New Signings: Of Monsters And Men Joins Red Light Management, HARDY Joins TRACK mgmt & More
This week’s agency, management and record label signings included new talent joining Arrival Artists, Ground Control Touring, Independent Artist Group, Red Light Management, TRACK Mgmt and more. Highlights include famed Icelandic folk/indie band Of Monsters And Men joining Red Light Management and country music singer/songwriter HARDY joining TRACK Mgmt.
Of Monsters And Men is managed by Red Light Management’s Peter McGaughrin and is booked by United Talent Agency’s Rachel Pestik worldwide, excluding the UK/Europe, where they’re booked by Creative Artists Agency UK. Among the band’s 110 headline reports submitted to Pollstar’s Boxoffice, they’ve sold 297,090 tickets grossing a total of $11 million.
HARDY is managed by TRACK mgmt’s Troy “Tracker” Johnson and is booked by The Neil Agency and signed to Big Loud Records. Among his 66 reported headline dates to Pollstar’s Boxoffice, HARDY has sold 465,176 tickets grossing a total of $32.7 million. He recently joined country superstar Morgan Wallen on select dates this fall, and had his own headline tour in the spring.
Wasserman Music had the most signings of any agency last week, with six new artists including AVA JOE (represented by Michael Harvey-Bray), The Band Perry (represented by Lenore Kinder, Matt Runner and Olly Hodgson), Gliiico (represented by Tom Windish), Hagop Tchaparian (represented by Evan Hancock), Jawbreaker (represented by Greg Horbal, Marty Diamond and Alex Christie) and TABLE (represented by Clementine Bunel). Anniversary Group had the second most signings, with five new artists including Aluminum, Letting Up Despite Great Faults (represented by Marina Aguerre), Starling (represented by Marina Aguerre) and Steph Green (represented by Kyle Swick).
In addition to HARDY, TRACK mgmt had three more signings including Dallas Smith, Jake Worthington and McCoy Moore, all of whom are managed by Troy “Tracker” Johnson.
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BOOKING AGENCY SIGNINGS
Anniversary Group
Aluminum
Letting Up Despite Great Faults
Starling
Steph Green
Arrival Artists
Loods
Ground Control Touring
Los Mirlos
Independent Artist Group
Naturi Naughton
The Kurland Agency
Cindy Blackman Santana
Madison House
Canyon Lights
Jon and Roy
UTA
LEVI
Wasserman Music
AVA JOE
The Band Perry
Gliiico
Hagop Tchaparian
Jawbreaker
TABLE
WME
CeCe
Katherine Jenkins
MANAGEMENT SIGNINGS
Red Light Management
Of Monsters And Men
Powerline Management
Fox Lake
Sammy Adams
TRACK mgmt
Dallas Smith
HARDY
Jake Worthington
McCoy Moore
RECORD CO. SIGNINGS
Black River Entertainment
Chris Young
Red Van
The Band Light