Exclusive: Pierce The Veil Signs With CAA

Pierce The Veil, who are performing at Austin City Limits Festival Saturday night, have signed with Creative Artists Agency for representation in all territories except Europe and the United Kingdom, the band told Pollstar in an interview.

Band members Vic Fuentes and Jaime Preciado said they met Darryl Eaton, CAA’s co-head of global touring, multiple times over the past few years, and they all became friends, making it an organic transition for San Diego natives. Pierce The Veil was previously booked by Sound Talent Group’s David Shapiro, who died in a tragic plane crash in May following the band’s sold-out show at Madison Square Garden.

“He would come to our shows and celebrate the wins and support us,” Fuentes says about Eaton. “He came into our lives at a moment when we needed him the most, and he was just a positive figure. When it came time to work with a new agency, it was a no-brainer that he could fill that role. … I think we’re more grateful than anything that he was around, and this all worked out because we really needed somebody we could trust.”

Preciado adds, “It was like two degrees of separation with him. [Eaton] was just there. I didn’t know he was the main booker for Warped Tour. So, he was in our lives whether we knew it or not.”

Pierce The Veil, who are featured in this week’s Pollstar cover story, are currently riding a wave of success with appearances at major festivals and sold-out shows across the globe. The first North American leg of their “I Can’t Hear You World Tour” grossed $22,167,682 and moved 372,316 tickets, according to Pollstar Boxoffice, including a three-night stand at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, that had $3,5566,966 haul off 40,812 tickets.

The band is managed by Opera Ghost Management founder James Throgmorton, who also co-manages blink-182.