This week on “Sunday Morning” (February 5)

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Host: Jane Pauley

COVER STORY: Taylor Swift fans, and Congress, take on Ticketmaster
Even before the recent Taylor Swift ticket snafu, Ticketmaster and its parent company, the concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment, have been criticized for controlling 70% of the big concert ticket market, leaving fans and artists nowhere else to go. Live Nation is now being investigated by the Justice Department, and last month was called to testify before a Senate anti-trust subcommittee. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar; with an attorney who has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster; and with disappointed Swifties – fans of the pop star who can’t “shake it off.”

For more info:

• Live Nation Entertainment
• Ticketmaster
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
• Attorney Jennifer Kinder
• Dean Budnick at Relix magazine
• “Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped” by Dean Budnick and Josh Baron (Plume), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound

ART: “Edward Hopper’s New York”
A new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art provides a window into Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and his view of urban life. “Edward Hopper’s New York” features about 200 works that capture a changing and changeless city, and illuminate the inner lives of city dwellers. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.

For more info:

• “Edward Hopper’s New York,” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (through March 5)
• WikiArt: Edward Hopper
• edwardhopper.net

MUSIC: Inside the world of K-pop
The field of energetic and catchy South Korean music known as K-pop generated more than $5 billion in 2022, with four K-pop groups hitting #1 on the Billboard charts. Correspondent David Pogue takes a trip to KCON to explore the K-pop industry; the passion of its dedicated fans, and the dark side of fame as a K-pop star.

For more info:

• Kevin Woo
• Amber Liu
• BTS
• KCON, Los Angeles
• CJ ENM America
• Suk-Young Kim, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
• “The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop,” edited by Suk-Young Kim (Cambridge University Press), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available March 31 via Amazon and Barnes & Noble

MUSIC: The rise of video game music
Just as video games have become more sophisticated and detailed, so has the music composed for video games, with lush orchestral scores written to fit an individual’s gameplay. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how the field of video game music has exploded, with symphony concerts of video game music. He also talks with “Old World” composer Christopher Tin, who is among the first to be nominated for a Grammy Award for music written specifically for video games and other interactive media.

For more info:

• Composer Garry Schyman
• Composer Christopher Tin
• Jeanine Cowen, chair, screen scoring program, University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music
• Utah Symphony

       
PASSAGE: In memoriam

       
HEALTH: Hit the gas: Igniting a new range war
Why are some media and political figures claiming that people are coming for your gas stove? And are there health risks from cooking with natural gas? Correspondent Luke Burbank looks at why gas stoves are being targeted.

For more info:

• The health risks of gas stoves explained (Scientific American)
• We Act for Environmental Justice’s Out of Gas campaign
• PSE Healthy Energy’s research on natural gas stoves
• Chef Rachelle Boucher (Instagram)
• Kitchens to Life
• Building Decarbonization Coalition

      
HARTMAN: TBD
    

SUNDAY PROFILE: Smokey Robinson – Unstoppable
In his career, Motown legend Smokey Robinson, front man of The Miracles, has written or co-written upwards of 4,000 songs, most of them about one thing: love. At 82, he’s still touring and performing, and will soon release “Gasms,” his first album in nearly a decade. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Robinson (who was named one of the Recording Academy’s MusiCares Honorees this year) about becoming a force in the music industry; overcoming racism while touring the Deep South; and ending his drug addiction.

To hear “If We Don’t Have Each Other” by Smokey Robinson, from his album “Gasms,” click on the video player below:

For more info:

• smokeyrobinson.com | Concert info
• “Gasms” by Smokey Robinson will be available April 28. Click here to pre-order
• MusiCares
• Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Ariz.

HISTORY: The singer who spoke her mind to Richard Nixon
On January 28, 1972, Carole Feraci was invited to perform at the White House as part of the Ray Conniff Singers. She took the opportunity to protest the war in Vietnam, which earned her headlines, and a flood of death threats. Now 81, she tells correspondent Mo Rocca that standing up to the leader of the free world came naturally to a girl who’d grown up in a rough Toronto neighborhood.

        
FASHION: The history of hip hop style
“Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style” is a new exhibit at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. “Sunday Morning” contributor Kelefa Sanneh pays a visit, and talks with hip hop legends Slick Rick and Dapper Dan about how New York street style mixed with European luxury brands may be in vogue, but its roots are in hip hop. 

For more info:

• Exhibition: “Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style,” at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City (February 8-April 23)
• Exhibition catalogue: “Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style” by Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, foreword by Slick Rick (Rizzoli), in Hardcover format, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
• Slick Rick (slickrickisart.com)
• Dapper Dan (dapperdanofharlem.com)

      
COMMENTARY: Mark Whitaker on the history of the Black power movement
Journalist and “Sunday Morning” contributor Mark Whitaker, author of the new book “Saying It Loud: 1966-The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement,” examines the birth of Black Power, the activism of Stokely Carmichael, and the lessons – and warnings – for today’s activists about the importance of messaging, unity, and cross-racial alliances.

For more info:

• “Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement” by Mark Whitaker (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available February 7 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
• Follow Mark Whitaker on Twitter

       
NATURE: TBD
     

WEB EXCLUSIVES: 

“HERE COMES THE SUN”: Actor Margot Robbie and pickup trucks (Video)
Actor and producer Margot Robbie sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss her new film, “Babylon.” Then, Lee Cowan learns about the pickup truck and how it has evolved over the years.

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