2024 Impact 50 Honoree: George Prajin
CEOPrajin Music Group FIRST GIG IN THE BUSINESS: Dad’s Huntington Park, California record store.2024 Highlight: Winning a Grammy award for Peso Pluma’s GÉNESIS. No one could have expected that a lanky young singer from Mexico with a nasally, scratchy voice…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Hans Schafer
SVP, GLOBAL TOURINGLive Nation FORMER GIG: Manager, talent and artists relations at MUN2.MONEY QUOTE: “Yes, there’s been a Latin explosion. There was an explosion in 2017, another in 2018, 2019…” Live Nation executives aren’t shy in sharing their bullishness on…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Louis Messina
CEO AND FOUNDER Messina Touring Group BIZ PHILOSOPHY: Don’t chase moneyMENTOR: Allen Becker, PACE Entertainment There can be no question how Messina Touring Group Founder and CEO Louis Messina came to be included as one of Pollstar’s 2024 Impact 50 class. No…
2024 Impact 50 Honorees: Charles Attal & Charlie Walker
Charles AttalPARTNER, C3 Presents YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 30FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Stubb’s BBQ Booker, Marketer, Production Mgr, Sometimes Bartend Charlie WalkerPARTNER, C3 Presents YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 30FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Production Assistant for PACE Concerts in Houston Charles Attal and…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Lee Anderson
PRESIDENTWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 24FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Marketing intern at Nectar’s & Club Metronome in Burlington, Vermont Lee Anderson is hard to pin down. He’ll bounce between London and New York, taking detours to Los Angeles…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Marty Diamond
EVP & MANAGING EXECUTIVEWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 30+FAVORITE PLACE FOR A BIZ MEETING: Cavatina Restaurant at the Sunset Marquis Coldplay is on track to have one of the highest-grossing tours of all time with “Music Of The Spheres,”…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: John Silva
PRESIDENTSilva Artist Management WINS FOR MANAGER OF THE YEAR: 2MONEY QUOTE: “(Silva’s) The fuel that’s filled my engine for over a quarter of a century” – Dave Grohl John Silva is firing on all cylinders: His client Beck is on…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Ron Laffitte
FOUNDERLaffitte Management Group COOL EARLY GIG: Merch Manager for MetallicaBIZ PHILOSOPHY: Make every minute count The year 2023 included a string of successes for veteran music manager Ron Laffitte, with his stacked artist roster that includes Pharrell Williams, Backstreet Boys,…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Darryl Eaton
CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL TOURINGCAA FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Columbia/Def Jam InternBIZ PHILOSOPHY: “Ass in Chair…” What do the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Kelly Clarkson, blink-182, RBD, Glass Animals, Arcade Fire, A$AP Rocky and Enrique Iglesias have in…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Rick Roskin
CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL TOURINGCAA START IN THE INDUSTRY: CAA’s mailroomBIZ PHILOSOPHY: There’s no replacement for hard work After graduating from Tulane University with a B.A. in Political Science, Rick Roskin wanted to cut his teeth in the live music business.…
2024 Impact 50 Honorees: Jon Landau
MANAGER FOR BRUCE SPRINGSTEENJon Landau Management When Jon Landau penned the now infamous “rock and roll’s future” article for Bostonalternative newsweekly The Real Paper in 1974, even Madame Marie could not haveforetold that the first domino had been knocked over…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Rob Gibbs
PARTNER AND CO-HEADUnited Talent Agency FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Intern at boutique agency WRProductionsMENTOR: Dennis Ashley As co-head of UTA’s new Atlanta office and specifically representing the music side, Rob Gibbs continues to demonstrate strong leadership at a major…
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