
2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Ivana Coluccia
IVANA COLUCCIASenior Music AgentFriends & Partners SPA MAKING LAURA PAUSINI & EROS RAMAZZOTTI GLOBAL STARS Ivana Coluccia began dreaming about a career in live entertainment when she was only 12 years old. “Music has always been a constant in my…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Andy Cook
ANDY COOKMusic Touring AgentCAA HOW DYLAN & THE WHITE STRIPES CHANGED HIS LIFE CAA music agent Andy Cook’s first live experience was seeing The White Stripes at the legendary Barrowlands in Glasgow in 2003, on the “Elephant Tour.” “The sheer…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Emma Davis
EMMA DAVISGeneral Manager & AgentOne Fiinix Live HOW ED SHEERAN’S ‘MATHEMATICS’ ADDED UP Emma Davis has been working on one of the most successful tours ever, Ed Sheeran’s “Mathematics” jaunt, which sold 8.8 million tickets over the course of three…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Stefan Elenkov
STEFAN ELENKOVFounder & CEOFest Team Bulgaria BUILDING BALKAN BUSINESS ONE STADIUM SHOW AT A TIME Stefan Elenkov, founder and CEO of Fest Team, saw his favorite band, Depeche Mode, live for the first time in 2006 at Stadion Lokomotiv in…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Geoff Ellis
GEOFF ELLISManaging DirectorDF Concerts 40 YEARS ON: FROM MAKING RADIOHEAD SOUP TO OASIS & CHAPPELL ROAN The wonderful thing about this industry is that you are always working on something new,” says DF Concerts Managing Director Geoff Ellis, based in…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Harvey Goldsmith CBE
HARVEY GOLDSMITH CBEManaging Director Artist Promotion Management Ltd HOW BAND AID IS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED The impact Live Aid had when it aired on July 13, 1985, cannot be overstated. Aside from the money it generated for…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Oliver Hoppe
OLIVER HOPPEManaging DirectorWizard Live HOWEVER GOOD OR BAD YOUR NIGHT WAS, GET UP & GET ON German promoter Wizard Live had a stellar 2025 with highlights including the 60th anniversary homecoming show of Scorpions and the German dates of Iron…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Gary Hutchinson
GARY HUTCHINSONExecutive VP, Global Touring & ContentOVG International MUSIC (AND STADIUMS) ARE HERE TO STAY It’s been a record-breaking summer for stadium shows. The world’s biggest artists are treating these venues built for sports spectacle as entertainment temples in their…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Martin Ingham
MARTIN INGHAMChief ExecutiveMotorpoint Arena Nottingham & National Ice Centre 25 YEARS AS AN EAST MIDLANDS ICON AT NOTTINGHAM’S MOTORPOINT ARENA If there is one building in the UK that can claim it is punching above its weight, it is Motorpoint…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Mark Jansen
MARK JANSENVice President of Artist & Promoter Relations EMEATicketmaster CHARTING NEW TERRITORY WITH UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND Live entertainment in 2025 knows no borders: any genre may connect with new fans around the world, and artists may seek out far-flung destinations because…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honoree: Toby Leighton-Pope
TOBY LEIGHTON-POPEManaging DirectorTEG Europe RIDING THE ‘HEAT’ TO ARENA SUCCESS Australian live entertainment powerhouse TEG launched its European presence in 2022 and hit the ground running with Toby Leighton-Pope as its European MD. As Pollstar Boxoffice reflects, TEG Europe promoted…

2025 Impact Intl. UK/Euro Honorees: Niklas Lundell & Joel Borg
NIKLAS LUNDELL & JOEL BORGPartners & PromotersRush Ent. ENJOYING THE RUSH OF GOING INDEPENDENT Define momentum: launching an independent company and delivering some of the largest and most culturally defining events Scandinavia has ever seen. Joel Borg and Niklas Lundell…
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