Billboard: Scion Music 10 Year Celebration

Scion claims to have supported over 2,000 creators in the music, film, fashion and art communities, with roughly 10,000 events in 500 cities.

"Here's what I love most," declared an energetic Jack Hollis to a roomful of dinner guests. "We are tied up with zero major labels, major artists, major corporations [or] mainstream players. We have tied in all of it 100% to those who do art, who are creative, for the love that they have for their art. That's what Scion is about."

That was the message delivered by Scion's vice president during his opening remarks on Thursday night. Hollis was onstage speaking to a group of indie industry and business world VIPs invited to celebrate the company's near-decade long participation in music and the arts, which has included a variety of projects with cred bands across a broad spectrum from death metal to backpack hip-hop. CLICK HERE to read the rest of my report.

Billboard: Revolver Awards VIP Report

Johnny Depp stunned the crowd when he joined Marilyn Manson onstage on Wednesday at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. As thrilling as it was for Depp to be playing guitar on "The Beautiful People" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" during a night that saw performances from hard rocking artists like Evanescence and Slash, Revolver Magazine creative director Josh Bernstein said there are still two dream bands they have yet to land for the annual event.

"The first year, we had Ozzy right off the bat. I don't think we would have had a show without him. Having him here was incredible. Last year, Lars [Ulrich] and Robert [Trujillo] from Metallica came. But I want the full bands and I want them performing," he said. "When that happens, that will be pretty good; Metallica and the original Black Sabbath. It's our fifth year next year, too, so it would be a good fifth year celebration. So, if [those two bands] are reading Billboard..."

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Billboard: Warped Tour Kickoff Party

Kevin Lyman still employs an "old-school" method when it comes to picking bands for the Vans Warped Tour. "I stand outside the gate and watch to see what shirts the kids are wearing as they come in," Warped's founder and producer told Billboard.biz at Thursday's kick-off event at Club Nokia (LA Live) in Los Angeles. "I saw a lot of Memphis May Fire and Sleeping With Sirens shirts last year."

Accordingly, Memphis May Fire and Sleeping With Sirens were among the first few bands he booked for 2012, before he had secured a single main stage act. And while those bands weren't in the house at this year's kick-off event, plenty of other acts were. This included surprise sets from Yellowcard (who played acoustically) and The Used, as well as performances by Falling In Reverse, Matt Toka and Dead Sara. The bands were preceded by a short press conference and a screening of the Warped Tour doc "No Room for Rockstars." The VIP area was filled with a handful of veterans from the tour, which launched in 1995, as well as newer acts like Vampires Everywhere! and a myriad of industry people. CLICK HERE to read the rest of my report.