid-’80s,” says Gary “Bonj” Bongiovanni, Pollstar’s eminent co-founder, when asked how Pollstar’s long-running editorial franchise began. “For us it was all about giving a young act a boost in the early days of their careers when they actually needed it. At […]
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