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…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Dennis Arfa
CHAIRMAN, MUSICIndependent Artist Group BAND BILLY JOEL WAS IN WHEN I MET HIM: The HasslesAGENCY BEFORE IAG & AGI: QBQ (Quality Before Quantity) Anyone who knows Dennis Arfa — and most in the concert industry seem to — knows the…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Tara Traub
SVP, GLOBAL TOURING Live Nation 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Tours With Lainey Wilson, Tate McRaeFIRST GIG: Intern at Live Nation Live Nation SVP of Global Touring Tara Traub’s promoter purview reinforces and encapsulates much of the industry trends and mantras seen throughout…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Tim Leiweke
CHAIRMAN & CEOOAK VIEW GROUP MONEY MATTERS: More than $5 billion Invested In ArenasFIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Assistant General Manager of the St. Louis Steamers The momentum continues for Oak View Group, Pollstar’s parent company, which has become a…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Danny Wimmer
FOUNDERDANNY WIMMER PRESENTS FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Co-owning The 1,400-cap Milk Bar in Jacksonville, FloridaDAY HE JOINED LIMP BIZKIT ON STAGE: May 19. 2024, at Sonic Temple Danny Wimmer continues to lead an independent,festival-focused concert entity into expansion, adding…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Gary Guidry
CEOBlack Promoters Collective YEARS IN THE BIZ: 26FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Street promotions in college The Black Promoters Collective may promote tours by such marquee acts as Frankie Beverly & Maze, Keith Sweat and “The Love Hard Tour” with…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Tree Paine
FOUNDER Premium PR FIRST GIG : Intern at Mute RecordsMONEY QUOTE: I always have to bring up everything that can go sideways…” In one of the most memorable scenes from Taylor Swift’s excellent 2020 Netflix documentary “Miss Americana,” the artist, along with…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Bob Roux
PRESIDENT, U.S. CONCERTS Live Nation MENTORS: Bruce Kapp, Louis Messina & Allen BeckerDESERT ISLAND DISCS: Bob Marley’s Legend; The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers Bob Roux is, without a doubt, one of the hardest-working people in the live business. Look no…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Seth Shomes
CEO AND FOUNDER Day After Day Productions YEARS IN THE BIZ: 282024 HIGHLIGHT: Booking Missy Elliott’s first headlining arena tour Seth Shomes has come a long way since reopening Day After Day Productions three years ago with basically a laptop,…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Paul Tollett
PRESIDENT AND CEO Goldenvoice YEARS IN THE BIZ: 38FIRST GIG IN THE BIZ: Co-promoted shows while in high school in Pomona, California Goldenvoice is the new green. Under the stewardship of president/CEO Paul Tollett, Goldenvoice is one of the festival…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Stacy Vee
EVP Goldenvoice YEARS IN THE BIZ: 26FIRST BIZ JOB: Promotion Director at a radio station in Minneapolis Stacy Vee applies her “Coachella brain” and background to her role producing and booking Coachella’s country cousin, Stagecoach, which seemed hotter than ever…
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