Stuart Galbraith Honored For Lifetime Achievement At UK LIVE Awards

Stuart Galbraith, founder & CEO of Kilimanjaro Live, has been announced as the 2025 recipient of the LIVEtime Achievement Award at the UK LIVE Awards, scheduled to take place at Troxy in London, Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Attended by over 600 professionals from across the UK live music sector, the annual award show by UK trade body LIVE recognizes and celebrates individuals and organizations, who have made a significant impact during the last 12 months.

The LIVEtime Achievement Award is the top honor of the evening and is presented to someone who has played a principal role in driving forward and improving the UK’s live music business, having dedicated much of their career to the sector.

This year’s recipient, Stuart Galbraith, has been a key player in the growth of UK live music over the last four decades. He is a 2022 Pollstar Impact International honoree.

Galbraith’s career began as a Promoter at Leeds University in 1980, staging bands including The Clash, Simple Minds and U2. In 1984 he joined MCP, where he stayed for 15 years working with artists including Simply Red, Def Leppard, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Metallica, U2, Simple Minds and AC/DC, and played a key role in the development of the Monsters of Rock Festival at Donington Park.

In 1999, SFX was created with Galbraith as a key founding member and managing director, helping to grow Live Nation that was created in 2005, a move that saw him promoting tours across arenas and stadiums and launching legendary festivals including Download, Wireless and Hyde Park (Hard Rock) Calling. In addition, iconic events such as Live8 in 2005 and Live Earth in 2007, saw Galbraith at the head of the organizing team.

See: Talking Shop With Kilimanjaro Live CEO Stuart Galbraith

In 2008 Galbraith formed Kilimanjaro Live in partnership with AEG Live before it became an independent company in 2012 followed by entering into a partnership with Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) in 2014. Becoming the UK operation for DEAG, it has since expanded under its parent umbrella group KMJ Entertainment, and houses over twenty companies across all aspects of the industry including ticketing, festivals, spoken word, comedy, immersive experiences, family and theatrical. These brands include Regular Music, Singular, Fane, Flying Music, Gigantic, Myticket, Fane, Belladrum Festival, JAS Theatricals, FORM, Kontour, How To Academy and Arches London Bridge.

Stuart Galbraith commented, “Thank you to LIVE for honoring me with this LIVEtime Achievement Award. I am truly grateful to be recognized for the role I have played for the last four decades and will continue to play for many more years to come.”

Steve Lamacq, chair of LIVE, said, “Over the last 45 years, from when he first started putting on bands at Leeds University in 1980, Stuart Galbraith has become a bona fide legend in the UK live music industry. His relentless energy, passion and commitment to staging world class music events & incredible fan experiences with some of the biggest artists on the planet has seen him set the bar for others to reach. We are proud to recognize and honor his truly remarkable career with the 2025 LIVEtime Achievement Award.”

As LIVE’s primary annual fundraising event, all proceeds from the LIVE awards will go towards directly supporting our ongoing work engaging government on a range of sector critical issues and will help support our members to meet their sustainability goals while fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive working environment.

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